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Turning an old chest freezer into a wine fridge?

Our garage beer/wine fridge has just died. We have an old small chest freezer that we don’t use taking up space in the...
14 comments posted 2yrs
posted by timdownieuk
14 comments posted 2yrs posted by timdownieuk

Looking for name of a type of fixing

I'm trying to find a type of fixing whose name I don't know. It's something like a bolt but it's not threaded. It has a...
6 comments posted 2yrs
posted by cl
6 comments posted 2yrs posted by cl

Airport scanners

Twice during my recent little jaunts (Canada, thank you. Very nice, ta.) Security staff have warned me about their scan...
21 comments posted 2yrs
posted by nickodell49
21 comments posted 2yrs posted by nickodell49

New fibre oprtics - old school telegraph poles

WE have a new outfit supplying FTTD. This morning a lorry rocked up down our road and fitted 5 telegraph poles in about...
26 comments posted 2yrs
posted by jethro_uk
26 comments posted 2yrs posted by jethro_uk

Nut Runner

I have just managed to snap what I think is called a "nut runner" that came taped to the front of a computer or perhaps...
18 comments posted 2yrs
posted by jgnewsid
18 comments posted 2yrs posted by jgnewsid

Foam gun cleaning

My foam gun jammed up after a long period of not using it. I managed to get the can of foam off without a foam explosio...
5 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tricky.dicky
5 comments posted 2yrs posted by tricky.dicky

OT: 'sharps'

I volunteer with a local woodland conservation group. On one side, the woodland borders the playing fields of the local...
9 comments posted 2yrs
posted by me
9 comments posted 2yrs posted by me

Door bell query

We have a mains powered Friedland door bell, bell in the hall, push beside the front door. Was here when we arrived 22...
13 comments posted 2yrs
posted by News
13 comments posted 2yrs posted by News

Thunderbird odd behaviour since update

If I click on a thread, on a post, often as not, the body text of the post will show as blank/no text in it. The only w...
7 comments posted 2yrs
posted by a
7 comments posted 2yrs posted by a

Sign Writing without the skill required

The front door and surround is being repaired and painted. The old plastic engraved plaque saying DUNROAMIN has been de...
10 comments posted 2yrs
posted by timw
10 comments posted 2yrs posted by timw

Plaster types: Undercoat and Bonding

I've always used bonding plaster to fill chases and repair large holes in plaster but the local Builders (Builder's?) M...
10 comments posted 2yrs
posted by nomail
10 comments posted 2yrs posted by nomail

Watchman oil tank monitor query

We have a Watchman monitor on our oil tank which has worked well for nearly twenty years now. Recently, it has been beh...
5 comments posted 2yrs
posted by News
5 comments posted 2yrs posted by News

What makes a radio "vintage" in 2024?

One of my (now in my late 50s) shattered dreams was to collect and repair vintage radios, use them, repair some of them...
32 comments posted 2yrs
posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012
32 comments posted 2yrs posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012

Outdoor revolve - pivot needed

For an outdoor project I want to make what in essence will be a revolving table top (or a revolving surface which sits...
14 comments posted 2yrs
posted by mail
14 comments posted 2yrs posted by mail

Octopus Energy

These people keep asking for meter readings, I reply that I have a smart meter now.
43 comments posted 2yrs
posted by reading.mostly
43 comments posted 2yrs posted by reading.mostly