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    Toshiba A100-049 Laptop

    I have an A100 which is a month old, came with XP. others in the office got the same but with Vista and have had heaps of problems with Office, printing and Lotus notes. With WP no problems at all
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    Festool Mini + Triton DCA300 Dust Collector

    I have the CT33 unit and when ever im doing a lot of routing i connect up the triton bucket to collect the larger chips and sav on bags. The cost Festool charge for the bags is ridiculous hence why i use the bucket at times
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    bank charges

    Just wish we had similar laws here in Australia then i would be in on it too. but as we have state and federal laws it would take a wizz to find something i could use to try to recover some of my fees
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    What shed?

    I would recomend Alwood Sheds in Devon, good work and reliable. They will make to your specs. http://www.sheds4gardens.co.uk/[/url]
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    MDF Dust Disposal

    The dust i get is usually from the festool vac, so place those in the bin, dust from the floor i usulay mix it with old engine oil and turps and once it becomes a solid mass place in the rubbish bin.
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    Heathrow hotels and parking

    Ive always stayed at the IBIS its reasonabley priced however for a car what i would do is get a real old banger cheap drive it there the morning of your flight and leave it in a short term parking spot. When you get out it remove tax disc if there is one and the number plates then walk into...
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    Can you fit a sheet of plywood in there?

    Worked in a place that sold various sized chipboard circles, one after noon 4 indian guys came in and bought 4 1800mm diameter circles (there 18mm thick) they left with them on the roof of there car. 30mins later i was driving home and saw part of a large disc at side of road. bit further see...
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    recent storms

    Used to live around that area years ago, its a nice place. Been trying to call my brother but i guess he must be down there seeing what he can get. all i wont is a nice beema bike.
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    recent storms

    Howdy there, The only news from that part of the world is a cargo ship is sinking off Sidmouth carrying dangerous chemicals http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,, ... 62,00.html
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    How to cool the workshop

    Today with an ambient outside temp of 44C and inside the work shop it hit nearly 60C making it impossible to do any work. My workshop is just a sinble car garage with a gable tiled roof which is insulated. Any one got some ideas Guy
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    Xmas from the South

    Well it 4:45pm on a lazy xmas day afternoon and has not stopped raining all day, beleive it or not they had 5cm of snow fall on the victorian alps today. Yes i hear you say well thats normal, well were in the middle of summer here. Merry xmas to one and all Guy
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    Workshop Heating

    Sorry i took it off topic Ill take the rain, may stop some of the bush fires we are having, saturday visibility was down to 200m whilst driving and we are 300 km away from the fires. We have had no decent rain in nearly 2 years with the resevoirs down to less than 40% full, and the largest fire...
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    Workshop Heating

    im willing to swap the heat i have in mine at the moment for some of your cold. Hit 43C inside there yesterday and have no cooling other than a large fan.
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    Garage door security

    I work out of a single garage which has a roller door and faces a busy intersection where all can see what i have on veiw. I decided on installing a 90 x 35 frame and clad the outside with 18mm MDF glued and screwwed with a door opening inwards and a smaller door to increase the max access size...
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    The Ashes returning Home

    As a pom that doesnt fit in here i just hope England take the ASHES home with them. Fed up hering how Aussies are the best sportsmen in the world. Seeing it cost the taxpayers a fortune in there training.
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    New bloke from downUnder

    Tony, thats a nice looking box you have made there. Hope you are not to close to the bush fires up there, last night in Melb the smell of smoke was realy bad and visability about 150m Keep up the good work
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    I do miss her!

    Used to love seeing it take off from Heathrow on a winters evening, with the streak from its afterburners going. That was so much nicer than all the other planes that took off .
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    carcass construction

    I bought it from seeing on the Danish site before Aus had it in stock. Hafele UK will have them in stock just need to quote the part numbers. There is an insert to do the Rafix connectors, but i dont use that i use a Blue Max 3 to do the drilling here is the catalogue page from Hafele UK site ...
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    carcass construction

    Hafele have a new jig thats is pretty cool, does almost everything, cost me A$120. Here is a link to it. The Australian site has a brochure containg details of the jig
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    criminal responsiblity

    Prisoners here get the luxury treatment, DVD players TV and even the internet access in there cells. One prisoner to each cell. Thats not punishement in some cases they are better off than you and me
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