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preventing a 2m x 0.95m wooden table from warping
I am planning to make a dining table, dimensions 2000mm x 960mm x 40mm, in either beech or oak. The company selling me the timber suggests this would need 9 legs, which is ridiculous. (I don't think...
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Whats the most cost effective AND time effective way to sell on unwanted tools and DiY materials......?
That kind of stuff I have been able to sell on ebay ok. These are harder. You might be able ebay the hand tools as a job lot, although the chisels can attract decent prices especially if you have...
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Data protection
I'm trying to renew our house insurance (for reasons un-related the house is in my wifes name. After trying unsuccessfully to do this on line as their site is shite I reluctantly phone them Listen to...
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Solar payments not as promised:(
People who took out large loans say the thousands of pounds in savings they were promised have not materialised. People who took out large loans say the thousands of pounds in savings they were...
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Flat door closer closes like Arkwright's till!
My flat door, which is a fire door has a Briton 121 CE door closer. I can quite crudely adjust the closing speed but the latching action adjustment screw seems to have little or no effect on the last...
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OT: Amazon Prime, not what it used to be
At 10:00 this morning I started searching for something for delivery tomorrow and discovered that I couldn?t find *anything* that could be delivered before Wednesday. Now there have always been...
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Shower pumps
How do I make a anti gravity loop for a shower pump
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Loop tester
Picked up an old loop tester with 25A L-E test current. Obviously this is not compatible with RCBOs. What exactly can one do with it & how? NT
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Electricity prices
Payday!
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How to make a curtain pelmet
I'd quite forgotten that. Hideous stuff IIRC. NT
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Two part clip with spring handle
I'm having trouble remembering the correct name for these things. One part is a wide hook which you screw down. The other part (which you also screw down) is a loop (usually square ended) which fits...
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Mains smoke alarms - cheep every few days
Fire brigade will fit free ones for the elderly with a free non-endearing lecture about reducing clutter and flammable items in the home. Which is why a relative hasn't called them back to fix the...
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Central heating - that time again
Indeed, I leave mine running (with weather compensation and a programmable stat) all the time. Here is where a programmable stat helps, such that it can select different temperatures for different...
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Pond pumps: mans or low-voltage?
Any opinions on the relative merits of mains-powered pond pumps as opposed to low-voltage DC? One advantage of the latter might be that it's safer to run non-mains cabling into the garden (though...
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Installing a new font - problems
I have two users on my computer, one administrator and one user (me). I run it as a user almost exclusively, except when having to update stuff or install new stuff. I run Windows 7 and MS Office...
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