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Filling holes in doors after removing Yale surface locks
You can use a router with a template and the right set of bushes[1] to cut a recess in the door, and then an exactly matching plug from some other timber. This will let you route out the imperfection...
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Radiator valve ID
Some of our radiators seem to be missing part of the valves: pin goes in if you press it) Am I right in thinking this is the base of a TRV which somebody has half inched? There doesn't appear to be...
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MP3 files and sound quality
Perhaps only peripherally DIY but there's such a lot of computer expertise here. I was surprised today to see a reference to "a poor quality fifth-generation mp3 file" - I thought that digital files...
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Why do we have modesty panels on desks?
WTF? How is opening a door anything remotely like sitting at a desk?
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Concrete with small size aggregate
I am looking for a concrete that contains small size "stones". Is there such a thing? fine concrete is a different thing altogether I have found.
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Lever basin taps.
The cold tap on our basin needs a new washer but these were only cheap ones I fitted some 20+ years ago. With her arthritic hands and especially with soapy tap heads they aren't as easy to turn on...
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3 years ago
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Linseed oil mastic...???
"The name putty is also applied to substances resembling putty, such as red-lead putty, mixtures of red and white lead and linseed oil." Somehow, that doesn't sound all that safe. Paul
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Re: RME Glasgow
remembers RME Glasgow ? ..... ==== I don't but I was there in 86:) Image DSCF1811 hosted in ImgBB
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Re: thanks boris
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DIY of sorts: roadside animal euthanasia
Encountered a badly injured deer (Muntjack, or perhaps a young regular one) by the side of the road this evening. There was a car already pulled up by it and the critter looked in a bad way (lots of...
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3 years ago
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Source for replacement one-way "duckbill" valve for waste outlert
Following my tackling the whiff from the kitchen sink, the silicone insert non-return/one-way valve is fucked. Does anyone know if it's possible to buy just the valve, without the containing pipe ?
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3 years ago
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Wood finish
Our oak dinning table is exposed to the sun for an hour a day or so, and was last treated around 10 years ago - can't remember what with (oil?). After many years of abuse it can now do with some...
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Fractal Wallpaper.
I remember back many moons ago those lovely junia set Fractal patterns of ever repeating shapes at smaller sizes used to fascinate me. and I wondered if anyone had ever made wallpaper using them....
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3 years ago
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Laptop PSU - Cordless Hedge Trimmer
If the battery holder has separate charging control, the laptop psu /might/ work, though 19v is likely too low. If no separate charge control it might or might not be a bad idea to try it. NT
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3 years ago
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OT: Digital TV Mux / frequencies / Linux?
Evenin. USB dual DTV-T tuner (Hauppauge Nova-TD Stick/Elgato Eye-TV Diversity) in a PC running Linux Mint 18.3 / 64: (also dual booting W10). .. and if run a w-scan I get: tim@Linux ~ $ sudo w_scan -c...
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