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I need to invent a way of raising a heavy german washer and dryer up from the floor so they can be used without stooping (elderly persons). Say by 400 mm. The floor is supended and I imagined creating a raised floor /joists/bolts/studs and resin etc. just big enough for the appliances. However...

Just bought a second hand Axi trade air cleaning filter, a rebadged generic Chiwanese item. Thus I had cause to look at new prices on line. Axminster, 2pence under £400 ic VAT; Scott and Sargeant £282 inc VAT. Hmmm...

They do not work well, as the depth and lateral adustments interfere with each other. Better a small hammer to tap with, or even one with a nylon face.

I have managed to kna**er one of these. The old original type, fabricated, with a steel lever finished with a black knob. Perhaps someone has an unwanted spare? Easy to buy the modern all moulded replacement - but it doesn't work as well as the original!

I bought a 4 column router lift from Ali Express to play with. Further investigation sugests that a Chinese CNC router motor might make a suitable power source. Air cooled motors go up to about 3 HP and water cooled more still. A 4kW 220v motor is around £150 +VAT. The 400 Hz 3 phase reminds me...

I've been using Ali Express for some years, though it's not so cheap now it adds post brexit VAT! I'd not heard of this (Lazada)Ali Express alternative, until it was mentioned here in a post, so I thought to give it a try. I attempted to set up an account on the Singapore site. However it does...

Having a decent No.6 and No.8 would do, I thought, when the wallet was flush. But the big plane with it's wide blade, great for edging, is a heavy push on a surface. A good new No.7 is a pricy item, and even second hand could cost you 3 figures with no guarantee the sole is reasonably flat. Thus...

In the past have used A/C or precat where solid colour was required. From recent posts in "Spraying Paint" it looks as if waterbased has improved a lot. How does it compare for wear resistance etc, when used on mdf cupboard doors, or shelves, etc? In the past I have put 3-4mm hardwood edging on...

Does any one know if a LN frog will fit Quangsheng bench planes? I was lucky enough to be brought several LN planes by a US based relative, on their visits to the UK. Exchange rate was better then, and no sales tax. Cost now is out of sight. I have a couple of LN high angle frogs, and wonder if...

Most small compressors unload the actual pump (loud PSSS) when motor stops, so that the motor, when starting again, is not driving the pistons directly against the tank's psi. When the motor starts again, the actual compressor output is wasted for a few seconds, through a spring loaded leak...

We recently bought an older 350mm dewalt radial, all complete, including a traverse control. I've no experience with this hydraulic controller, apart from a "how to remove air if motion jerky" instruction in an old RAS manual, and the spec of the hydraulic oil to use. Does anyone have any info...

We've had the HSS version of this PT for some years. Despite fiddling with backbevels it still tends to tear out ripply grain, especially when thicknessing. The cutting geometry and feed speed (7M.min) seem designed for softwood. Some TC helical blocks hold the inserts so they still cut at 90deg...

I wonder if anyone has one of these, probably from the mid '80's, in Old Ax bluey green? New to turning, I recently aquired one with the usual boxes of bits and no manual. It's a gap bed of 1m, split pulley speed changes, on a stand with cupbords under the headstock, linked by 2 shelves to the...

Last month a slim package arrived from China; a selection of diamond sharpening stones ranging from 400 to 3000 grit. You can find these on ebay, and they are around £2.50 each, about the same a sheet of lapping film. No typo, they're about 3 x 6 1/2" (74x170mm). The reason for the low price...

Now retired, there's more time to hand tool, so I dug out a Stanley brace bought in 196* and hardly used since. First job was to fit a mortice lock to a solid oak front door. Whilst brace and bitting out the waste I could not help noticing the chuck was wobbling in a circular fashion. I rolled...

Just upgraded to this pillar drill, made in 1969, according to the maker, who have sent me 2 exploded parts diagrams (called a parts manual). Has anyone got a user manual / service manual for this they could scan for me please? This is a "round head" style Meddings, with 5 belt speeds and a 2...

Mine's a greeny blue Axminster pedestal machine, with a supposed capacity of 19mm in steel. Drilled all at once, anything over about 10mm in steel showed definite signs of triangularity. 13mm was about the limit provided you started at about 6mm and crept up to final size in 1mm steps. It had no...

Just spotted this when googling for Footprint: don't know if they manage to sell eventually - any idea? "Footprint Tools enters voluntary liquidation. (edit - dated May 2009) The credit crunch and subsequent recession have forced Footprint Tools into making a "dignified exit" from the market...

Nicely made as ever, more reasonably priced than Titemark, and fits all 8mm or 5/16 shaft gauges. but..... Made in a way that when correctly mounted (bevel to bevel) you cannot mark a mortice of much under 10 mm (3/8"?). LV are in company, too; I did not buy the Titemark version which is even...

Here's the result of some late night reading about the relative merit of dowel and biscuit joints in chipboard and mdf carcasses. Source websites for research papers below. Max strength dowel spacing ~ 96mm Max strength biscuit spacing~150mm (edit) 1st biscuit centre 50mm from edge In general...