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Used 18mm cCinese hardwood ply for my workshop walls. Inspected it first. Bought one sheet to cut up for a project and it was quite good. Solid, few voids, reasonably flat without waves. I rejected OSB because its just wafer board. It is ugly. It attracts dust and holds it to the...

Sam, I have no knowledge of you so at best this is an approximation or a guess. I am 69...70 next July. I am depressed and have tried the GP and the pills but found they made me unfocused and fuzzy and so stopped taking them after about 6 months. It took a further 6 months to get them out of...

Ollie, The thing to look at is the size of the space the manufacturer says is needed. Imagine feed in an 8ft/2.4m length over the blade say 200mm and out to 8ft/2.4m ++ a little bit to be sure to clear the blade. So you need about 5m to clear the board 2.4m long. My Felder cf741 combi...

As title. Someone has stolen my VAX hose. Would you believe it?. Trying to see what I can buy but much longer than VAX original. Thanks in advance.

Woodbrains, I have had a laugh or two reading through this. While sounding Ok some 50% of the advice has been poor. I think Custard and one or two others have been close and useful. Me I'm 69, have 22 yrs in a self employed capacity and in my first year earned £500. In my second year I...

woodenstuart, I was aware that the Hive gadget could be rented/leased or whatever. Given the very high price of Hive I just thought that such a lease would be a no no for a thinking person. Hive is one thing. I use a wireless thermostat and receiver at the boiler supplied by my HVAC...

Sorry to hear about the M-I-L hope she will be well. I'll contact the next buyer. Take care.

Mr Roberts, You have stones up to 1000 grit. The jump to 6000 grit is too large. You will need an intermediate stone at the very least. An ideal approach would be 1000/2000/4000/6000 and then higher if you can see a need. Your 1000 or less stones have done the shaping already so all you...

merlin, I've pm'd Kieth. If he does not get back to me in say 2 days its yours. Al

Kieth, Its 240v.

Meddings scroll saw for sale. First of all its very heavy but separates into two parts and is easy to assemble. 240/220v domestic mains. Comes with metal stand which is heavy. Also with a speed controller and plastic electronics box to fit it in. I have owned this for 5 years and used it...

Hive is a third party device bought and owned and operated by the householder. Smart meters are being pushed by the likes of BG/SSE etc etc. Each energy supplier has set up a proprietary communication scheme for their smart meters. Thus a smart meter is useless once you move suppliers...

Faced with a similar dilemma I visited (3) local chemists to look at the range of reading glasses. Looking for +2 dioptre with a largish frame width ( big head) and largish lenses. Found 2 pairs for 9.95 each.

transatlantic, Your two lines of text pushed me to reply. I am not being critical of you just irritated. Your excuse of "years of development" is just rhubarb. A typical one liner response from those inexperienced in design and build of tools like this. Time from idea to product. Less...

I am a determined maker of workshop tools for myself. £300 for the Axi CJK thingy is exorbitant. Where is the value in that. The engineer in me is already pricing up the processes and materials. A huge markup over base costs. It seems marketing and man jewellery wins again.

Air dried for 6 years. Still 20 to 30% moisture then.

I've cut down larger timbers into 2" thick pieces a few times. Just seen that its green oak. Cutting this into smaller 1" thick pieces can cause lots of cup/twist/bow. The outside may look dryish but the inside will be dripping wet. I have seen liquid literally run out of timber like green...

Got a bad one today. Parcelfarce left a note. Parcel left in secure porch. The only problem was my porch was locked up and only forced entry would open it without a key. Parcel was found 18ft away left leaning against my wifes car . Yup secure indeed.

cammy9r, I agree. I was not suggesting 4" into a shop vac as that would overwhelm the shop vac. I was trying to suggest that a hobbyist can get away with 40 to 63mm only for a while for hand power tools. Use a shovel for the other larger stuff. Eventually though the user would need to...