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I guess that makes sense as its much easier to accidentally press the start button whilst leaning over or putting something in the car than to accidentally turn a key in the steering column.

that's not entirely what NVR switches are for. If I'm half way through cutting something on my table saw and there is a blip in the power, I want my saw to stay off until I am ready to restart. I don't want to have to take my hands off the workpiece to go for the switch without knowing when it...

It still blows my mind that cars were being sold on the basis of having bluetooth and aux jacks on stereos for many years. Bluetooth had been out for 10 years and aux inputs have literally been around for half a centuary or more. It literally did nothing to improve the car and was wildly behind...

you'll have to rub you head and recite the alphabet :) thankfully my car doesn't make me do it, although as others I've always started with the clutch engaged. I do have an electric handbrake though which is mostly ok but entirely unneeded as a normal one works perfectly well. I do get driven...

currently but they have become better built since the first ones I've seen and will over time become the next Skoda or Seat etc.

I may well be wrong as it was hard to find but it seems like drag coefficient for mk1 and mk2 is claimed to be 0.32. Which to be fair isn't great for either version as a 1990's sierra was 0.33 I think. I guess it is very flat fronted. I wonder if the side panels actually help like the dimples on...

Perhaps it's always been the case but it seems more and more that we pick form over function. For example take the citreon C4 cactus. Love it or loathe it, the side panels on the doors were an incredibly useful feature to prevent damage to otherwise large clear dentable panels. Also note black...

Off gassing is something that does concern me slightly but more so for everyday items. If you buy a new carpet, unless it's a natural material, you have a large volume of material that will be off gassing. New car smell! yeah that's because everything is new and off gassing. New chipboard...

This doesn't appear to say you need a risk assessment https://www.gov.uk/private-renting/your-landlords-safety-responsibilities or is there something else that I should be looking at? I am aware if it is multi occupancy or has 3 floors that you need firedoors on a fire route/exit, but for a...

look on FB marketplace for local sawmills. I got some pretty cheap and it dries pretty quick and stays flat.

Hang on why do they need replacing? Is this some commercial use building or something? Is there another option available like linked firealarms in each room?

oh i was wrong with the bench I linked about as the benchtop does go over the apron https://www.theenglishwoodworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/f.jpg they just have a really good join. So my bench is 'wrong' :)

I built a similar bench a few years ago and they are awesome. Their weight means they don't budge when you are planing etc. Mine is slightly different though as the legs come out flush to the apron and I have cut angled bits into them to lock them in place. Like this one...

I agree in principle but not so useful if you breathe in a load of powder and get a chronic lung issue. It appears to be a known irritant but not sure of long term effects. I'd probably rather have my garage burn down than trash my lungs, I can rebuild the garage. Seems like a horses for...

The fires I've seen reported from mobile phone charging was not the battery starting the fire but the actual charger itself. I've seen a video of the cheap chargers being opened up and examined to show cheap components that are positioned badly that allow for overheating and shorts in the...

Just a note if you need extra vacuum hoses for a normal house vacuum, take a trip to your local tip/recycling centre. They often sell things now (for barely anything) as part of the recycling effort and they will have a shed full of vacuums.

could you not add a small solar cell to keep the current batteries topped up?

I guess it depends how much they want to spend. Remote controlled external shutters etc are going to be expensive to buy and install as they would need electric. If you are handy with a saw and some screws you could make a very simple frame and louvres. Just work out which way the mid-day sun...

that's really interesting, I didn't know they exist (at least not affordable DIY install systems). I've got a linked heat alarm in my garage (attached to the side of my house) and 2 heat and 2 smoke detectors in my house, so I'm pretty covered in terms of being made aware a fire is raging in my...

The battery thread got me thinking about fire safety (thought a new thread was better than derailing that thread). In the past I had a powder extinguisher for my kitcar but that has de-pressurised. I don't have anything in the house either so thinking about replacements. I did a quick look...