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Grand Design - rusting steel special?
In one of the Grand Design TV programs, it showed what seemed to be a special steel which rusts, but then the rust serves as a coating to prevent any further oxidation. Is there such a thing? The...
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My son seems to have gone into the building and decorating business.
He seems to be learning by his mistakes. At least I hope he's learning from them. I helped him today to fit a door to an alcove. Simple enough, really, except that the walls of the alcove are...
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Makita bhr 202 gearbox replacement
I have a makita SDS BHR 202 and when i was replacing the armature i pulled the gearbox out. How do i get the gearbox nack in the casing? It seems to b e getting stuck in the gear changer on the side...
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Almost "game over" for my old White Knight
We got back from three weeks holiday touring Norway bringing home a huge pile of washing and our old faithful gas tumble drier decided it wasn't gonna play. It's over 25 years old now and every year...
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Latched Cranked Bolt ?
We have a motor home. We also have two dogs. For travelling the dealer made up a quite nice partition to keep them away from the driving area, it fits in a slot on one side, and the other side is...
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OT FGM on the rise
Back in February, it was revealed that more than two cases of female genital mutilation were being reported in the West Midlands every day. | ITV News Central
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expanding foam guns
I'm thinking of getting some "non-disposable" expanding foam for various insulation & sealing jobs. I've read the wiki article but I have a few extra questions. Are the cans & guns standardized &...
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[OT] Saying "uni" for university
??? Surely everyone pronounces the T in "pistol". Now "pestle" is another story, although "nestle, wrestle" are definitely T-less.
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GY 560 frequency counter.
As I was experiencing difficulties with 2.4Ghz senders, I needed to be able to measure the signal strength. So I bought one of the type specified in the header. First impressions are not too good. The...
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Thank you all
As ARW posted, my wife passed away on the 23rd May. The funeral was yesterday. Geraldine passed away peacefully and pain free in a local hospice after a brave year long fight against cancer. Thank you...
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Washine machine discharge pump - how fast?
We want to move our washing machine to a location in the house where draina ge will be difficult. We *could* run 50mm pipe round about 8m of walls with some AAVs, but it seems more sensible to use a...
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Attaching things with magnets?
Whatever you do, won't you have to convince whoever is signing the "Fitness to run" documents that it will be adequate? Chris
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OT: EMF Camp
Anyone going? Few tickets on sale now. Electromagnetic Field is a non-profit UK camping festival for those with an inquisitive mind or an interest in making things.
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Immersion heater timer
He called here earlier but I had to disappoint him. He wanted two and I only had the one.
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Pre-Gassed Easy Fit Split System Air Con
Can anyone make a recommendation or otherwise for a diy install split system air conditioning system? Sold by several web-sites as pre-gassed and "easy to install", I'm tempted to give it a go, but...
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