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I seriously doubt there ever was. I'm reading a book about the strange philosopher Nietzsche. He proposed somewhere in 1880 that just about every conversation/dialog/reporting/book etc has...

I'll let Paul supply a detailed answer but my take is as follows
Solar can nominally be switched off immediately so they're only paying in the sense that they are not getting paid but they are not...

Paul I think this pretty well sums it up.

The only way they can make it pay is by subsidies and then we are back to paying more than we should.

The other thing to look at is time.
Just look at...

I've bought/acquired/used 100's of 100mm wide belts from Bunnings for my big Makita sander.
Over the 20 years I've had it, the sander and assorted belts have been "borrowed" by numerous mates and...

Not sure if mini grids differ from Micro Grids but there are at least 4 micro grids operating in WA and a bunch more in the pipeline.

Recently a couple of new micro grids in Nullagine and...

PM2.5 readings are a catch all used for general air quality (smoke, ICE pollution, house and office dust, industrial pollution) but most wood working dust is above PM2.5 so they wont catch the bigger...

A couple of cuts with a saw or most short term activity in a shed containing only low amounts of suspended dust won't show up much on a particle counter.
What little fine dust is generated is...

Quickest way will be to send him a PM - he's still around according to his activity chart.

I'd buy the newest one (or the one with the least vibration, or quietest one) and replace the bags as described.

FWIW I use a mobile app to measure vibration because it is far more sensitively...

50mm hose connected to shop vac is better than nothing. You will get better performance if the guard is modified such that the collection point is in front of (not behind the blade) Lappa made a...

30 year old ones are most likely to have cloth bags for both collection and air filtration that when new are only good to about 30 microns, but worst of all likely to have a heap of micro holes all...

Start by reading this https://www.woodworkforums.com/f200/draft-faq-dust-extraction-practical-aspects-154136#post1932353

Reality is, it is not possible to get sort of reliable reading at the end...

I've had 2 of those generic 100mm compound vices. The first one was from Timbecon which didn't like being dropped onto my shed floor as it broke a casting. This was replaced by an almost identical...

Just to add more complications, the quoted flow rates for the 2HP of 1200CFM are "in you dreams" territory - when I measured several of these about 10 years ago the best I got was half that. I would...

Ha - I read 60 mm diameter - not 60mm deep. The OP does writesay "the holes themselves will be 60mm" but I'm not 100% sure what this means.

I'd go hole saw (preferably tungsten tipped) over a Forstner.

Tip: Drilling two 12mm diameter holes diametrically opposite each other kissing the outer circumference of the hole will enable the...

I read recently that Bill Gates is getting into liquid sodium reactor nuclear power. Apparently he started his fund raising (via a company know as TerraPower) back in 2008 and the first reactor will...

Dust collection usually obeys the law of diminishing returns.
eg Spending $X will get you say 90% of the way there. To get to say 99% you have to spend 10$X and to 99.9% will need 100$X

There...

Be careful using it when cooking. Baking is usually OK but any sort of grilling/frying will make oily/sticky smoke and if too much of that get inside the sensor this may kill int,

Thanks - should be OK



TimbeCon and CarbaTech

A few weeks ago I was interviewed about Amanda's passing and how I have been dealing with my grief, by a counsellor (Mary) from a local major hospital.
Mary helps patients (and families of...

2HP might be OK for a small shed - how small is it?



The downside of using that design without modification is that the air path has to do a 90º corkscrew when in enters the bag housing which...

These detectors work fine in a DIY woodwork shop provided you don't poke them direct into a direct sawdust stream or leave them on for too long because eventually they will clog. The time taken to...

Well put Neil - my thoughts almost to the letter. :)

One caveat is that these and most other budget end units use sensors that for readings <10 µg/m^3 will have reading errors approaching 100% so...

The overall effectiveness of a RAF (Room air filter) Depends on things like.
- RAF performance specs
- Size and Shape of the shed
- Location within the shed
- Amount (and where dust is generated...

There are a number of Key EVs available. The best perfroming ones typically uses a 20kWh battery for a range of 180km - that which is about 110 Wh/km without making much of an effort at improving...

Some other considerations that make us look even worse
Japan has
- a much greater proportion of its land surface as mountains where it's not commercially viable to locate panels.
- to import...

Battery capacity degradation depends in the type of battery being used. Some batteries, like LiFePO batteries, can be charged to 100% every day with minimal degradation. For day to day use standard...

During a sabbatical in Japan in 1995 I worked on a small (about the size of 20ft container) nuclear (research) reactor that was turned on at 10am and shut down at 4pm every day. It was capable of...

depends on which 90º bend is used.
at post 32 and 35 in the same threads as the flexy dats.



https://www.woodworkforums.com/f200/blast-gate-gallery-211987?highlight=rocker+blast+gates

A couple of things to consider.

Those 6" gates are inserted into the ducting or flex so they end up constricting the air path down to <140 mm diameter - this might not seem like much but it all...

Blade on backwards :oo: - its not the first time this has happened - It even happened to an experienced woodie on this site who seems to have evaporated.

Negative rake applies to the forward...

Some ideas.
The illumination may not appear that bright in some of these photos but that is because the camera has to cope with the brightness of the lights so the surrounds don't always look that...

Incandescent lights are basically very hot bodies at 1000's of degrees so emit a broad frequency spectrum with a peak being temperature dependent, and in the infra red. This is why they get so hot...

Thanks Jack, that blade should work OK. Maybe try slowing down the feed rate?

This is the same blade I have for both my TS and SCMS.
https://www.totaltools.com.au/135963-bosch-305mm-100t-tct-circular-saw-blade-multi-purpose-multimaterial-2608644607

I see the prices have...

You need a blade with NEGATIVELY raked teeth. Regular wood blades have positively raked teeth to bite into the wood and self feed ie drag the material into the cut. Using this on Al will end up...

Just watch out that many unscrupulous vendors will call their headband magnifier product "Optivisors" when they are clearly not.

One of the best things you can do to improve vision in a workshop...

The bacteria is likely to be the least of my worries compared to the 5-6 double shots of espresso I have daily. :oo:

I wonder if it is a result of something lost in translation.

Its probably just that the 600kg rating is the maximum vertical lift and somehow this got translated into saying that its a vertical...

For many years I had the coffee machine drain connected to just above the sink trap using a 2.5m length of hose (red line). The hose went through a hole in the bench top and followed a very shallow...

I was mildly amused by this sentence of advice in the link for people who want to go and look at the wind power generators.

Love the Pics Paul, I spent a lot of time travelling but never made it to Norway - perhaps one day :D

My coffee machine waste is plumbed in after the sink S bend and there's no syphoning of water out of the S bend. OTOH the volume of waste water from the coffee machine is significantly less than from...

Paul,
Very Interesting - keep posting.

BTW most of the attachments are not showing up. I think you may have linked them to your PC or phone and not actually uploaded them OR they are the wrong...

It won't deliver much more flow (maybe few %) because the 2HP impeller is limited to what it can output. However the longer filter will take about twice as long to clog.

That's basically why that one is welded on that side. The other one I made is welded on the other side.

I have made several banjos for my small Woodfast.

A WIP of my last one is here
Dualling banjos

I used a cam action lock, no metal mill was needed, just a 4 jaw chuck on a MW lathe to turn the...

Interesting to see this about the amazon vibrator.


BTW I see those vibration motors with all metal housing and IP65 rating are available on ebay for around $50. You'll have to fit your own...

On a 2HP DC, a clean (not pristine or new, just well rattled down) pleated filter (PF) will give about 10-12% more flow and maintain flow for longer than a well shaken down/out needle felt filter...