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I don't know what your final decision was but the offer has just been extended to the end of Jan 2012. Alan

I would suggest having a look at the Hp Proliant Microserver. Generally available for around £230 pounds but HP have been running a cashback of £100 pounds for over a year. The current cashback expired 31st Dec 2011 but they have been renewing it every month. At £130 an absolute bargain stick in...

I have "restored" old stones that are gungy and not flat by rubbing them on a concrete slab with water and sand using large figure of eight and circular motions. This very effective but beware it willl also polish the concrete. Alan

Perhaps It's possible you have contaminated the waterstone with oil and other particles, I certainly wouldn't mix the two methods. Alan

I agree, I am pretty sure they are crossed, you need a specific phone lead not a modem lead Alan

I have bought replacement off the peg at B & Q. Watch out for the splined top though some have a different number of splines. Alternatively search for "tap repair" at Screwfix and scroll down the list for various options which include tap top. Alan

Ah the old manual board jack plug, the reliable work horse of the GPO and when the cord got dodgy, the bane of the manual board engineer having to get down in the back of the board and having to put up with looking through at the operatotrs legs. Ahh happy days. One had to wear a tie as an...

We run XP Virtual machine on our Win 7 machines at work as a standard package. It runs our legacy software. You just bootup XP within Windows like any other program log in and run it as if it is your main PC load software into it etc. As said you need professional or ultimate versions for that...

From the net someone with the same problem with the same saw. "Where can I get parts for a Mckeller MCKM23 table saw? I am in need of a geared spindle for my MCKM23 10" table saw?, as the teath have worn off." Sounds like a theme :D certainly explains motor running and stationary sharp...

If it's any help, when I needed a boiler serviced when selling my house I asked my estate agent who they recommended as they organise this sort of thing a lot for rentals. He came up trumps with a local firm not a one man band and they were cheaper than the one man band brigade too. My boiler...

Your cat looks like an ocicat, in which case she will have her nose into every concievable nook and cranny in there and be on top of everything. Nice workshop. Cheers Alan

The reference to quick flashing a battery is to revive Nicads using a 12v battery. The reason nicads can fail is a short across the plates with large crystal growth, it can be flashed off using this technique. I would not advise such a thing with a lead acid battery. I also never found the...

Hi, I am a little confused by this ELSASS NSI De Maas ceramic stone. In what way is it ceramic? It appears to be a waterstone with a nagura stone for raising slurry. I thought ceramic were hard bonded sapphire based stones. Alan

If you are confident that you don't need planning permission and if is as described then I don't see the need to ask planning anything, especially if they can't answer simple questions on the phone. The main issue is, are you likely to be infringing? if so who will complain, do they have...

Rog has the best answer, but failing that I have moved a shed by brute force single handed as described. However you have an enormous amount of extra weight there with the slate tiles and plasterboard. It could be worth a go filling the soilpipe with sand and plugging the ends, but I think Rog...

Lucky escape, I've had it happen too. I was angle grinding in the vice, eight feet away behind me some wire wool in a box caught fire, luckily I noticed before I closed the garage up. Alan

I had a 2500CI for a brief period of time. Enough time to know that I did not want to put up with it's idiosyncracies. Apart from the fact it's almost impossible to align the saw unit with the mitre slots due to the way the pressed metal carrier is designed i.e. with no real adjustment designed...

Well whoever it is they are also selling this.... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BRAND-NEW-3HP-240V-DUST-EXTRACTOR-2-BAG-DUST-COLLECTOR-/130455345372?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1e5fbe98dc seems familiar logo on it in name at least Alan

All, There is a "possible" known issue with this type of battery and the handling it is subject to. Because the pos and neg faces are so close to each other at the edge, when the battery is handled the residue from the skin is enough to bridge the insulation and cause a slow discharge, that...

Dodge, I like it, very bold. Is there any chance you could put bigger pictures so I can see more detail, or links to them? I see you're near Diss, do you source your wood locally? The purpleheart looks to be of excellent quality. Cheers Alan