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8mm propane gas pipe - quick release connectors - 90 degrees?
Coming back to this after over a year. Our caravan has an external BBQ point which (for presumably good reasons) points vertically down in a recess in the side of the van. There isn't a lot of room to...
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3 years ago
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Bosch 10.8V drill
My 10.*V Bosch Pro d/d emitted sparkles and magic smoke yesterday. I assume that it hash brushes as this was near the rear end and I could see what looked like the commutator in the sparks. It's 5...
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3 years ago
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OT repairing glasses
not giving you a script to "shop around" with is not unique to boots they all try it
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3 years ago
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Re: air
It possibly will not help if your A/C does not work at all as that may indicate other problems such as a leak maybe because seals have dried out during a lengthy period of not using the AC. For me, a...
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3 years ago
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Thread cutting 3/4" galvanised tube
I am thinking about making some things for my workshop. In among them, I shall need some fairly stiff metal - probably tube. Trouble is, cost of P&P makes online prices quite high. I can get suitable...
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3 years ago
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Tap tails onto compression fittings?
I learned something this week.... If i'm connecting a screw on tap tail to, for example, an isolator valve i'll use a both end compression one and do away with the nut and olive on one end. But you're...
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3 years ago
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Plastic pipe, composite sink, earth?
The answer must be, you don't, surely, obviously? But i've replaced a sink and some pipework, none of it is metal, i'm looking at the earth that was strapped to the copper and assuming I do away with...
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3 years ago
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Angle grinder question (yes, really!)
I want to cut some steel reinforcing bars for a neighbour, that stick up through the edge of their patio. I have diamond and bonded grit disks for the AG, but which should I use? I ask, because a car...
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3 years ago
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Stripping lead-based paint
I've spent the last couple of days cutting-out and replacing rotten oak and pitch pine from a large window frame, which means stripping and repainting the whole thing. The house is 1930s so underneath...
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3 years ago
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Wardrobe Door Replacement Question
Hi, I'm getting six replacement overlay doors for a wardrobe. 2270 x 548mm. At the moment, they all hinged on the left. I'd like to have 3 pairs of L/R hinged ones. The existing gaps between each door...
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3 years ago
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3,6,12,13,24
Can you spot the missing number ? It's 9. As in 9V. I've just trawled through three boxes of odds and sods and out of 15 accumulated wallwarts, not one is 9v. I am *this* close to putting the whole...
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3 years ago
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Old BT 2Wire router as wireless repeater ?
Following on from finding my PLA *and* router Wallwart fucked, and looking at a drawer with 3 old 2Wire routers from BT I find myself wondering if they can be pressed into service as a wireless...
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3 years ago
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Powerline oddity
Last night, the PLA which feeds our TV hub "went funny". Just showing power light. It's one of a pair. After a brief mess around, I discovered the TV can use the house WiFi (as can the TiVo) so no...
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3 years ago
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Microsoft Edge
I thought Microsoft had scrapped Edge, so how come it has just reappeared on my PC after an update?
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3 years ago
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Potted PCB
Am attempting to map out a pretty simple through hole PCB. It's the central locking controller for late Rover SD1, and the complete unit NLA as NOS. Made by Kiekert. Basically, two standard micro...
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3 years ago
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