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Much better to install a 20A mcb in the consumer unit and run a 2.5mm² cable to as many 16A sockets as you need. The regulations allow this, providing the after diversity demand is 20A or less. That would normally apply to a workshop with only one man working in it, because he can only operate...

Think of an overall reasonable price that they should feel happy with. Then see if you can make and fit the door within that budget. Without knowing the cost of materials or the time needed, I'd think £1,000 reasonable. Now, can you make a profit out of that?

I had a nice set of Forstner bits but I haven't been able to find them since I moved house five years ago.

I drill a precision hole using a router and dowel drill Click

Those clamps are obsolete. This is what's used these days; cheaper and much easier to use. BTW, it's a dialysis needle. I get two of them shoved in my arm three times a week. :-&

That would make a fine wine cellar. \:D/

I'm with DIY stew, I leave my hearing aids out when I'm in my workshop. It seems you either end up deaf or with one fewer fingers... :lol:

Magnetron magnets are really powerful. I got one when I was a kid and tested it everywhere. It slowed the disk on the electricity meter down to almost a standstill. A few weeks later, my parents grumbled about their electricity bill. A quarter later still and the bill had sky rocketed...

The Woodstar PT85 P/T is one badge of a number of almost identical machines with different badges. They all suffer from the same defect; the fence is useless. Trouble is, you have to pay three times as much to get something like Hudson suggests. I never found anything in between. If you only...

Rutlands have a half price offer on their router table. I bought one last time they had it on offer and I can recommend it. http://www.rutlands.co.uk/cgi-bin/psPromotions.cgi?promo=58

Same P/T, different badge & model numbers: Charnwood, Clarke, Fox, Sealey, SIP I own the Fox. The Fox suffers from one overwhelming fault and I guess the nameplate variants do too. The fence is useless! It's a popular P/T because the other functions are OK and the price is low. Hopefully...

Are you sure it's not a single phase motor, that requires a split phase 3-wire supply of 120V—0—120V? Check that it does not have a starting capacitor and it's almost certainly three phase. If your VSD requires a star connected winding, I guess it will need it because it has to be connected to...

Buy 1.5mm rubber sheathed flex, not plastic sheathed. The plastic stuff's too inflexible. Here y'are: Tough Rubber Flex

If you have a "universal" motor, which has a commutator and is noisy, then it would be a suppression capacitor. The motor will run without the capacitor If you have an induction motor, which has no commutator and is quiet running, then it will be a starting or running capacitor. The motor won't...

I've got a Scheppach bandsaw with it's original manufacturer supplied blade. I suspect a better blade would improve it, but what sort of improvement should I expect? How does it make the improvement? What should I see for it?

A varistor is normally a high resistance, but starts to conduct above a threshold voltage. That could stop external sources of voltage spikes from interfering with your machine. It won't stop your machine from causing electromagnetic interference though unless the unit includes capacitors too.

There's a lot of useful information in this Approved Document to part E of the Building Regulations. Click to download

Maybe the current Proops is nothing like the old Proops, it would still be a sad day if they close. I must tell this story that concerns the old Proops when I bought stuff from them, sparking a personal technical interest every bit as much as Meccano did. In 1948 Aneurin Bevan created the NHS...

There are no "local" planning laws, only the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. The Local Planning Authority may differ from town to town over its implementation though. You can try to get away with 7 foot gates. If you manage to do so for 4 years, you will be in the clear, the LPA cannot take...

Yes, cyanide. I bought it from Boots around 1965. Had to jump through hoops. A form had to be signed by a neighbour to say that I was a fit person, then by the police to say that both my neighbour and I were fit persons. Turned out my neighbour had a conviction for cycling without lights when...