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Is there SDS on Mars?
Couldn't help thinking ... The US space agency's Curiosity Mars rover uses its drill for the first time, hammering down briefly into a flat slab of rock on the floor of Gale Crater. The US space...
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Wonder how the water got in there:-)?
The local Scout hut had a problem with the emegency lighting. It turned out that one of the lights was full of water. Further investigations showed the lead flashing on te extention was missing. Any...
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Vac for Fine Dust.
The "new" Dyson has now landed. It was a DC07i, advertised as spares or repair and ended at 13 quid. The fault turned out to be a duff clutch. Originally, I wasn't going to bother fixing that, but...
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How to setup Newstap with a free newsfeed?
Hi All Or rather hi some as I suspect some of you don't see my messages due to a pathological hatred of GG. Can anyone give me step by step instructions as to how to sort out free access to uk.d-I-y...
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Getting waste disposal to seal to stainless steel sink.
We replaced our old waste disposal about 1 year ago. The circular hole in the bottom of the sink is slightly dished but the fitting on the waste disposal is flat. A water tight seal depends on a flat...
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90mm soil
Hi guys, With the Geberit frame (foreign job) I got some 90mm (outside diameter) soi= l couplings/adapters. Unfortunately, not quite the angles I need for this p= articular installation. So the...
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DIY telephone wiring (Ireland)
HI Folks We're getting a 'real' telephone/broadband line installed in our shop in West Cork, Ireland. I'm used to the UK / BT situation - where the telephone provider would normally provide a master...
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Garage Door Repaint
>>>>>> You won't take real hot dip galvanizing off with a wire brush. Hot dip is easily recognised by the crystals on the surface. Even the thinner zinc powder coatings are fairly durable. Zinc based...
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concrete ornaments
how do you acheive the dark edging,and antique look on statues when casting in concrete
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Mysterious Gravity crashing problem
I'm using Gravity with Eternal September and something strange has happened today. I tried to catch up with this group and Gravity kept crashing. Out of curiosity, I tried a couple of other groups -...
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Earthing cable
Because I have a high ELI reading with my TT earthing - around 620 ohms - I want to drive in some new copper rods to see if I can improve it. My question is about the size of the cable from the rods...
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Dishwasher water supply - hot or cold?
New Bosch dishwasher which will take either cold or hot water supply. Given that we have recently replaced the DHW system with a reasonable WB CDi combi I take it that using the hot water supply will...
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Something slower setting than superglue - SATA power connector repair
I have a brand new Seagate 3TB SATA 3 drive with the power connector plastic bit snapped off. Never had it happen before, I suspect a shoddy plastic moulding, but difficult or impossible to prove that...
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8kw heat conversion to centigrade
8kw heat conversion to centigrade
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CH joint leak
I have a slow leak from a joint in a CH pipe (about one drop every minute or two). I tried Plumber's Mait (a cheap version a few months ago, the real thing just now), it still leaks! Any other easy...
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