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Plasterers Trowel corners modification?

I'm skimming my first ceiling but some places the trowel leaves marks at the edges. Its an old victorian ceiling that I...
4 comments posted 9yrs
posted by dicegeorge
4 comments posted 9yrs posted by dicegeorge

Flat pack faff

A bookcase followed by a large sideboard. The bookcase didn't take too long, assembly was fairly obvious, but had an ex...
31 comments posted 9yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
31 comments posted 9yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Cordless recip. saw recommendations

Hello all. I have a fair bit of annual tree pruning to do. Also, i have a one-off job of cutting up a load of old decki...
7 comments posted 9yrs
posted by terry.shitcrumbs
7 comments posted 9yrs posted by terry.shitcrumbs

LAN & phone punch down tool

I am about to sort out my network, with some proper wall sockets, rather than the RJ45 linked directly to R45. Am I cor...
7 comments posted 9yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
7 comments posted 9yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Pandora's Junction Box revisited

Well, it's been longer than expected, but I've finally got my junction box sorted out. Those of you with good memories...
17 comments posted 9yrs
posted by nospam
17 comments posted 9yrs posted by nospam

OT: Yanks want to buy BP!

Successive UK governments have allowed our prized companies to be taken ove r by foreigners - euphemistically describin...
33 comments posted 9yrs
posted by letshaveit
33 comments posted 9yrs posted by letshaveit

Snooping TV.

Just been listening to a radio piece about those Samsung smart TVs the CIA etc have apparently hacked so they can liste...
282 comments posted 9yrs
posted by dave
282 comments posted 9yrs posted by dave

13 amp sockets in bathrooms - houses and caravans

There is an awful lot of regulation about mains power in bathrooms (but not kitchens). I was intrigued to note the 13 a...
17 comments posted 9yrs
posted by wibble
17 comments posted 9yrs posted by wibble

Sort out my friend's lousy shower

Since 1992 my friend has had an impossible to control shower which drives his family (daughter especially) and visitors...
18 comments posted 9yrs
posted by nospam
18 comments posted 9yrs posted by nospam

joke needed

Anyone know where I can get the full text of that joke about the Mexican wall made by Ikia or whoever with just one alle...
5 comments posted 9yrs
posted by briang1
5 comments posted 9yrs posted by briang1

CCTV networking problem

I've set up a Hikvision DS-7608NI-E2/8P/A NVR with four Hikvision DS-2CD2042WD-I cameras plugged directly into and runn...
12 comments posted 9yrs
posted by news
12 comments posted 9yrs posted by news

Later

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3 comments posted 9yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
3 comments posted 9yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Dremel recommendations?

[On topic!] I'm thinking of replacing my old, cheap Dremel-like multitool with a better version (for a start, mine only...
8 comments posted 9yrs
posted by lalaw44
8 comments posted 9yrs posted by lalaw44