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Can't make a lot of progress with this programme, don't have a manual, and I'd really appreciate some assistance. I've scanned some old group photos, and I've been trying to crop one person out of a group, then save that image as an individual photo (it's genealogical research, by the way)...

I have a similar problem, DW. My son, who knows these things, tells me it's merely the weight of dust on my keyboard! Regards, John

Well if this doesn't start a war I'll be amazed! John Gill, can I borrow a tin helmet?

That sounds as though the tool is going to be unwieldy and out of balance, Les. My thought was to buy another hand planer with a circular outlet orifice. My existing planer must be about 20 years old, and it's an excuse to look through the catalogues and shop around on the internet. All in...

Shop around for glass. Don't go for the first price you're given. I buy quite a lot of glass, and by shopping around I discovered a supplier who saves me in the region of 50% on the prices of other suppliers. John

I know, it's taken me a while to get round to tackling this. My workshop is so tidy it took me a week to find my blowlamp! But I followed Les's instructions, and it works a treat. I now have the facility to connect most of my hand-held power tools to my dust cyclone, and able to change from...

Mike, can you not put your pot on a rotating platform and mark where the laser falls as the pot goes round? Regards, John

Thank goodness for that! Now, about the connections I need..... John the unconnected

I've just checked it Roger, it worked fine for me. John

Graham, it's all your fault if I get flamed for going off-topic! Open google earth and type in the Latitude and longitude 52 20 10.87N 0 11 43.34W To do this easily, right click and copy the above and paste it into the 'Fly to' search box. Once the image has settled, zoom in and see an...

Oh, how I chuckled, Les. But surely there must be a set of manufactured couplers on the market somewhere? Or someone has discovered that a piece of this pipe just jamb-fits a piece of that pipe? I'm going to have another wander around Jewsons (yes, I know, and I'm sorry to mention the name...

Thanks Dave, I'll look at the Lee Valley site, but I need connectors for 1.5". I've PM'd you about the Lancaster. Regards, John

I can't be the first woodworker who has gradually built up a collection of DIY-level power tools and then began to think about dust extraction, only to realise that all his tools have different sized and shaped dust extract ports. So I'm at the point now where my belt sander, orbital sander and...

They could well be for attaching your router to the underside of the insert plate. But I could be wrong - it wouldn't be the first time! John

Chris, I'd really appreciate much more information. What is ABS, where do you get it, what thicknesses does it come in, how much vacuum do you need? Any information appreciated - I'm excited that I might be able to save megabucks! Regards, John

Sam, I'm exploring this at the moment myself. As I understand it, the tooling has to be in aluminium, and is mega-expensive. We want to make flattish items approximately 3' x 20" x 1" by this method, and were quoted c. £1k for the tooling, and we'd have to order several hundreds to make the...

Sorry DW, I haven't done that trip since 1994, so I'll be a bit out of date. But hey, it was fun in those days! Regards, John

Cor!! And I asked for a simple guide, not a minefield! I think I'd better try all that on the laptop where a disaster won't matter so much, and at the weekend when I can devote some time to it. Thanks Rich, you've really set me a challenge. If anyone else tries this, please will they post...

Seconded - he's a very nice bloke. He helped me out with a SketchUp problem. Shame he's a Colonial :lol: John

Oi! I'll have you know that at 60 I'm just entering middle age. My son wouldn't agree tho', he thought I was an old fossil when I was 35. Rich, I'm sure I'm not the only geriatric on this forum who would appreciate a simple guide to recording from the BBC website, if that's allowed. John