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I'd agree with deema. I bolt my heaviest machines down to pallets, then it's easy to move them around with a pallet truck (or even your fork lift).

I have the Makita 36v chainsaw and this Titan. I bought the Titan first. It's a basic chainsaw - I now always use the Makita because a) it's much better and b) it's cordless, but if looking for a basic no-frills chainsaw to cut up wood then the Titan is a good choice. Mine sits out in a damp...

I suspect some hot water or a hair dryer might soften it enough to take it off. Or make it invisible by gentle rubbing with some fine wire wool, so it matches the satin finish?

I have what Bill above refers to as a "chain lever hoist" - it works very well for pulling horizontally (e.g. trees). They are fairly cheap on Amazon/online and seem to come in 5/10/20ft chain lengths. 10ft works for me; 5ft would be too small, and 20ft would weigh a huge amount. Fairly...

On the noise front: Makita do a series of "oil pulse" impact drivers, designed to be nearly silent. Not as cheap as a normal impact driver, but probably very helpful if doing a lot of 6" screws.

I had a similar query, looking for a mixed set of decent connectors. The two I had previously bought from Amazon were junk. "SWA" make good ones, and they are easy to find (including on Amazon if you look carefully): Selekt-A-Box Pre-Ins - SWA 2020

I have one of the Makita brushcutters, takes two 18v LXT batteries. Works very well, I sold my big Echo petrol one soon after.

One of the best improvements to my workshop was putting in a lot of LED lights on the ceiling, so it's really well lit from lots of angles. I also have several Makita LED lights (DML801, £25, take the drill batteries, other marques will have similar) and I find I use them all the time in the...

Thicker rope will also stretch a bit less. 10mm rope is probably 1.5 tonne breaking strain, so at 1:6 (or similar), your 200kg is close to the limit. Try 18mm rope? I seem to use "polysteel" rope for a lot of applications (it has low stretch), and it's easy to get a few metres on ebay...

We had very high voltage here, often clipping when it hit 253v. I have some wifi plugs in the house (which also tell you the voltage) and luckily bumped into the engineers when they were fiddling with our transformer. With the evidence I showed them of high voltage over many months, they were...

I feel your battery concerns were valid with NiCad 30 years ago, but the technology really has come on, since Li-Ion became mainstream perhaps 15 years ago? Batteries last for ages now, unless you are drill all day every day, it's simply not a worry. I know many people who have bought even a...

Thanks all! Some great ideas. Yes, it's impossible to make the shelf truly "adjustable" as the length of each shelf is different, but I'm looking for a way to make it fairly easy to pull a shelf out and put in another one (or cut an existing one down). Books are never the same height :-(...

I am building some shelves to go in an attic room. The top half has a sloping side, to match the sloping ceiling above. Call it 45 degrees. I like the little Hafele 5mm shelf supports for making shelves slightly adjustable, but these don't of course work for a 45 degree slope, as the shelves...

Some TV supports are designed for really big/heavy screens, so may well be sufficiently heavy duty.

Impact drivers are great. If you need them to be silent, Makita (and probably others) do "oil pulse impact drivers" which are much quieter. You'll pay for the privilege (which is why I've never seen one).

How fast do you want it to heat up? If it needs to heat up quickly, then a fan-type heater is probably best (but be careful about it overheating). If you are running it all day, and it doesn't matter if it takes an hour to heat up, then a towel rail element plus some suitable liquid would give...

I've bolted them down to office pedestals in the past, or other small drawer units. Easy, quick storage, so I can get on with other projects! But some of these stands are works of art.

I have had the Lidl and Titan offerings (the "better" ones, with auto power switch on/off). Much preferred the Lidl offering. The Screwfix Titan is much noisier and feels cheaper.

I have that same Startrite saw. It's fine for cutting across the sheets, but as I recall (I'm away at the moment) the aluminium slider/pole is not quite long enough cut a full 8ft cut easily, so it can be fiddly. And then you have the slider stick all the way out all the time. I usually use...

I have one of the sub-£30 bike stands - they are a godsend. Very easy to use, fold up when not needed, can use anywhere. Even outside for a hose-down, or oily jobs. Unless you're really tight for space, they are worth having.