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We have a multi fuel stove in the lounge but it just doesn't seem worth bothering to collect up lots of offcuts and carry them down to the house, when they will hardly make any difference to the room temperature. In the shed though I thought it would be so easy. Just toss in bits of wood on...

Perhaps you should take the opportunity to treat the timber first while you still have access. Also would it be worth ventilating the 'cavity' by inserting high and low level vents between each upright? You can get round plastic vents with mesh on, about 3" diameter in white black or dark brown...

So Trump has won then? I expect he will keep his election promises to put Hilary Clinton in gaol, and make America great again ( and build that wall). Whatever happened to common sense? (Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and not just one but two lots of Bush - hard acts to follow but I think Trump...

Hi all, Does anyone know who won the US presidential election? It has been over for a few days now and I have been watching the news on television - no mention of it at all. Strange that!! K

I have a spiralux that has not been used since cordless drills became affordable. That is an interesting idea, very interesting. K

I have bought an old pot bslly stove and some almost new twin wall flue pipes to install in my workshop, which is about 20 yards away from the house.Building Control told me if I fit it myself then I would need BC to inspect and approve - £230. Have any of you guys fitted your own without...

Plenty of food for thought. Thanks guys. K

My wife wants me to make a machine that will wind wool onto a cone or bobbin. She wants it bigger than the little plastic ones that sell for £10 on ebay. It also needs to be electrically driven. Mounting a cone and turning it is easy enough, but I want to have a sort of moving arm which travels...

We were getting a recorded message informing us of free oil boilers to people on benefit. It was every day. Today it was four times and that is not funny. Dialling 1471 gets us the number but it is 10 digits and UK numbers are 11. Also it changes each time so I would not be able to block it. I...

I was lucky enough to get one in decent condition, no bed, just a bowl lathe, but it was very affordable and included a disc sander and 14" faceplate. I was so pleased that I called myself Graduate_owner when I joined the forum. One thing I really like - apart from build quality and sheer weight...

Thank you Coley. We are tied to a land line because mobile phone signal in our area is so poor. It is a case of taking the phone outside and wandering around waving the thing about to find the best location, and even then being lucky to get one bar. For incoming calls of course it is totally...

Hi all, I am getting really fed up of nuisance calls. I can't tell the caller what I think of him/her because the calls are increasinbly recorded announcements. So does anyone have any experience of call blockng machines? I have read online reviews but all have negative aspects so I thought...

I suspect any of the big makes would do you. DeWalt, Makita, Bosch (blue, not green), etc. I have several Makita cordless drills which I like, and several 20 year old AEG corded drills which I think are great. I do not know what AEG are like these days, but Toolstation are offering an AEG for...

I like this one:- Man comes home from the pub in a foul mood. When his wife asks him what's wrong he says I 've just heard the new milkman has been boasting he's been to bed with every wife in our street, except one. His wife replies - Oh that'll be the stuck up bitch in No 24. K

I had trouble with battery life on my Axminster digital calipers too. Used it a couple of times, then flat the next time I went to use it. I contacted Axminster who apologised for the inconvenience and sent me a free replacement - didn't want the old one back, so now I have 2. Very good of...

Is there some technical reason why manufacturers do not make a high volume high pressure collector? That would solve all the dust collection problems. K

I have a pair from Axminster and they seem fine, but if more accuracy is needed I use my Moore and Wright micrometer. The calipers are certainly fine for woodwork - especially my sort of woodwork (a bit rough) K

Fitzroy - that is what I would like to do. I'm thinking to wire a 2 pole connector to each of the starter switches of the 3 phase machines I have. Then I can plug in the connections to the control wiring and use the inverter output via the original switchgear. I was interestec to read about the...

I was told by an engineer who repairs inverters that you should connect the inverter output directly to the motor, so that is what I have done on all 5 of my 3 phase machines and have had no problems. I regard a control cable to give remote stop start as essential for safety, my stop start /...

Axminster are offering a set of 12 carving tools for £27 instead of £45. Has anyone any experience of these? There are 4 mixed reviews on the Axminster web site. At £2 odd per chisel, is this just too cheap, even for occasional use by a beginner to carving? K