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The plugs I've seen have been fairly well riddled with mycelia by the time they get to the customer; so for DIY, there's no reason why not. Right about the sterilised plugs though - and the spores are usually brought on initially on agar slides.

I used http://www.yell.com to find paint factors using "Automotive paint" as search terms; my nearest is Autocolours ( http://www.autocolours.co.uk ). I'm still working through a tin that I picked up in York a number of years ago... HTH.

Hmm. Sounds possible. However, fubar, snafu and the likes are derived from military terms; the adoption of glitch probably predates IT. I *am* working - I'm waiting for a build to complete :D

Glitch, not hack AFAICT. Speaking of which - does anyone know if glitch really was originally an acronym for Goes Loopy Initially Then Completely Haywire?

Charlotte? Is that you?

Depends what you want to do with them. Fimo and similar are PVC compounds (that can be hardened in a domestic oven); I feel they tend to leach. Even "fired", they still smell of plasticisers...

When diving in murky waters, my blue-white HID (rated at 10W, but claimed to be equivalent to a 25W halogen) cuts through the crud far more effectively than the more yellow halogens.

Does, but is somewhat bogged down in commissions at the moment ;)

Tsk. Spoil my punning, why don't you :D

I suspect alcohol on the courses is a no-no. So it'll be Sprite, not spirit.

Well, the usual suggestion is to use a triangular stone for sharpening. Might be possible to do something with a piece of triangular hardwood wrapped in wet & dry? I've got a Spyderco Sharpmaker, so I've no real need to try except in the spirit of experimentation...

Of course, I've only just remembered that you're not actually that far from me geograffically - so you could have seen mine setup. Oops. Sorry!

Yes, they do ship to the UK. I've got some purple & black that was bought for a project that was shelved.

If you want to get *really* funky, have a look at something like Inlace Acrylester... Link might work: http://www.texasknife.com/store/s-pages/TKS_MainframeStore.htm?TKS_7HandleMat-3.htm~smain

Possibly a fractionating column? I remember one from school days that had glass discs all the way down a central column; the column wasn't fixed, so it could bump up & down in the vertical tube. This would probably make far more sense if I could find a picture...

Well, bronze is going to be a lot softer and will probably load the stone with metal particles... ISTR something about sharpening some blades - bronze, for example, but might have had something to do with scythe blades - by peening: Essentially, you'd be thinning the edge & work hardening it...

I *think* that the extraction of corn oil requires solvent - I had wondered if it related to smoke point of the oil, but there are other oils that can be cold pressed with higher smoke points, so that idea is out the window. As for destructive distillation of cloth - it's not that dissimilar...

Definitely! :D

Looks like the same one - although mine has a starmap sticker around the outside. Neat, aren't they?

I've got a dinky little reflector telescope I carry in my bergen - a "Little Mak" 10x30. Astonishingly good optics for the money.