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Electric planes - why?
I'm not a bad carpenter (hobby only) and know all about hand-planing with the grain. How is it then that my electric plane rotates 'backwards'? If I go with the grain it chews it up, but 'against the...
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Watering pot plants when on holiday
Is this likely to work. I have around 36 x 3 inch pot plants with seedlings. I intend to put them on a large tray sitting on several layers of newspaper, tilt the tray slightly so there is a deep &...
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OT: global warming
Last week, a study in the prestigious journal Nature revealed just how much COâ increases have greened the Earth over the past three decades.
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Aladdin Isolator Valve
Aladdin Isolator Valve I've just bought one, as I think the mains tap won't work in a flat I'm going to be working in. Has anyone else here used one? Seems a great idea, but I wonder what they are...
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WTF was THAT ?!
Saturday afternoon, minding our own business, feeling *very* smug at having cut the grass before the threatened rain and thunder. Suddenly, from nowhere, a *massive* thunderclap - simultaneous with a...
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OT-ish: Estate Agents advice, House selling timing
Hi all situation: a discussion amongst family members about putting a house on the market. We can do it 'now, in a hurry', or 'in a little while, maybe doing some mild tarting up'. An Estate agent is...
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Route ethernet cable through coax routing?
I want to route ethernet cable to a few rooms in a fairly small house. Taking up floors is not an option because of wood flooring and I don't want visible cable although routing cable around skirting...
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7 years ago
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Materials for making a long-lasting, walkable-on long-lasting flat roof?
Concrete roof slab and paving stones set in pitch is the commercial solution.
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7 years ago
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OT English Browser
Hi Found this today, got sick of the recurring irrelevant ad's. It seems more efficient, at least typing in Aer Lingus and Stena does not bring up the ridiculous lists of third party ticket pushers to...
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7 years ago
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Some jobs are best not started?
Some 15 months ago I bought a 7" reversing camera kit and this weekend I was foolhardy enough to fit it. The existing wireless camera had only a 2.5" screen, and worked well, but was difficult to see...
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Starter capacitor rating for garden shredder
The starter capacitor for my Alko shredder has released its smoke and lava. It's marked as 25UF, 450V and the closest that CPC have are 20UF and 30UF. Would a 5UF difference be OK and if so is it best...
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Re-pointing patio with mortar gun
I bought one of these a while ago, but haven't yet got around to using it. The mortar between the slabs in my patio is in a bad way, and I would like to replace it - and thought it would be a good...
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OT Fast vans
Didn't think an Astra was capable of 132 mph. Perhaps ARW can advise. A GARAGE worker left magistrates astonished when they were told he had been clocked by police driving at 132mph in his Vauxhall...
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Busted jigsaw motor - fixable?
My jigsaw started sparking and throwing out smoke, so I took it to bits, found a shorted coil in the motor, and disconnected it. But it's still doing this (sew video). Is there anything that can be...
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OT Mercury transit on May 9.
Lots of BS about it here. I thought we were past middle ages superstition? SENSATIONAL claims have emerged linking today's transit of Mercury to a Biblical prophecy of destruction.
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