Converting 3-phase to single phase with resilience

I currently have 3-phase issues at the shop. 1 phase is down on voltage, the 2nd which we were connected to started browning out randomly a few years back so we were switched to the 3rd phase which has now started breaking down giving intermittent voltage drops.
Posted by 0345.86.86.888 in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 9 years ago 
Grow your own tobacco

The shop round the corner was selling 50g Route 66 pipe tobacco for less than a tenner. It was a bit messy but it worked. He ran out so I Googled and went to a big posh snout shop. The bloke in there said that he could not understand why other roll your own smokers had not ...
Posted by Mr Pounder Esquire in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 9 years ago 
Wasps Nest

. £2.50 from your local £1 shop (eh???). Wait for a cool part of the day, give the brick a good blast. Sorted. The foams are OK, but the powder will poison the entry/exit point effectively.
Posted by Al in Do-It-Yourself Homeowner 17 years ago 
Dishwashing tablets

Not sure where you shop but all the groceries I shop at as well as Wal Mart still carry them - plus they are on their website http://www.electrasol.us/whats_new.html
Posted by Lady in House Cleaning 19 years ago 
ECHO weed trimmer & warranty

In our church a guy owns/operates small engine shop. Couple years ago I went to his shop and wanted buy a small Echo chain saw but he steered me to Stihl. He said he had enough with Echo 'cos they keep changing little things in design making it it difficult to keep up.
Posted by Tony Hwang in Home Repair 11 years ago 
WOW...Let's try this again...Shoud I rewire for 220?

But if this is a new shop the OP is wiring... I would have at least 3 220 v circuits installed.. or prewired My little 24 x 24 shop has one 220 circuit dedicated to heat and air conditioning.. .a second one solely for my Tablesaw and a 3rd for the DC.. Just my opinion...
Posted by Bob G. in Woodworking Forum 21 years ago 
Equipping a wood workshop

Examples: A cabinet shop _needs_ a table saw, many furniture makers get buy with a bandsaw; many wooddorkers don't own a scrollsaw and basically have very little use for one ... in short, there are tools in just about any shop, purchased on a perceived need instead of an actual need, ...
Posted by Swingman in Woodworking Forum 20 years ago 
Writers block, wooden block, blockhead.

Whenever I get stuck for something to build, I head to the shop and build things for the shop. Was bored a few weeks ago so built a new crosscut sled and then a miter sled.
Posted by Gary A in KC in Woodworking Forum 20 years ago 
FWW and Lee Valley Patent

We _all_ make shop made copies of commercial devices at one time or another. Commercial devices become attractive if the item becomes a use it every day piece, or is so inexpensive to buy that the shop made version doesn't make sense.
Posted by B a r r y in Woodworking Forum 20 years ago 
Oscillating Drill Presses

I asked the question earlier in a post about how the Shop Fox oscillating drill presses operated - I found my answer in their manual that is available as a PDF download at: http://www.woodstockinternational.com/w1667_1668I also picked up my Shop Fox 15" planer, W1742, on Friday that ...
Posted by BT98 in Woodworking Forum 20 years ago