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Arduino, stepper motor(s) and possibly contact switches. The parts would be 30 pounds-ish depending on where you get them from (cough * AliExpress * cough). Learning to program the Arduino and build a proof of concept would take a beginner a day. Handling the 'numbers on two arms' would only...

Youtube has rules? I get all my UK comedy minutes (I'm in the current home of the RUGBY WORLD CUP!) after it airs (more or less) from Youtube. Even artistic nudity is okay (apparently...).

Hey, thanks for the replies, and I really like the idea of spines made from the 9mm. If they turn out okay, I'll post some pics ;) Cheers Simon

Hi all, I'm making some cabinet doors in the weekend, no fancy sketchup file or anything :wink: . The design's more or less finalised in my head but I wondered about the doors. The frames will be 18mm MDF so the rails and stiles will be roughly 70mm wide. The panels will be 9mm MDF. Frames...

On the vague subject of "Ain't no substitute for cubes" etc, here's a video of a Top Fuel dragster's fuel injector: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGTbQuhhluY In metric or imperial, that's a lot of petrol (gas). <Note: Might be methanol>

^^^ Good find - bookmarked!

Thanks, M6 connectors look just the job. Will post piccies when done.

I bought some of these: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Conveyor ... 19865.html (Free freight!) and plan to make a couple of omni-directional saw supports, possibly just clamp them in my folding work bench things (Those uber-cheap ones).

Hi, Making a new wardrobe for my daughter. The cases are 18mm MDF and I'll be making 3 units 600mm wide and joining them in situ. I'm thinking countersunk bolts with matching countersunk internally threaded bolt through each side but there has to be an accepted method with hardware that exists...

The US of A, Liberia and Myanmar. A fact I trot out when people wax lyrical about the imperial measurement. Having said that, I am appalled our Subaru gets 15mpg and disappointed I'm 5'11" and not 6". Hearing of people measured in stones (on UK tv), takes me back to NZ in the seventies...

His YouTube name, CSAmaker, stands for Considerably Shorter Arms...

Get some ideas from the excellent Matthias Wandel's videos on YouTube. I find his videos an excellent source of ideas as his approach is very economical and thoughtful.

Cling film and bog? Cheap and versatile.

Adam Savage had some issues with technique, but I'd learn as much watching a talented guy like him look at his first effort and look to where he could improve - that's exactly what I'd do if I hadn't bought an Incra LS positioner... But that's okay - I'm grateful there's so many people putting...

I was reading this thread this morning, then came across this interesting video from Matthias Wandel about the strength of glue joints. I like his experimental method, but don't want to start an argument on here. Just thought it was worth sharing.

Decision made then. I hadn't looked into the Triton range although I had an inkling they were quite capable. I've spent 'quite a bit' (Don't tell the wife) with the New Zealand supplier already, but it does make the best sense. Thanks for the info.

Hi all, I've been spending a bit on tools recently (thanks to a new job), and am planning my router table. I have an Incra positioner and various other bits such as tracks, featherboards etc. I'm not sure I want to have to move my DeWalt 621 router in and out of the table and would like an...

I've got a small entertainment console 'booked' as a project coming up. I have a few ideas but we currently have one of those rack-type units (first ebay listing above) and I hate it. The exposed cables do my head in and we have a smallish living room, so I'm thinking about a small unit hung off...

FWIW, Adobe invented the PDF format then made it open source. GIF and MP3 are proprietary formats and in theory the copyright/patent holders should get a fee, FWIW... Most PDFs can be opened in Photoshop as a bitmap image at any resolution (depending on how the original art was constructed)...

Okey dokey - thanks for the replies. My wife is away for a couple of weeks later in September, which gives me time to have it delivered and ensconced in the workshop somewhere. She was surprised by the size of the thicknesser/planer. I think I'm the only person we know who gets tools delivered...