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Since the virus came to dominate our lives and we became more aware of the importance of sanitising our domestic surroundings,do you think we will see a change in design trends to make furniture easier to wipe clean?We have lived through a period when those mocked by one of my architect pals as...

Over the weekend I needed to plane a concave curve and while I have a good selection of moulding planes,they weren't particularly accessible.I did have an alternative as I bought a more or less suitable plane when visiting the Netherlands quite a while ago,so long ago that I paid for it in...

A while back I bought a used Jet BOS-5 bobbin sander and it had spent most of its life in a school workshop.I had to conclude that the pupils regarded woodwork as a punishment as there had been quite a lot of abuse and it has taken a bit of time to deal with the effects.I can sort of understand...

I have a bit of experience with several 2D CAD programs and I have done a little with 3D modelling sytems such as proEngineer/Creo.Since I found Freecad I have been trying to become adept with it and am making slow progress.Has anybody else had a look at it?It became more interesting when they...

I thought by now we might have seen some comments about the Grand Tour on Amazon.I watched the first episode and thought it was a lot better than the most recent episodes of Top Gear.Anybody else seen it?

I was hoping to get some of my outside paintwork tidied up today and after finding that the tin of undercoat had turned solid I headed off to Homebase.They are having a clearance sale at the moment and after buying my undercoat I picked up a Stanley Fatmax 18V drill with two Lithium batteries...

I seldom start threads on this forum,but a truly exceptional achievement deserves a mention.A couple of days ago,Alex Zanardi added another paralympic gold medal to the two he won in London in 2012 for hand bicycle.Alex is a very successful racing driver who became eligible for the Paralympics...

Anybody been to Newark?I understand its this weekend and have not seen any mention on this forum.