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Wood expansion
I have just installed a 1.4m X 150mm X 50mm spruce beam between the garage and house. At present it is a good interference fit but I am a little worri ed when it gets saturated it might expand and put...
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Hot weather warning
Based on something I saw in another place: Don't leave a can of expanding foam in a hot garage like they did, or (even worse) in a hot car. Owain
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For those that want to build arduino projects without programming try XOD.io
is an IDE which is like lego, join up blocks and set the data and uploaded it to your arduino and away you go. downloaded it yesterday and built a weather station using a temp and humidity sensor and...
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A cure for Insomnia?
1. How do you magnetise scrap iron? I put some magnets on a couple of radiators and noticed I have managed to get a some sleep recently. Now I want to overdo things if its possible. Hopefully it might...
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Ping Bill Wright and anyone else able to troubleshoot TV signal issues
We have a five-in eight-out (Triax?) multiswitch in the loft, receiving signals from a satellite dish and a terrestrial aerial, and feeding eight triplexer plates. Three of them have Humax Fox-T2 HDRs...
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Blackened washing machine commutator
The washing machine packed in this morning. Filled up with water, and then nothing. I expected I was going to need to replace the motor brushes (although they're only about two years old), but they...
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Fecking Belling-Lee connectors
Intermittent fault (no signal) with the spare room telly finally tracked down. Took the (visually fine) Belling-Lee off one end of the aerial lead and the centre conductor fell off where the inner...
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Moment of boredom OT
Am I slow to wake up or is there a determined effort to force online handling of accounts? Currently, British Gas are playing the *you supplied gas readings to our online site so we know you don't...
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Trailer auto reverse brake issue
Have a twin axle trailer. Each year service hubs ... wash out all grease, repack, new seals, clean drums etc. Adjust brakes The reverse override link & spring are not removed during service (AlKo...
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Tell het to hold on with the bacon sandwich
Sorry mate, the van will not start.
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terminal blocks
I'm talking about the bog standard things, sometimes called 'choc blocks' or terminal strips. I much prefer the ones with wire protectors, but they seem to be rare. I've found them on the Rapid...
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Opinel Knives
I'd be very, very surprised if that were so. I think you're getting confused with flick knives/switchblade knives.
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Seagate abandon remote access to their 'Central' NAS
Well you could have something like a Raspberry PI left on permanently to give you access, very little power, no fan or anything. I'm not sure what OS a 'Seagate Central NAS' runs but if it's Linux...
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Lighting wiring centres
I could do with having a tidy up of the lighting circuit in the garage, which includes several internal and external lights and corresponding switches, drivers and PIRs. I thought about those...
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What glue for mower seat cover to frame?
I need to re-glue the cover of our ride-on mower's seat to its metal frame. The cover is fairly standard cloth backed PVC (or similar) and it has to be pulled tight over the cushion to even reach the...
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