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Silly question. Like what is the single most useful part of your body? Nothing works on its own but some things are more essential than others. What is the point to wasting time thinking about this? Time is too precious. Why do I even bother to write this....I must find something more important...

'Since Accoya price went bonkers' Hmm, agreed, it has seemed to me that the Accoya product has been all about making a lot of money for the wealthy few all along. Several years ago I invested in the company when, if I remember correctly, the Lib Dem politician Nick Clegg was on the board. I...

If it was getting too hot to handle, I am surprised you continued with it. Something was clearly wrong with it and heat causes expansion.... Lucky escape!

Well, at about half-price, that is likely to be good value if in good nick. Nothing to be embarrassed about imho.

We use a biscuit jointer and a Mafel Doweler, sometimes both in the same joint. The Mafel doweller is great. Sometimes we use it with both dowel drills in, sometimes just the one. Great for accurate location. The biscuit only offers accuracy in one direction, the dowel is precise in both. Dowels...

Improve an aging fridge. Our fridge had a broken door seal so I replaced it with a non-specific replacement cut to size, from Ebay. It arrived oversize, obviously, but also quite mis-shapen. I fitted it with screws and hybrid silicone, but still would not close tightly. I purchased a set of...

Since Putin invaded Ukraine and Shell bought a shed load of their gas just before it was banned, I have resented using any unnecessary energy, not just because of increased cost and environmental damage. It inspired me to give up being a heavy tea and coffee drinker. I now keep an used, clean...

Water saved from a dehumidifier is also useful for other things like topping up a steam iron, rinsing the car, topping up windscreen washer. No lime scale.

Quite true, except perhaps just before a blade change if the renumeration was worthwhile.

Most DIY makers would do well to establish a relationship with a local small company with industrial machinery and extraction for these sort of projects as light weight equipment is slow and often insubstantial and then you have better results without cluttering up your workshop with...

I heard apparently even glass moves so very old panes will get thicker at the bottom. Don't know if it's true.

You expect to pay a premium for very small quantities of good quality. Imagine the time involved in the preparation and the sale, including in the accounts department. Maybe they would negotiate on larger quantities, and planed/unplaned makes a big difference too, which is not stated in the...

Ah, so that is what a crown guard is for on a ripsaw, in case of occasional decending florescent tubes! Please excuse me, it comes from having just been on the joke thread. Hope you heal up quickly.

This car argument has ceased to be funny, but here's another one, BMW drivers seem to be pretty serious about their driving and easily offended. Can we even have a joke thread without upsetting people's feelings if there is a whiff of prejudice? Sorry, I should have added "some" BMW drivers...

Cheap plywood from China, as is often found in DIY stores and builders merchants often looks good on the surface due to better quality veneers on the faces than in the cores, but beware, those outer faces can be tissue-paper thin and can be sanded through very easily by mistake.

Or make them from solid poplar. For load bearing, you can't beat long grain throughout. There is or at least used to be a type of plywood called drawer-side plywood, made from gaboon, a bit like sapele, but it was expensive. Ideal for drawers as all plys laid in the same direction. The same made...

No but drowning is a pretty natural way to die and reasonably quick. Could happen to anyone if they got shipwrecked.

What are your tests? I'm intrigued. Also lucky not to have payment problem since 30 years ago when the person had an emergency, which turned out to be just a bath panel needed making and fitting on a thursday evening so they could have a party at the weekend. Cash on the table to help myself to...

I use Google docs then viewable on all devices as well as album links to photos automatically uploaded from phone.

I look at the weather forecast and make sure I walk my dogs at the optimum times for each day, that way I don't feel so bad if I have to do admin and visits at a weekend or evening. I do some quotes in the day. It is all completely variable but my assistant does a regular 36hour 4 day week. As I...