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traditional ropes
I am involved in a project to put some small wooden structures like nesting boxes out in some woodland. The Desire is that they should be 100% (or at least 99%) biodegradable, so they last as long as...
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OT: Hair Trimmers
Having discovered how relatively easy it is to use my beard trimmer to cut my hair, I don't think I will be going back to the barber again, even when times improve. Done weekly, it remains moderately...
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Enlarging a hole in a wall.
I have a (tiled) block cavity wall with a 100mm dia. hole in it, for a fan. I want a concentric 150mm hole (for a bigger fan duct). It seems to me a well-fitting cylinder (?mandrel) with an axial...
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RCD protected socket.
Have a two gang RCD protected metal clad socket in the conservatory which has failed - RCD will no longer latch on. It is part of one of the kitchen rings which isn't RCD protected at the CU - it...
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Removing smoker smells from hardware?
Yesterday a good friend (but regular smoker) dropped off one of those USB/PC oscilloscopes. Bringing it in the house reminded me how much stuff from his place stinks of smoke, because they both smoke...
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3 years ago
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Data over mobile network
This might be a very silly question:-) Is there a device/way of paralleling mobile phone connections to boost data rate? Possibly in connection with gaming activities. Long shot question but my...
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Scroll saw cutting 3mm aluminium sheet
Is it possible? Will it work? I have a panel to cut out and some of the shapes are a bit awkward. Bill
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3 years ago
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Flooring a loft
From around the beginning of February, Mrs P and I will be moving into a bungalow that is in need of lot of work. I do not yet know how old it is but I am guessing from between mid-60s to early 70s....
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Rubbish metal back boxes
Doing a rewire with steel conduit for the drops. Now what sort of a company puts the 25mm knockouts at different levels on the 1g and 2g sockets so that whey you link them with a bush and coupler they...
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OT Just passed a house with the Christmas decorations up
Wankers.
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3 years ago
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Wickes cordless drill.
I have an ancient 18v one of these - uses Ni-Cads. All the batteries for that - including the one I had refurbished at vast cost - are pretty well dead. And the refurbished one never delivered the...
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OT Epson Print Driver
Hi Guys I am trying to get an old Epson D68 printer working with Windows 10. The driver offered by Epson is described as a software updater which is not even seeing the device Is there a source of...
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OT Could be bit parky in Canada this winter
The BBC have reported a moderate to strong La Nina for winter 2020/21 and the last time we had a strong-ish La Nina was 2010 ?. That was a cold winter for us in the UK, though in the article the Met...
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OT Soundbars with multiple HDMI inputs and one output
Effectively what I would like is a decent soundbar that also has a built-in HDMI switch, so that I can connect STB, BluRay player and TV. At the moment I use a 32 inch IPS monitor connected directly...
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Number Lock on Win10
My laptop running Win 10 seems to have a mind of its own as regards Num Lock. And no obvious indication when it is on or off. I only ever use the numbers side, so would like it to stay on except by...
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