Recent content by Richard_C

"Once upon a time" I knew all this stuff, but memory has faded. I do remember where to look to find it though. Also "Once upon a time" we had the pension advisiory service, TPAS, but that was combined into the Money and Pension Advisory Service, MAPS which is wholly independent and government...

Remember Icarus. Get your gliders above the clouds.

Unless you are after a proper surveying instrument the free "bubble level" android app acts as both a spirit level and a clinometer. Good enough for things like tree heights.

Advice above is sound and the best first step. Next and if that doesn't help, which browser? If you are still using Internet Explorer the predecessor to Edge yiu might find some sites don't work nicely. I would try Edge and Chrome.

As its a window you will need a FENSA approved fitter or pay for a building control sign-off. A former shop, so it might be close to pavement or road, - as well as insulation you need to think about noise and privacy from passers by, perhaps traffic fumes if its busy. May be a simple job...

Just thinking aloud, is this to be indoors or outdoors, and does that influence the design? I'm thinking of water ingress and expansion/ contraction if it is in the rain heat and frost.

I'm old, so I would use putty because I always have. There may be more modern products, someone else may have a better idea. (There is a particular and serene satisfaction in working putty in your hand and applying a good bead)

Of passing interest. Verdi il trovatore and Wagner Das Rheingold both use anvils in a chorus. I think 4 for the Wagner, but 50 would sound magnificent. Some orchestras cheat and use various tubes to get the sound, but some still use real anvils played with hammers.

If I recall, you can drive it to an MOT testing station as long as you have an appointment. DVLA website will tell you all you need. Make sure you get the proper. gov. uk one, it's rarely top of the list if you Google DVLA. Lots of pretend versions out there.

You could try the V&A website, www.vam.ac.uk. click on collections, pick a category, click the with photos filter and spend happy hours lookin through their thousands of catalogued pictures. Good for all kinds of things including furniture.

Of passing interest. I was filling the car at a Tesco today and idly looking at the unnecessary-stuff-and-things adverts on top of the pump. One item on offer was a 6x led UV torch for £3.99.

There is a free phone app, golden ratio calculator, no need to buy anything. Or just work it out yourself, or do an excel, Google sheets, ios numbers calculator. Simple sums.

Daylight, not through glass which can filter out some uv, will work, albeit more slowly than a proper lamp. But as a try out without buying any new kit it's OK, especially for things that are easy to carry outside the workshop. ( Most weather apps include a uv forecast.)

Get a cardboard box. Cut a hole in the side. Write on it "do not move, rat trap underneath". Put it just inside your garage. Tell your neighbour. Do nothing else.

As above, I would be tempted to go for water collecton with butts and so on for some uses, and take a 10l camping jerrytcan thingy of tap water for human consumption. You could even get a pump or foortpump in the style of camper vans - our old vw had a water container in a cupboard unit and a...