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Achieving High Torque Settings for Nuts & Bolts
I need to do up a bolt (crankshaft pully) to 220ft/lb, apparently. Not really sure why it demands such a high figure, but I'm no mechanical engineer. My torque wrench, which I thought was pretty big,...
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Wall mount cordless (DECT) phone.
I have a wall mount DECT phone branded Wharfdale. Really nice design - the base station is a sort of half ball, and the docking part can be rotated within that for either wall or table mount. And the...
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Fitting a phone connector
How easy is it to shorten a phone lead? Standard BT connector. Can the old plug be re-used, or do you need a new one? Special crimp tool? (I'd rather not have a splice in the cable as it would show -...
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OT Policing the internet
Is there a single police force in Britain that doesn't care more about mean tweets than the victims of FGM? Watch Tommy Robinson of TheRebel.media expose how the police care more about what you're...
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sound-proofing
Hi guys, I bought one of those small compressors recently. Specs are 9CFM/50Litre/116psi. Uses a single phase motor that runs off a standard 13A wall socket. Very useful to have compressed air for all...
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Elfin Safety Funny
Quoted in a letter to DT today. Young woman in her twenties went to buy a jigsaw in Smiths. The self-service till insisted the sale had to be authorised.
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OT NHS
Michael Heaver - YouTube
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Lidl Meradiso foam mattress
Lidl have some attractively priced foam mattresses in currently. Has anyone any experience of them?
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Things flying into your eyelid
How come your eyelid can close in time to stop a bit of workpiece hitting your eyeball, yet you aren't aware of seeing it coming towards you?
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R. Cott. 21
Screeding, underfloor heating pipes and wet room decisions approach... Floor heating design shows pipes laid across the whole area which will need a bit of juggling to accommodate the shower waste....
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Is there such a zip tie?
I'm looking for a variation on your standard zip tie where the tie is a two piece affair. First piece has a flat head like a washer and has the long t ie strip projecting centrally from it. The other...
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OT: Going off-grid and using an electric car to power house.
Lets assume EDF get nasty and cut off people refusing to take a 'smart' meter. Would it be possible to survive totally off-grid with just solar PV on a south-facing, 37 degree pitch roof on a house in...
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2 for £1.50 doesn't work
I wanted 3 of something. No more than 3 or they'd go off. But they were on sale cheaper if you bought 2. So I only got 2. Wasn't the idea to make me buy more?
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Re: OT: Come on guys, learn how to use your phone
It's not a loop unless the camera is connected to a live TV display. Then it goes nuts.
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Re: I'm surrounded by incompetants!
That's one of the stupid rules with parking. If someone is delivering to a resident, they should be able to park in a resident bay.
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