Recent content by fred55

I'm booked to go away pity, there a show I really wish I could attend - Sandringham Food, Craft, Beer beginning of May - one of the best I've been to. Please post any other recommended shows. I always seem to find out about them after they've gone.

Just when you think you have everything - I now want a an anvil / metalworking shop - Brilliant work and nice for you to share it.

Lovely video - gives a different approach, love the angle grinder / lathe combination.

Its yours clogs - now I've seen where you are, I'll bring it to you, soon as I get my sunglasses, speedos and sun oil packed.

The handle / big cog is a loose fit (in and out), so as you turn you have to keep slight pressure inwards, this keep the gearing together. The small cog just ride up and down the square shaft.

This was going to the skip not seen one before so I had to rescue it. Move the cam up to engage a set of holes to give speed control. Now what to do with it ! Hand Drills Preservation Society or hang it on the wall ?

Looks I've like tapped into a vein of disgruntled car owners disillusioned by the collective power issued by Governments to officials who have no idea how to run department with our money - I'm a self employed Landlord (for the moment, getting out due to the impending new regulations ...

Just got a £35 fine for going down a street in Doncaster that I have been going down for 50years - Why - some 'traffic geek in their world' decided to alter the priority to just allow buses down, which would be OK with sign post, but also decide to alter the language from what I...

I've got the same problem; tried hand plane but soon stopped and tar covered footplate, then electric planer much better but eats the wood ! - please post the most effective that you try. S I can copy.

390w x 18, and 7.2 KWhr storage.

Tightmans final report - loved the solar panels; up to Aug 2023 the excess payment back into the grid (octopus) is paying for the standing charges and summer gas usage - the kids loved it to ! so much so I've paid for them to have have a similar set up on their houses; better now than...

Well I said I'd give a running report of a tight mans view of Solar panels - end of summers/Autumn report - using very little electric from the Grid ( 0.1kwh per day; why I don't know ) , the 7kwh battery are still 50% or more after the night (I'm using 99w to 200w per hour overnight). On...

Thanks Mark.B. Have looked at those could use at a push, to save work was looking at some premade steel ones.

HI help or steer me in the right direction - 12 oval tables to make for a hotel 6, 8, 10 foot long; having problem sourcing suitable retracting/folding legs. The old example are made from 3/4" ply which I will source and they have 2 or 3 sets of legs - anybody know of suitable folding legs...