Recent content by deema

You should start at the furthest point from the predominant light source and work towards it. Usually this is the corner closest to the door. So, you work both clockwise and anticlockwise. Same for papering.

I retired early and am very fortunate to have a large well equipped ship. I looked at opening it up to let others use it /pseudo men’s shed. However, looking into insurance / HSE compliance, dust extraction inspections, electrical checks, fire escapes, emergency lighting, training, PPE….the list...

I’ve rebuilt a number of machines, vintage and modern. In my experience, I won’t rebuild modern machines unless they are the high end commercial machines. Why? Well I have found the trade / DIY machines to be very poorly engineered and don’t hold their setup making for disappointment and costly...

Notice the flat belt pulley on the motor…..someone has added a flange to the pulley to stop the belt wandering off! The pulleys are crowned which is what jeeps the flat belt tracked on top of the pulleys. The reason the flange has been added is I believe because the bronze sintered bushes in the...

What about industrial cladding? You can attach it to purlins. I’d get it with insulation ie. Sheet, insulation, sheet. It comes in a wide variety of colours and designs. Look a lot better than galv sheet and a lot quieter when it rains.

The infill looks unusual, may I ask with the bracing parts mitred into the corners of the hand and lower rail how will you stop the expansion of the hand and lower rail not trying to break apart the joints?

Diesel or kerosene is one of the best penetrating fluids.just submerge and wait. It also removed gunk ready for electrolysis. You can use it instead of water / washing soda….. spark erosion uses kerosene. I don’t mix it with ATF as that makes a good paint stripper and often I’m just getting...

The simplest solution is to fit a single phase to single phase inverter. This will take 220v 60hz in and convert it to 240v 50hz out. Just pick one large enough for you biggest machine. Not cheap, but it’s the optimum solution. I’d buy one and plug the machine you want to use into it.

It’s a harsh thing to say, but it would be cheaper to buy another saw than buy spares. I would either buy a donor saw or another complete saw and sell the remaining parts / saw for spares.

I have over the years collected virtually a full set of imperial mortice chisels. Just missing the elusive 15/16” to fulfil my need for completeness. 😂 The chisels that see the light of day have been 1/4”, 1/2”, 5/8” and 3/4”. That’s covered everything from furniture, doors and windows and the...

You will need a system to sharpen the chisels, Clifton used to make them, there were 3 sets (looks like a counter sink with a variety of inserts to guide the cutter into the chisel) to cover the entire range of chisel sizes. They are rare to find, usually hideously expensive and often as not...

Population numbers are set to decline around the world in every country by 2086 and have peeked at 10.8 million. A number of countries are already faced with population decline, South Korea being the worst affected.

George Orwell famously used two plus two equals five in his novel nineteen eighty-four as an example for an obviously false statement that you can nevertheless make people believe in.

According to George Orwell 2+2=5 in his novel 1984.

Try looking at around 150 million years ago for 3000ppm. Think Jurassic park (film) to get an idea of the when. Good old Wiki suggests optimum CO2 levels are 1200ppm, or 1.2% not where we are right now, which is 0.04% and has increased from c0.03% by circa by 0.01% since the Industrial Revolution.