On a different tack.
Erwin Schrödinger, one of the greatest physicists ever, wrote this about biology http://whatislife.stanford.edu/LoCo_files/What-is-Life.pdf.
or if you don't have time to read that try this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_Life%3F
Remember this is 1944; way before...
I'm sure that designing a chair for a competition that both looks good and works is tough ! It's just that THIS YEAR there was nothing (in the way of chairs) that I coveted and wanted to take home. Last year was much different. SWMBO and I squabbled over what we would spend the (hypothetical)...
SWMBO and I went to the private viewing last night. As always I came away even more aware of my own lack of skill, time to practice, creativity ....
It sounds as though I should be miserable doesn't it. Instead I'm elated. Such fantastic work and SWMBO kept her purse closed last night :D...
<Rant>Simple answer. Don't buy the products ! If everyone spent their money in line with their espoused morals/beliefs then all this trash would go to the wall; OK, Hello, the Mail, the NOTW etc...
... and SKY and the plethora of trash TV channels.
Who needs more than 4 TV channels anyway...
Running (and walking) 150 miles across the Sahara Desert in 2010, competing in the Marathon Des Sables. The MdS is a 7 day, 6 stage ultra-marathon where you carry all your food, clothing and bedding. The organisers supply medical support and water throughout. Other than that they just put up...
I'm back with an update.
Thanks Bob, the dremel trick worked a treat; I retrieved the remains of an M6 bolt from the bit circled in red.
I also was able to recover the bit circled in blue. It is brass, 30mm long, and I think M12. It is threaded along its entire length and slotted in the...