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[Power] Cracked-up Belgian nukes

"The latest ultrasonic inspections have detected a substantial number of new micro cracks in nuclear reactors at the Ti...
13 comments posted 9yrs
posted by mike
13 comments posted 9yrs posted by mike

coj'kwiz

8/10
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posted by usenet
11 comments posted 9yrs posted by usenet

Empty batteries bounce

http://theconversation.com/it-turns-out-theres-truth-to-dead-battery-bounce-after-all-38680
0 comments posted 9yrs
posted by imvalid
0 comments posted 9yrs posted by imvalid

how I remove a bearing

I have managed to rescue 3 electrical tools when bearings failed. Probably teaching you lot how to suck eggs but this i...
3 comments posted 9yrs
posted by noname
3 comments posted 9yrs posted by noname

Swiss army knives, etc

They are always going to be a bit of a compromise, but I'd love to know which "multi-tools" and/or compact screwdrives...
34 comments posted 9yrs
posted by newshound
34 comments posted 9yrs posted by newshound

OT: This from Twitter

Tweeted by @A_Liberty_Rebel: Cured my daughter of her flirtation with Sixth-Form Socialism. "Taxed" her allowance & "red...
10 comments posted 9yrs
posted by timstreater
10 comments posted 9yrs posted by timstreater

BT NTE5 Lower fixing screws

Bugger, Put mine somewhere safe while I re-arranged the internal phone wiring and now I can't find them. Does anyone kn...
5 comments posted 9yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
5 comments posted 9yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

Concreting: plasticiser or no plasticiser?

If I want to achieve a reasonably good flow rate with home-mixed concrete, so that it flows down into some narrow crevi...
8 comments posted 9yrs
posted by trancenotes1776
8 comments posted 9yrs posted by trancenotes1776

Best weather resistant board for outdoors?

I need to rebuild my garages people entry small back door. I rebuilt it some 12 to 15 years ago with ply, which a local...
5 comments posted 9yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
5 comments posted 9yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Reducing the diameter of a dowel?

Hi all, Well, it's not a dowel as such but a 1.8m long dinghy oar and I would like to reduce the diameter of the shaft...
14 comments posted 9yrs
posted by news
14 comments posted 9yrs posted by news

63mm flexible conduit - where to buy?

The garage floor is being re-laid and I need to set-in a service duct so the electricity company can run cables in afte...
7 comments posted 9yrs
posted by nomail
7 comments posted 9yrs posted by nomail

New builds on a floodplain and socket heights

New job. 130 new builds. The ground floor sockets are at 600mm above the floor level so that they are above the flood l...
53 comments posted 9yrs
posted by aXXXwadsworth
53 comments posted 9yrs posted by aXXXwadsworth

Nice tools

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HPS4On_J5A NT
3 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tabbypurr
3 comments posted 9yrs posted by tabbypurr