@boo Ive still got lots of clearing to do, some more wall hanging space to create to clear the floor and a small stand for the bandsaw that I was g...

@boo Oh dear you have a problem to deal with. I thought my workspace was bad but I don’t feel so bad now. At least I can walk on the floor. This is ...

@boo No worries I think there are some real electronics gurus in the forum so this is the place to ask. I only know the basics which aren’t that har...

@mattbeels Sorry just having a rant. I played acoustic fiddle with microphone in a band with an electric guitar player and he always had to be the l...

@mattbeels I always wonder why electric players even bother with volume controls they always go full blast - after the sound check and setting the l...

@boo Nothing complicated inside it’s just a carbon track connected to the rotating centre terminal. Either of the outside lugs can be connected to g...

@boo Ive got some pots lying around from when I used to be interested in electronics. Was going to have a clear out one day so if you know the valu...

@mattbeels @boo Electronics buffs in the UK use the term “ground” it’s recognised fairly world wide. Professional stage sound equipment has a gr...

@boo Thanks for the tips on Aquacoat. I bought some but haven’t tried it yet, so I’ve got a clue about how to work with it now. If you bought it fro...

@jonhodgson Good research i didn’t know there are so many different types of classical bracing

@deej Sounds like you were sitting on the sea front in Ayr, ok in the summer but it’s a bleak place in the winter. I’m thinking of trying to get a p...

@robin My theory on bracing is that the standard X pattern and bracing sizes have been developed over a number of year by big manufacturers to give ...

@jonhodgson Fair point about the use of the word “thesis” and in a sense the term is academic (pun intended). Obviously if someone has made 1000 gui...

@jonhodgson Yes I think the video you mentioned is the one. It was about a year ago.

@jonhodgson Thanks for making the point, always thought of a thesis as something presented for formal qualifications although I didn’t check the dic...

@russ I was thinking the same as you that other posts are getting lost because of it but didn’t want to appear negative. After years of trawling thr...

@jonhodgson Interesting article and I can’t disagree with any of the theories, in particular the point that more arching of the top leads to a decre...

@tv101 I feel your pain with big country houses. Lived in a big three storey house for years, it took 26 rolls of wall paper to decorate the stairwa...

@koendb Top marks for changing a Mosfet

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