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Companies who do paint jobs on car wheels are a place to look. They can do most colours.

From the photos it looks like the clamp ring is missing. Wonder why? The drill otherwise looks in fine condition other than needing a coat of paint. Once fettled, this is the sort of drill that will outlast you. I have one - without a single mark on the table. It must have been used...

My cousin Roy was head carpenter in the movie industry (Superman and Fish called Wanda were two of his). Most movie sets were, and possibly still are, made from MDF. Painted to look like anything at all. Years of breathing MDF dust wrecked his lungs and killed him in his mid 50's, while on a...

I guess I'm lucky that I live close to Home - Abingdon Stone & Marble . They have done slate work for me (a record deck plinth believe it or not). So it might be worth searching locally for something similar. Perhaps search for "monumental masons" who make gravestones etc. Craig

Every time you use a forum like this, or do a google search, you are using a datacentre somewhere. These use about 1% of all global power generation, or over 200 Terawatt hours. Half of that - so 100TWh - is cryptocurrency mining. But much more is consumed by the data transmission network, or...

Indeed. Cut to within a hair of the knife line with a mitre saw, then trim to the line with the guillotine. I bought mine when Rutlands had an offer on their guillotine - I think around £150 - so I leapt on it. Mind you it is sharp! discovered that while dusting and oiling mine (it lives under...

We've kind of deviated from Squirrels to the Scots. The exodus started before you might think. There was a major influx of Scots to Ulster in N. Ireland in the early 1600's. In the mid 1800's a large number who could, got out of Ireland at the start of the potato famine. My father's mother...

I have Camvac from when it was an independent company. Before it was bought out by Record. What I know for certain is that the filters block quite badly, and the main cloth bag needs to be washed on a regular basis. Suction drops off pretty badly if you don't. I ended up bolting a passive...

Flip that on its head. Suppose that a species was introduced that out competed us, to the extent that the human race was faced with extinction.

Starlings are on the RSPB red list, as being a species in decline https://www.rspb.org.uk/globalassets/downloads/bocc5/bocc5-report.pdf . Yes - in the breeding season they descend in quantity, like any bird will. But when was the last time any of us have seen one of the most spectacular of...

I fitted one of these to deter the tree rat Squirrel Proof | Bird Table Squirrel Baffle - RSPB Shop . 100% effective. It is loose and rocks, so there is nothing for the squirrel to get their claws into. The RSPB also do a version for a steel pole. Now I only need a foolproof deterrent for...

That is so sad. I've corresponded with David on a number of occasions, and have quite a number of his instructional DVD's, which have been invaluable in building skills. RIP David Charlesworth.

Solid oak furniture I've made, finished with Danish oil - some of it ten or fifteen years old now - has just mellowed in colour. No signs of fading at all.

Looks like an ex-school unit - look at the table! I paid quite a bit more for my Fobco Star (£150? maybe more) but it had a perfect and undamaged table. And an original single phase motor. Quite unusual. It had a plate at the side with a simple switch (nothing on the head at all), which I...

If you do a google search for industrial castors, you'll find plenty with any combination of swivel and lockable, load bearing, and wheel diameter that you could wish for.

I'm kind of lucky that when I bought my AC250 it was around 15 years ago (yes - the machine has been in production at least that long) it came with a cast iron fence, not the extruded aluminium fence that is fitted to the current unit. But yes - the fence adjusting mechanism is far from...

The fact that Hermes has changed its name to Evri, in four different fonts, tells you everything you need to know. It is like the airline in the States that was called Allegheny Airlines; fliers used to call it Agony Airlines because of it poor timekeeping and old planes. So they changed their...

I can't help with turning, but I learnt cabinetmaking from a guy called Chris Arnold over in Ross on Wye. I have to say I'm an amateur, but a trained one with a good selection of hand and machine tools. Craig

Oh my word that is terrible news. I visited Mike only a few months ago, and he was rightly showing off his Felders - superb bits of pro-grade kit. Wonder why the dust extractor burst into flames, and why insurance won't cover the damage to structure and hardware?

I've already commented about my reticence to have a smart meter. Now we have LED lights throughout the house, and turn these off when not in use anyway. The loft is lagged and boarded. So where, from our electricity consumption is 550W effective continuous 24/7 coming from (4680kWh/year)...