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I can't even get reliable wireless broadband in the house let alone in the workshop! Tried it twice now and it's hopeless so I ran a cable under the house and up into the study, in the workshop I just use my phone to go online.

I was looking at This Stuff other day, it's a gel so should be ideal for larger surfaces. I was going to use it for removing rust from my old cast iron planer, in the end though I used a wire brush in a drill chuck to remove the worst, then liberally sprayed it with WD40 and left it for a few...

I bought a standard QS block plane from Rutlands, and a low angle rebate block plane from WH, there are significant differences between the two suppliers. The low angle plane from WH has a nice bronze cap whereas the Rutlands one just has a polished steel one, and the WH plane has much finer...

I'll have a dozen at that price!

Can anyone recommend a really good rust removal product? I'll get the worst off with a wire brush in the drill chuck, but it always seems to leave a bit, I was looking at this stuff yesterday http://www.bilthamber.com/pro-introduction.php?cname=Corrosion%20Removal&name=deox-Gel anyone ever used it?

Because you don't get a great deal of overspray extraction may not be neccessary, a decent mask might be enough, depends what you're spraying as well. The "booth" could just be a cheap gazebo that you set up when you need it, or see if you can find an old frame tent.

HVLP is the way to go, very little overspray compared to conventional high pressure systems, mobile car body repairers generally use HVLP and spray inside a sort of frame tent affair.

That's why I use the type of cells used for electric model flight, it's a very demanding application so cells tend to be of very high quality, built for fast charge and high discharge. You're right about heat sensitive diodes of course, I thought it went without saying that you would replace...

The word "Great" in Great Britain just means the greater part of, as in greater and lesser.

My favourites are those signs you see while driving along in the summer, advertising Strawberry's, Rasberry's (sic) etc...

Yes that's another good suggestion, still a lot cheaper than the sander and more versatile too.

Not at first, but we're paying for it now. When we first came across the Falklands there was only a bunch of penguins living there (not a great deal else there now TBH), and they didn't object to us taking the place. I'm sure we'd have happily paid them something if they'd asked.

With a little practice carving chisels are easy to use, and more versatile than a belt sander, you could start off with one or two and add different types as you need them, really good new ones are only around £20 each so not expensive to start off, or get a few used ones from eBay and see how...

Think I'll give it a go with the 1hp as I already have it, I can always get a more powerful one if it struggles.

Wouldn't carving chisels be quicker, then just finish off with a bit of sandpaper?

I didn't think we bought them either, just helped ourselves like most of our overseas territories, it's not as if anyone was doing anything with them at the time...

I think you're probably right, either British or a copy of a British machine, it's not unlike an old Wadkin that I found photos of but I don't think it is one. I'll take it into work on Moday and start cleaning it up, I have a new 1hp motor sitting around that might be suitable for it, or maybe...

Good old Gunboat Diplomacy!

OK clearly it's an old planer, but does anyone have any idea what make/model? I picked it up a few years ago for a Tenner on eBay, I also have a cast iron fence for it, what look like a pair of home-made roller table extensions, a pair of new blades, and a few bits and pieces that may...

Thanks guys I'll check out those two. It's not difficult to do, just replace the existing ones with the same physical size cells, as I mentioned you'll probably find that you can get new ones with a greater capacity than the originals which is a bonus. If the old ones are NiCad or NiMH then...