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Good job, now to find a 6-way terminal block to bring the existing and new wires out to! (Hint: EvilBay) Dave H. (the other one)

Mine's a couple of cooker hood bulbs, 25? watts each, and an old Honeywell central heating stat... Dave H. (the other one)

That's why posh lathes have gauge trays with micrometer stops, and give a gentle click and disengage the feed... Dave H. (the other one)(Looking smug)

Today I tried to get the crankshaft pulley off my Honda, made a nice drift out of a 6" long 1/2" drive socket extension... cleanest shear-off i've ever seen! I suppose it hasn't been off in 18 years, and the torque wrench clicking at 130 lb ft without budging it should have been a clue, before...

With extreme diffficulty, I believe is the reply... The cheap telescopic gauges respond well to a careful stoning off the burrs on the internals, until one of the bits makes a desperate bid for freedom. :( Dave H. (the other one)

Damn right, "where there's a claim, there's blame" seems to be the golden rule now... Dave H. (the other one)

I got one of the spans-a-doorframe ones with two threaded halves, rubber "feet" - goes up easily, comes down on your head even more so, propelling you backwards head-first into the wall... Dave H. (the other one with concussion)

Tell 'em they have a month to remove it from your property without any tort or damage or it will be disposed of as you see fit... Dave H. (the other one)

I'm a convert to the solderless breadboards for first-attempt circuits with legged components, quick and easy, no worries about desoldering if you get it wrong, only a few Local Currency Units for a couple of boards and a hatful of jumper wires. Dave H. (the other one)

hot air gun on the solder side (or blowlamp if you're a heathen), whack the board over the baking tray... Hey presto, tray full of bits! Dave H. (the other one)

it will be - what RPM is running through it, as that lets you work out the torque from the HP/?

Good treatment s 2" rockwool slabs in a 2X1/2 wooden frame with hessian or similar over, absorbs high and mid frequencies and can be put at an angle to break up resonances. Also bookshelves with *assorted* books break up reflections (know there was a reason...) Eggboxes.... don't work, unless...

No shipping info here either, but arrived today in a huuuuuge jiffy bag... Dave H. (the other one,)

I just wish I had some wall space... Dave H. (the other one)

I just open a command prompt and set a ping running to a well-maintained site like Google or EvilBay (ping -t -w 1 www.whatever.com) the -t runs it until you stop with ctrl-c, -w 1 tells it to wait one second before the next one out whether you got a response or not. When you stop it it'll give...

I tried SketchUp too, not impressed... Dave H. (the other one)

Some are easier than others... I use Turbocad and it took a while to get the hang of it, but was worth it - and it'll output STL files to run through Slic3r for the 3D printer, good results. It's mostly point and click, but you can type dimensions, angles etc when accuracy counts. Dave H. (the...

The ancient Frister & Rossmann Cub does all I need - "Well, it's a machine tool, innit?" Suffering from Dachshund Disease / Jack Russell Syndrome I get a lot of practice... Dave H. (the other one)

Not partswash, but I got ¿Algamin? for fish tanks and put a capful in the TIG cooler tank, dunno if it'd help... No growth in there yet... Dave H. (the other one)

My recommendation: lockable to keep sticky fingers out! Dave H. (the other one)