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By 45-60 thick I presume you mean wide. Unless you are making dozens, by hand will be fine. Maybe a good quality fine tooth tenon saw and a plastic or metal mitre guide block, lots about and inexpensive. A deep mitre block will keep the saw blade vertical as well as at 45 degrees. And a set of...

Agree. You may not need power tools and associated risk when hand tools can do the job, especially for one offs or things you do infrequently. I often use a saw powered by tea and biscuits converted into human arm energy.

There is a longstanding permanent pinned thread at the top of the General Woodworking forum on this site. "Woodworking and craft shows and events". Maybe best to post there so we don't have 2 places to look.

There are a few databases online, like the wood database, and some charts of wood density. Your pieces are similar sizes, and sometimes just picking each one up and ranking them heavy to light can help you confirm your identification. I think the ones you have are similar densities apart from...

Could you put your bed up on a few bricks and put the printer underneath? Then long jobs could run overnight with occasional supervision. I can't see why anyone would object ....:) Seriously though, I often think of getting a printer but worry about having another "thing" to accommodate...

Outside the back door is a small brown bucket with a tight fitting lid, used for vegetable peelings which will end up on the compost heap. In the garage is a very old orange square bucket that I use for car washing. Alongside the shed I have an old black bucket with a cracked rim, I use it for...

I'm not a great fan of super glossy but its a matter fo taste. Plus - customer is always right. A few years back we stayed in a holiday rental with epoxy coated live edge everything, worktops, tables, walk in, go "wow" but after a week it was as if it was shouting at me. It was quite nice to...

Is light a wave or particulate: discuss for a century or two. Newton, Huygens, Young, Einstein, and many many more have all had a go at it. The accepted answer is that its sort of a bit of both - a particle that behaves like a wave. Fire the photon torpedos, Mr Sulu. Take us out of here...

Age? No need to tell us. But may be relevant. I was dithery about a Coronet Herald. My thinking, I can afford it, spending it is no detriment to anyone else in the family, I'm 71, with good fortune I might be physically and mentally able to do good work for a few more years, if I don't do it...

Just a thought, as the cable won't generate heat, bog standard polypropylene plumbing pipe insulation which splits easily then a hat of some type over it. The squidgy stuff protects from vibration.

Paul Barnard s idea is a good one. Sand and a 'hat'. Take care not to twist the cable though, or all your streamed movies will be upside down.

Not commenting on the lathe, but if you can get some tooling in any deal its a good thing. Chuck, jaws, odd bits and pieces, tools (even a basic set of 6) and some way to sharpen them will set you back far more that a lathe of that type/price point.

If you are unsure about an email you can usually find a lot about its 'journey' to help you decide. This is what to do in Gmail on a laptop, but other mail systems will do similar - for instance in Thuderbird you can go to view - all headers to get the same information. So - gmail on laptop...

My granny is long gone, 50 years or so, but however deep I dig into my memory I don't recall anyone ever painting her. 😁 (I doubt auto correct often comes across people typing "crannys", or is it "crannies".... I think it is, along with nooks, but not nookie which is completely...

Charity shop/warehouse place perhaps, buy a chair or two and rip apart for your prototype. If nothing come of it, at least the charity gets a few ££.

Looks like an interesting project and something satisfying and lasting. Of passing interest, here's a link to the mathematical bridge in Cambridge. It's in Queens college but easily viewed from Silver Street bridge...

Woodturning blanks come in 3x3 squares, often 12 inch but longer are available. Ash is normally available. Maybe call Turners Retreat near Doncaster or Yandles. Both do mail order. Yandles will do custom sizes and isn't too far from you, near Yeovilton. . (ah, I see Yandles mentioned above...

The question raises other interesting thoughts. I have a lot of 'stuff' in my garage/workshop, none of it essential but I am reluctant to get rid of it. If it was costing me £xxx a month to store it, I would look at the trade off between material costs and storage costs. Is it better to buy...

I'm following this out of interest because I might need to do something similar in a couple of years. I have a vague memory of building regs about toilets off kitchens if that is your situation, I don't think it can be directly off without an intermediate door, but I might be a few decades out...

Enjoy the restoration, all good straightforward stuff, no complicated electronics and you can see how it works. Nice. I half owned one (as in, 2 of us shared it, not each owned a wheel) for a summer back in the late 60s. Despite the name, we both had normal length arms. (a comment added to...