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OT driving and watching a video on dashboard
OT The scenario...the car in front of me had either a large smartphone or tablet mounted in a holder attached to the center of the device was on and playing a video. The screen was even tilted in the...
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TOT: Strange sums in spreadsheet
I have a spreadsheet where most of the columns are in number format with 2 after the decimal point. Without thinking I put the dates in the first column in the format 05/10/13. The numbers in that...
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Fireproof charger box
I always unhappy about having battery chargers running. I'd like to make a fireproof box for all the chargers, and ideally a smoke or heat detector that turns off the power to the box if anything goes...
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Bleedin' typical
I've been converting the gravity HW system over to pumped. Not been a difficult job, but awkward at times. And of course it sprouted extra tasks like a new feed and expansion tank (Polyred packaged...
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clearance hole
Hi, I am a teacher and find myself doing metalwork this year. I have been supplied with the drawings by the exam board, but I think they have taken no account of clearance. In the vice in the middle...
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Foundations on (sandstone) bedrock.
Any reason not to build house foundations directly on sandstone? Cheers.
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Wall plugs into Thermalite blocks
Just hung a couple of identical bike racks on an external wall. One into brick, the other into Thermalite block used to block up an old doorway. The fixings are 4 off 5* 50 Turbogold screws into brown...
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Stainless dish masts
I was looking for a 2 meter cranked stainless steel mast which would (a) give me some adjustment ability (maybe allowing me to put a large dish above the bend, if forced to by clearance requirements,...
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(Temporary) convert a wheelchair to a sedan ?
Last weekend, we went to a wedding held in a country hotel. My wife uses a wheelchair, and there were various accessibility issues most of which we overcame (disabled folk are very ingenious !)....
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Hanging a radiator in a room with a sloping floor
I have to hang a two metre long radiator in a room with a floor that slope significantly. The window sill above the radiator follows the floor's slope. My view is that the radiator should be level and...
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Toaster repair
Just fixed the 10 year old Dualit for the first time. Someone bashed it and broke the neon indicator, and I also replaced one of the elements that was getting a little iffy. The securing nuts are...
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Mira showers.
Just had my 30 year old Mira shower mixer serviced. Fixed price at £189 and they fitted £400 worth of parts (at shower doctors prices). The only thing original is the casting and the trim. I think I...
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acer 1511 laptop spares or repair
A friend gifted this to me in case there was anything I could use. Prmarily the battery, but that's shagged even more than the one I have. case is cracked round the hinge and the computer crasshes...
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Electrically heated towel rail - Thermostatic element + timer
I want to install an electrically heated towel rail in the bathroom - running it from the CH is not practical. I would like to use a Terma thermostatic element like because it gives more control over...
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Switching between Win drivers, quickly
A general DIY group I know, but some very knowledgeable people in it.. I have a single USB dongle and for two very different sets of software, I need to have it use two very different drivers. The...
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