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LOML's little Renault has the battery warning light on when driving. Fan belt OK, no slip. I've checked battery voltage, it is normal, that is 12 ish with the engine not running, drops a tad if you put the headlights on etc., but, and this is the bit I dont understand : rises exactly as one...

After several weeks of one of the worst droughts on record, we now have had a week of rain. Such a shame for the holiday makers, but so urgently needed by the land. Trapped indoors by the rain, I have been continuing with updating my workshop, adding a suite of cupboards and drawers to house...

Bit of an unusual project this! Customer wanted a meter cupboard to his own design and using some some DIY materials he had already bought before deciding he wanted someone else to make it. In the end, it turned out to be quite straight forward, so I agreed. The side panels are the DIY oak...

Actually, they were fitted a week or so ago, but the rest of the room was such a mess I didnt want to post pictures! :lol: :lol: These are the windows that I built, with some setbacks, a few months ago, but I didnt fit them as I could not face a day or so with a huge hole in the wall while...

I'm in the process of fitting a new window into the existing aperture in a stone wall. It is dressed stone with a nice recess for the frame, but slightly irregular bits where there are mortar joints. Trouble is, the house is 17th C, and the wall is no longer quite vertical. Result : a...

Please note, french windows here refers to windows in france! :lol: :lol: I need to replace several very old windows in my house (17th C, though I think the windows are a bit more recent!). They are in oak, and clearly hand made, so not soooo recent. I've never done this before, so the plan...

Well, here goes.... The table is built around my earlier one, which is a simple box in 18mm ply with one side open for access. Because I have very limited space, it is not free standing, it sits on the workbench with the extended side clamped in the vice. (I use the same arrangement for...

My new Triton 1400w router arrived today from the Woodworking Centre, very prompt delivery I might add, especially notable as I live in France. =D> =D> Plan is to mount it permanently in a shop made table and I will post a WIP as soon as there is anything to show. :D Looks good so far....

A regular geometric solid object has 5 flat faces. If you cut it into two pieces at half its height so as to have two new objects, one has the same properties as the original (but smaller) and the other has 6 flat faces. What is the generally accepted name of the original object?