Recent content by White House Workshop

As some of you already know, my husband, Brian, died suddenly at the end of March at Frimley Park Hospital, which is why you have not heard from him in a few months. I cannot tell you what caused his death exactly, as we are awaiting PMs and an inquest. I want you to know how much he enjoyed...

First thing I'd check before calling a plumber is to ask your uphill neighbour if they've noticed any problems developing. Also, check your drain covers. The toilets flush away straight into the sewers but most sink and bath drains go into drains. If these are clogged with leaves and other...

All medical advice is to do the PSA before the digital exam because, as you say, it can cause elevated PSA levels. However, a high PSA result does not indicate cancer. You also need a 'Free-PSA' (FPSA or PSA-f) to determine the number of unbound antigens. The key indicator on that test is below...

Problem solved -- until the next time. Turns out that the shared access to the printer had been turned off. No idea how as no-one logs into that machine - it just sits there as a print server. Vista still isn't totally happy, but at least we can print again, for now.

I've made coving on the t/s after I saw norm do it years ago. Didn't turn out that well - just as easy to pop out to the local woodstore and browse (mmmmmm....). I really didn't like the lack of control pushing the wood across the blade - it just seemed wrong.

We have a Hotpoint that was in the house when we bought it. We think it was new in 1997. Had a warranty call in 2001 (5 year warranty) but it's been fine since. The fridge side is superb, the freezer side is too narrow and won't hold a pizza (not that we ever eat pizza, but you might). If you...

Never had a problem here. I call the surgery and they make the appointment with the phlebotomist. Could it be your age - I'm knocking on the door of 60 and maybe they think you're too young yet?

I think I may have discovered the problem. Z-A seems to have decided that the printer is on a fixed IP address (at least that's what shows in the trusted zone list), but the IP address is actually assigned by the router quite simply as the order in which the various machines are switched...

That's what he's decided - for now. The biggest problem in that circle is that once you are well known the auctioneers push the prices as high as they can. Still, he's paid his mortgage for the next 3 months, and bought a huge trailer for the back of his truck!

Don't forget you can also purchase router supports for the Leigh jig for added stability. Don't know the cost...

Worth checking prices VERY carefully. A friends of ours found some Canon coour laser printers on sale for less than the cost of the replacement cartridges. He bought 4, and sends them to recycle when the toner runs out (about 9 months it seems).

The only way to do this really is to take some scrap pieces of your sapele and then use trial and error with different stains/mixes and vary the number of coats until you get the colour you want.

In case you needed it, a huge thumbs up for Jewitt's book from here too.

Yes - ZA and AVG are running on all the machines. I've checked the settings and they all look fine. True on both counts. What I find is really annoying is that everything was working fine for about 3 months until it just decided to stop working and I can't find out why....

I'm not sure of the answer to all those questions, but I'll check when I can get 30 minutes on her computer! However, why should everything be working fine until a few weeks ago and then decide to give up? Very confusing. Subnets all match and are all in the trusted zone. I do know you can't...