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Axminster good service

Needed a new sander yesterday (old one suddenly slowed down then more or less conked out, no smoke, might just be brush...
7 comments posted 9yrs
posted by usenet
7 comments posted 9yrs posted by usenet

Laying Laminate under door frame

Is there a way of fitting lam into the undercut of a door frame without lifting up the outer edge of the lam (the norma...
4 comments posted 9yrs
posted by mitchmunden
4 comments posted 9yrs posted by mitchmunden

Cleaning clothes with petroleum products

I was struck by a passage in Marilyn Robinson's Home, in which a character (in a small town in 1950s Iowa) dry cleans h...
21 comments posted 9yrs
posted by real-not-anti-spam-address
21 comments posted 9yrs posted by real-not-anti-spam-address

What's likely to be wrong with this car?

Here are the facts: 1. The car is used once or twice a week, mostly for short trips. 2. Nearly every time we use it, th...
90 comments posted 9yrs
posted by real-not-anti-spam-address
90 comments posted 9yrs posted by real-not-anti-spam-address

OT Printer Reloaded

Just to follow up. It arrived today. I was a bit trepidatious as I had never even touched a laser printer. Out of the b...
0 comments posted 9yrs
posted by MrPounder
0 comments posted 9yrs posted by MrPounder

Which glue gun?

I've decided it's time I got one; no specific purpose in mind, just general DIY/maintenance purposes. Never used one be...
9 comments posted 9yrs
posted by david.m.pickles
9 comments posted 9yrs posted by david.m.pickles

Pumped shower waste

Going to install a shower cubicle in my bathroom shortly - in place of the largely unused bath. The shower waste is goi...
7 comments posted 9yrs
posted by joe.bloggs
7 comments posted 9yrs posted by joe.bloggs

Sticking waterproof seal trim to tiles

Bought one of those Homelux ultraseal trims, which is supposed to expand/adjust itself to the height of the bath as it...
0 comments posted 9yrs
posted by darkangel5
0 comments posted 9yrs posted by darkangel5

Engraving wood (mechanised)

I've a vague idea for a small money earner selling engraved wooden posts (race mementoes). I did one by hand with small...
13 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tim.downie
13 comments posted 9yrs posted by tim.downie

Drawing program

Can anyone suggest a simple (preferably free) drawing program for the PC, where I can import a jpeg of some floor plans...
27 comments posted 9yrs
posted by Billaboard
27 comments posted 9yrs posted by Billaboard

WiFi Question

Daughter is trying to use WiFi instead of a wire travelling up the stairs. Sky WiFi hub thing is downstairs - a PC used...
50 comments posted 9yrs
posted by Somewhere
50 comments posted 9yrs posted by Somewhere

Overhanging trees - has the law changed?

Next door has 2 large boughs overhaning his garden and a bit over the house; the whole tree is 'out of balance'. He's b...
32 comments posted 9yrs
posted by giraffenos.pam
32 comments posted 9yrs posted by giraffenos.pam

Papering a hardboard ceiling.

I didn't know that you had to prime hardboard before papering so was very disappointed to find paper hanging down from...
21 comments posted 9yrs
posted by bhartnett
21 comments posted 9yrs posted by bhartnett

thermocouple

anybody know where I can get a replacement thermocouple for this kind of chinky cabinet heater ....? I assume all the d...
12 comments posted 9yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
12 comments posted 9yrs posted by kinvig.netta