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Is that not likely to cause granulation in the wound?

Last week I managed to cut my finger quite effectively - one of my head knives had shed its sheath so was live in the toolbox; I moved stuff to ensure everything fitted back in without seeing the exposed edge. Resulting slit in my index finger was about 30mm long and bled freely. Localised...

One of my red rags to a bull (or triggers, I guess) is when someone decries chemicals... Sodium carbonate - or soda crystals - I use in making noodles in the absence of a source for kansui. Granted, I decompose sodium bicarbonate in the oven rather than use the green bag that lives under the...

Poor teacher may his dreams be placid He added water to the acid

Sadly, not a spoof. A demonstration of classic governmental-style joined up thinking perhaps. There's more to hexy than it being an RDX precursor (or one step removed from being a precursor). It can create some seriously/dangerously unstable stuff. And it honks when it burns and soots up...

No, it's one licence to put you on the books. However, it doesn't apply if you use EPP chemicals for business use (it's home use only because you might be a dangerous subversive rather than someone being taxed). Like conc nitric for etching jewellery, for example...

Which is why industrial die cutting of sheet materials tends to use polyprope boards. I have a few - sadly, they're cheaper for companies to buy new than resurface when they get too scarred. I like the dedicated punch - if you've got a press already then I'd try to get one imported. The...

Might do it, but I'd probably go toggle or cam press for that last bit of oomph which is easy with a fly press, slightly less so with an arbor press. Cookie-cutter die. Polypropylene cutting mat beneath. However, you're rapidly ending up at the £100+ mark. I wonder how well the jewellers'...

I have the Ryobi inverter - and run it on DeWalt batteries with a Badaptor. Your tools aren't safe :)

I've got a reasonable lid + visor (OK, I've got more than one... The Versaflo feels wrong here); is there any reason to go for chainsaw safety boots over my usual rigger safety boots? Trousers or chaps I am deficient in. As for mains vs cordless - I'm gradually changing out all my corded...

I've got the Makita tracksaw, which is also 36V. If the Badapters will fit, that's good - otherwise I'd need to add ~£100 on to get a couple more (no spares ATM, if the tracksaw's flat then I'm not playing). The Makita dual charger seems a much more thorough piece of goods than the DeWalt...

Morning all - I've come to the conclusion I may need a chainsaw (despite years of just using manual tools). This is not for felling, just for light duty cutting firewood/carving wood (one and the same by the time I've been at it), trimming logs to height for anvil stumps, that sort of thing...

I tend to use a resin printer for the lost wax stuff (not that it's actually wax, but has a lot of wax in it...). It burns rather than melts though. The filament printers don't tend to have the level of detail - thought there are some sintering filaments available for domestic machines that...

@Tony - there's CF filled filaments, yes - but the one I was talking about extrudes long fibres into the plastic, rather than the much-easier-to-handle ones. So 2 reels, one of e.g. Nylon, the other is CF/Kevlar/glass fibre. Markforged Mk2 was one of them- about £20k.

There's some stuff I've printed that's reasonably robust (a hanger for my hedge trimmers in PETG for example) but there's not much I'd want to rely on in the wilds. Too prone to breakage unless it's nearing solid, PLA - as most commonly used - degrades (and deforms in the heat) too quickly for...

The Boreal 21 is 55cm OAL closed. Don't have a 24 to measure.

- gouges are much easier on the wrist than trying to do everything with a spoon knife.

They are. MTP came in initially in 2009, with more general roll-out in '11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_Pattern_Material https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-Terrain_Pattern

Sign in to work systems. Work would regard that as a negative, I suppose.

You do get a very slight current generated and therefore electrolytic corrosion with dissimilar metals: https://mokume-gane.com/2015/07/06/why-you-dont-want-a-copper-and-silver-mokume-gane-ring/ There are makers who reckon that sleeving the ring with silver solves everything, but that does...