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I can ask my Japanese friend if you like ? I'm sure it will be maker's mark though, which might mean that unless you know a Japanese woodworker, it might not mean much.

Clamp them together and plane as one ?

Interesting. earlex.com lists the SS77 steam generator at $69.99 plus the brass fitting for $19.32, so about same price. It seems not exactly the same as the wallpaper stripper - 1500W vs 2000W. But I can vouch that the wallpaper steamer works fine, and looks like better value ! Cheaper...

Here's how I did it: first-chair-t82109.html#p896243 - it works, but PVC slowly sags with steam temperatures. I now use a length of aluminium pipe instead. For green ash legs of about 1 1/2" diameter, the steamer holds just about enough water that you can fill it up, plug in, and it's ready...

This was first on TV quite some time ago - 2015 ? I met Jim at the Bodger's ball after and asked him about the experience. I found it a bit irritating, my thinking was that the film makers obviously were putting their art above the craft they were presenting. But he seemed quite open minded...

They also use fair amounts of relatively uncommon materials - lithium, neodymium etc for powerful magnets. And probably a fair bit of copper. Compared to a smartphone at ~£1000, they start to look quite a lot for your money.

I suspect it depends to what extent coronavirus - or the next one - shows us one of the bigger disadvantages of living all in big conurbations. And charging around the planet like blue-arsed flies by all methods of transportation.

Wouldn't a carefully placed wok work better ? :lol:

I wonder what the value of a 10 year old EV will be. I wonder how you would even start to predict it. So much can happen in 10 years. At the moment second hand EV prices are inflated by scarcity. But if they become more common, or the new price falls ? If technology does advance, could they...

We will have a long way to go to be materially poorer than most of those people in India and China though. And remember that a lot of that pollution in India and China is created on our behalf in the process of making the tut we in the West buy. We have effectively subcontracted our pollution...

Indeed ! Words from politicians about what will happen in 15 years time are to be taken with a pinch of salt. IMHO, we are addressing quite the wrong problem with worrying about what fuels cars. More we need to worry about why people need to spend so much time charging around like blue-arsed...

This touches on the interesting question of liability. If the manufacturer accepts full responsibility for the actions of the vehicle, and you are freed completely from being in charge of the vehicle, that would be a game changer. At the moment all the driver aids come with a warning that you...

:lol: Having been a researcher, when asked for when research ideas would become commercial reality, "10 years" was the standard code for "no idea, certainly not for the forseeable future". The enthusiasm for driverless cars scares me. Back when I was at Uni, the trendy idea in software was...

Is it just me who is irritated by the term "range anxiety" - it makes it sound like it is all in your head, your thinking. Nothing physical. Not like a genuine limitation that deserves consideration. Almost belittles those who might be concerned about it. AJB is right about driverless cars...

Many of those other benefits are not specific to electric vehicles. Petrol cars also bristle with cameras if you choose that. Lane control or at least warning is fairly common, automatic breaking if you are too close etc.

[sorry, the system won't let me quote the whole exchange] Have to dip in here as a CEng member of aforementioned institution. I do a bit of electronic design. Why worry about EV's and lightning particularly ? ICE vehicles, petrol pumps, almost everything these days are full of electronics...

I made my own ... use a good hacksaw (cobalt steel blades help) tu cut a blunt hardpoint saw into strips. Only the teeth are induction hardened, the rest is normal saw plate. Clean up with a file, cut teeth with it held in a metalwork vice. Ok, it is a bit of a bother, but it worked well.

The expansion is across the board. Wood moves most tangentially to the annual rings, maybe (very roughly) half that radially, and hardly at all lengthwise. Which is why the end strips running across the grain are risky. Breadboard ends are only attached fully in the middle, so allow...

What material is the main part of the top within the mitered border ? Is it solid wood ?

I mention it because when I was getting back into woodwork, I made a hinged lid for a box, about 600x400x20mm, beech, and almost exactly the same design as your board. Brought it in from the workshop and was startled by what happened. Moved several mm across the width. My first attempt at an...