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Another Darwin award candidate?
A 16-year-old boy who climbed on to a freight train dies after touching overhead power cables, police say.
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Power tool review
A month ago I treated myself to a Makita 10.8V Lithium-Ion Cordless Kit with Combi Drill and Impact Driver - White (2 Pieces). Exceptionally pleased with it. The drill driver is a joy to use, all the...
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4-cutter hammer drill bits
For rotary hammers, you can get 4-cutter drill bits. They will drill more quickly into concrete. That is for the SDS or spline shank used for rotary hammers. But as for 4-cutter bits for plain hammer...
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Dry wall loadings
for dot'n'dab and studwork. I have some drywalls upstairs and I have a few of these to try: They seem quite good, but it brings me back to the question: roughly what weight can a drywall support per...
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OT: Farewell to UK coal
When I think of Scargill, I will always think of a Cnut. Britain plans to close its last deep coal mine in December, spelling the death of an industry thatâs kept the nationâs economy...
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Lidl paint sprayer/ Aluminium roof paint.
I have a flat roof that is a little "long in the tooth" I thought I would give it a coat of paint to see if I could stall the inevitable [one or two sunken its hold water]. I haven't used the paint...
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Honeywell V4073A6022 three port zone valve (warning: it's a bit of a saga!)
Now that summer has finally arrived, I decided to have *another* crack at sorting out a minor annoyance with our 30 year old Natural gas fuelled vented pumped Central heating and hot water system. As...
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WTF is that?
We recently stayed in a holiday bungalow in Suffolk which had many quirks in its construction. A particularly interesting feature was this thing in the ceiling, directly above the double bed in the...
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OT Inside the cockpit with Svetlana Kapanina. Aerobatics Video.
Svetlana Kapanina - the world's top female aerobatic pilot - shows her amazing skill during a live TV broadcast over the Olympic Stadium in Sochi on May 30, 2015.
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stained and now bowed timberboard.
I have a couple of pieces of timberboard (the stuff made from strips glued together) one 400mm wide one 300mm. To be used as a shelf along the top of some boxing in a bedroom. It's been sitting around...
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Building a room in a loft
A friend of mine has a flat in the top floor of a large Victorian house. Th ere's a big loft above the flat that's accessed by a loft hatch in the hall , which is in the centre of the flat and under...
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Wills and CGT
Following on from the Wills and executors thread... I was left half a house by my father, my wife bought out the inheritor of the other half. We've let it for a couple of years and are now selling it....
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pipe cutters
Re posting as it seems the original never made it. Hello, The rollers in my pipe cutters have rusted and seized, I will try to unscrew it and lubricate it to bring it back to life, but I wondered...
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Releasing compact fluorescent lamp
I've never come across one of these before and don't know how to release the failed lamp. So how do I do it without shredding my fingers? Photobucket
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Cheap hose-end sprayer
I think a hose-end sprayer would make lawn feeding a bit easier, but most reviews say the cheap ones I've found (sub £20) are hopeless. I don't want to pay more, since for that price, I'll just carry...
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