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ROTFLMAO! Now THAT makes sense! Shame they never invented anything similar for sledge hammers - let's face it, they're killers to keep hold of while you have a brew :lol:

Wedging has been the main accepted way of securing hammer heads for more or less as long as there have been hammers or wedges - meaning, no-one has come up with anything much better! Obviously, you need to check the wedges regularly, though. I was taught not to pull nails with the claws on a...

I think there are a couple of things here: The original poster came and asked a question, to which the answer seems to be "get a man in". This wasn't (necessarily) what the poster wanted to hear, but that sometimes happens. However, there seem to be a lot of people on here who labour under...

I've had uniformly good luck (so far, anyway) with Makita and blue Bosch, although the only woodworking tool I've only ever had from Bosch was a jigsaw (rest is metal-mashing). My neighbour is a joiner, uses Milwaukee kit, and doesn't have a bad word to say about it (except the price...

Lump, claw, ball pein, sledge, warrington, panel beating? Go on, give us a clue :lol: My Stanley ball peins seem pretty good, fwiw. M

I'm guessing from your handle that this is DIY use? If so, then probably no, I can't recommend one - most of the re-usables have cartridges with a shelf-life, and a use-by period once you open them. Unless you're using them all the time, frankly I don't think they work out cheaper. For...

Softus, you slay me! "Not to worry - I don't think that you, b-a-s and myself are actually disagreeing. It's more that we're finding subtly different ways of agreeing with each other " I will make a point of remembering this - "subtly different ways of agreeing" - I love it! Well, in...

Gah! BAS jumps in as I'm replying to the last reply! I agree it's a superficially attractive proposition! What underlies that quote is the parlous state of communication skills among specialists, and the fact that a) it isn't a new thing; b) it isn't improving; c) it seems to be an...

I wasn't making any statements about Hulky at all. I have decided not to get involved! To be honest, I just wanted to use it as a chance to get that quote about engineers in :wink:

It is always worth bearing in mind the following quote when dealing with engineers: "When I fist went to university, I cud not even spell engineer. Now I are one". This was given to me many years ago by an engineering lecturer at Leicester University. He reckoned the subtext was you...

But of course knowing technical terms does help when your "tradesman" (any trade) starts telling you something like "the swazzle flange needs replacing because the shy-standing male coupling crusher fails to meet EC2004/xxx, and all your grommets will require reknurdling". Not necessarily...

Please don't. David, I strongly suggest you re-post this in the electrical forum.

David, unless you have that blue plug on a proper, dedicated circuit with a decent sized breaker and decent sized cable, all you are doing is moving the problem. On top of that, the fuse is a safety device. Think carefully before simply replacing it with a bigger one.

Short answer, yes. The rule of thumb (1A per thou of diameter or 40A per mm) puts you at the low end of the current range for 3.2's so you can't really gain the full benefits from an electrode that size. Get a dedicated supply with its own breaker at the CU (not less than 32A), connected with...

Sorry Hitachi - senior moment :oops: Confusing high alloy (some of which will flame cut) and stainless (which won't, because that's the point...) Should have put "try" in there re. flame cutting. My trusty EH40 workplace exposure limits shows controls on many of the constituents of...

You will NOT get stainless steel hot enough for it to give off vapour (I suspect chromium is what you're thinking about) unless you are flame cutting or plasma cutting. If you do, you will most certainly discolour it in to the bargain, so you'll know you're doing it wrong! Neat cuts with a...

For anything you try to do on a car, short of cutting it in half, a 9 inch grinder is going to be too big. For metalworking applications, or fiddly tile cuts, a 4.5 inch is perfect. If you want to cut bricks or slabs, you need a 9 inch, unless you want to spend all day at it! Decide what your...

If you live in the wilds, power cuts are an occupational hazard. Summer isn't too bad, but in winter it's a total b@llache, since it is (inter alia) cold and dark! Plus the fact that the "Lazy 'Lectric" give first priority to the whining b@stards in towns when it comes to reconnection. We...

Blimey, this HAS raised some interest - and a great deal of wisdom. Thanks and kudos to all who have responded! Re earthing - if you srew the boxes on, presumably the metal-to-metal contact from a self-tacpper would give a "fit for purpose" connection? (Compare with, e.g. the little screw in...

This is what we come here for! :D If I had prizes to hand out for thorough, detailed and useful answers, well, by the end of *THIS* evening, I'd have a lot fewer prizes in my cupboard! Thanks to all those who have contributed - it HAS been useful, and it IS appreciated. Sorry, I don't...