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Identifying Tungsten Carbide
Hi all, I bought some iffy lathe tool of Ebay; the seller claims it to be tungsten carbide, but I'm sceptical about that. Looks more like HSS or chrome/moly to me. I need to ascertain if it's genuine...
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Lakeland breadmaker spares
This thing uses a teflon-lined bucket to make the bread in. You chuck all the ingredients in, it stirs it about, then cooks it. So you can't line it, and any greasing will be off by the time the bread...
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Re: Tunisia
On Sun, 12 Jul 2015 17:55:43 +0100, Nightjar Other sources state that this was part of a continuing army operation That part of the country had a fairly constant army presence, with ID checks on the...
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Help!
I'm trying to paint using a tin of Johnstone's paint. The first question I have is.... if it says "one coat", why does it tell me how long to wait before applying the second one? Next question, do I...
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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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