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Cheers for the answers, guys. I know the 'reference' picture was much more complicated than I'm proposing; it was more about visual appearance of the outside than anything. I am considering a cold deck, and leave a 1" gap at the top to ventilate it purely for headroom reasons. I think...

Hi all, After a very long hiatus from woodworking and this forum (I've been devoid of tools and living in Germany for the last few years), I'm finally getting back into it and have got the go-ahead from the other half to put a small workshop up in our new back garden. The only constraint (other...

Yes! That is exactly what I was thinking! Excellent review, I've been considering a No6 for a while, you may have just pushed me over the edge.

You just need to live in Glasgow. Sky fitters and window cleaners are in a class of their own here. When I had sky fitted 3 years ago (to the roof of a 4 storey Victorian tenement), he just climbed up onto the roof through the sky-light (sans-rope), walked about and bolted it to the chimney...

To be fair, there were only 200 Apple-I computers ever made. One sold recently at auction, for not much more than a modern Mac Pro costs :-P http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11825954

I agree completely! But unless I've horribly misunderstood sparkymarky, it isn't a requirement for it to have a non-rigid coupling! That's why I'm surprised.

Thank you for the info - much appreciated! It's a large free standing wooden kitchen unit with a gas hob in it, so I guess it's within regulations then. I'm slightly surprised at that actually.

In addition to everything being backwards compatible, it's also worth noting that, for things like mice, keyboards and other accessories, the speed is irrelevant - so you would never notice. Further, unless you have some really high end hardware, most cheap USB storage drives are not even using...

Hey guys, A question for the plumbers out there - especially the corgi registered ones! I've just moved into a new place, and the kitchen has a free standing cooker unit, but the gas connection from the wall to the hob is a solid copper pipe! Now, clearly this is not a sensible idea (move the...

The CT150 has an induction motor and is belt driven. I would be very surprised if they had removed it from the CD1502! It runs very quietly if it is on a stable base. Planing is no louder than using a cordless drill. Actually, now that I think about it, I'll add another drawback; there is no...

I have a CT150, the predecessor to the CT1502. I'm not sure what upgrades they've made over the one I have though, but I find it to be very good. I only give it hobby use though, but I've had it for nearly 5 years and never had a hint of a mechanical problem and it performs really well. The...

Not that I'm especially biased towards Axi, but that looks more like the couriers have been sledging on it, than damage from Axminster themselves! :roll:

I just made a coffee table in a very similar style/size, albeit smaller in height. See here. It has 1100mm long, 18mm thick rails above and below the drawers (which admittedly aren't shown in the pics because I've not finished the drawers off yet). But with the centre divider and the back/front...

After much planning and debating (thanks to everyone who gave advice on the merits of black walnut), I concluded that it would be a little too strenuous on the finances right now. So I gathered together all the wood I could find (white oak and ash left over from old projects) and designed...

If your budget is tight, get a slot cutting bit for your router. I would advise against getting a cheap biscuit joiner, other flaws aside, the killer is that the fence assemblies are usually woefull, and 9 times out of 10 result in non parallel slots. This then gives an uneven joint and leaves...

Hmmm, yes and no I think. There are many useful settings that are easy to operate and understand, configuring boot drives for example. However, a healthy respect is good too. Especially if you build your own PC, the BIOS on a consumer motherboard you buy yourself typically has many more options...

Hi Andy, That's a very curious problem... If the Archos can see it as a bluetooth gateway, then a PC should too - in theory at least. Can't think of anything at the moment, but I'd try it with a USB cable and the LG software and see if that works, the move on to getting it to work over BT. As...

Wow! I went away for a few days but I see this has sparked a little debate! Thanks to all those that replied with suggestions, and I'm happy to see that so many agree with my dislike of heavy stain. I'm pretty sure I'll be going ahead with the ABW. Sigian, Steve: You make a very good point. I...

Grammatical errors aside, that is my question. :roll: I'm planning to make a chest-come-coffee-table. I'd ideally like it to be pretty dark, but still have some nice figuring. Now, for whatever reason, I have a thing about using stain. I'm not sure where my prejudice came from but I don't...

Typically, if you use an ethernet cable to plug into a modem/router to access the internet, then you don't need any additional software on your PC (or Mac) to access the internet. Just make sure your browser is set to "detect settings automatically". Any software that your ISP provides is...