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How to, small drill bit.

I have a watch that the strap buckle pin keeps coming out. The hole for the pin is slightly too short, not deep enough...
21 comments posted 8yrs
posted by noname
21 comments posted 8yrs posted by noname

Fence paint anyone

Just boarded out half the garage roof space for storage and got the apprentice to put stuff up there. "Lid fell off" ht...
6 comments posted 8yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
6 comments posted 8yrs posted by adamwadsworth

OT: induction hob or ceramic hob?

We need to replace an ancient range cooker that has a ceramic hob. I'd prefer gas but mains gas isn't available and I d...
42 comments posted 8yrs
posted by bin
42 comments posted 8yrs posted by bin

milk frother

I have an aerolatte milk frother that is just about OK to make cappuccino s tyle foam when the batteries are new. So ha...
9 comments posted 8yrs
posted by sm_jamieson
9 comments posted 8yrs posted by sm_jamieson

OT Don't quite see how this'll work???

https://www.express.co.uk/finance/city/885746/Airbus-hybrid-electric-engine-Rolls-Royce-Siemens
71 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry130747
71 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry130747

Many a true word ...

From the website of spammers operating some sort of US stock market scam. "We've even found the tiny company that Amazo...
2 comments posted 8yrs
posted by roger
2 comments posted 8yrs posted by roger

LED & Fibre Optic X-Mas deco's

She's just dug out a fibre optic santa, purchased a good few years ago for silly money no doubt from QVC. Once again sh...
1 comments posted 8yrs
posted by 0845.86.86.888
1 comments posted 8yrs posted by 0845.86.86.888

OT Car insurance Bloody crooks

Bloody Crooks! Car insurance was due for Roller. (Lancaster, specialises in heritage cars) Was quoted by post and Email...
21 comments posted 8yrs
posted by harry130747
21 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry130747

Filling a chase

I'm about to start cutting some cable chases in a wall that's going to be painted, but when I last did this (a long tim...
3 comments posted 8yrs
posted by bin
3 comments posted 8yrs posted by bin

used one?

http://www.irishnews.com/picturesarchive/irishnews/irishnews/2016/07/22/155409713-cea6ae0b-dd15-4c43-977d-a3fb59482a22.j...
1 comments posted 8yrs
posted by jim.gm4dhj
1 comments posted 8yrs posted by jim.gm4dhj

"This appliance must be earthed"

I'm in the Netherlands at the moment, looking at a piece of equipment (a hi-fi amplifier) and the mains sockets. The am...
23 comments posted 8yrs
posted by real-not-anti-spam-address
23 comments posted 8yrs posted by real-not-anti-spam-address

Chainsaw purchase

I could do with a chainsaw .... have around 150 Leylandi to cut out The diam of trunk is typically 8" ... a few are lar...
30 comments posted 8yrs
posted by rick_hughes
30 comments posted 8yrs posted by rick_hughes

MCB tripping

I know MCBs have two separate trips, a fast one for big faults and a slower thermal trip for moderate over-current. How...
16 comments posted 8yrs
posted by newshound
16 comments posted 8yrs posted by newshound