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My understanding of those equations, if it helps at all, is that whatever you were going to use, you need a bigger bolt.

screwdrivers, spanners, scissors, pliers etc etc are generally on magnetic strips in my workshop. Battery powered tools are generally wherever I last put them down!

riving knife please. happy with £20, not going to make you an ONO offer. PM sent.

Another for Wera, I use their bit holders and bits almost exclusively in my drivers but do think we need an honourable mention at least for Halford's professional range. I have a couple of different sets of them, including stubbys, and their no questions replacement lifetime guarantee is impressive.

I don't often share hacks or you tube videos, but this one is short and to the point. It would also have worked for me in the past when fitting a particularly big inset nut.

Interesting and informative, thank you. However, I'd like to raise a general question. How accurate is accurate enough? Like many, I have recently made an improved cross cut sled and I actually used a different cut system I saw online to test accuracy. It is about 200th of an inch off over 3...

These are wonderful and put mine to shame! Can I ask the purpose of the cut outs on top of the knife, are they for the blade safety cover? I don't have one of those either!

Yes this is what I thought, so that led me to choose the blade to cut from as it fitted this formula.

I recently bought a Startrite TA255 but it came without a riving knife, so decided to have a go at making my own from one of the many old blades that it did come with. Not the prettiest or best, but all I had to cut it with was an angle grinder. It works, which is really the only test that...

OK so went today, and if you are thinking of going tomorrow here are my findings. So much better than last year, still heavily weighted towards plumbers and electricians but good stalls from Bosch, Makita, De Walt, Stanley, Weha, Wera, Fischer, Pica and others made it well worth a visit. Show...

I’m going to toolfair.info at Alexandra Palace tomorrow. Went last year and enjoyed it, this year looks to be much bigger.

I went last year and it was ok if a little small, this year they say it is much bigger, and certainly many firms that weren't there last year are going to be there. I'll be there on 29th in my distinctive Essex Barn Workshop jacket, so if you are going do say hello! Admission is less than free...

Just done a quick look at that site, and I'm on Bosch pro. The only adaptor they offer from Bosch is to Ryobi, and that is £24.99 whereas I could buy a genuine 2AH (yes i know, only 2AH but...) Bosch pro battery from Screwfix for £25.90. Of those two options, personally I'd buy the battery.

Didn't know of these, bit expensive in the UK (I have found huge variance online, but probably £200 or more) but this video does interest me!