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OT: Victoria

The ITV drama 'Victoria' was first class. Good lighting. Camera work so professional you were never aware of it. Good c...
77 comments posted 10yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
77 comments posted 10yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Homebase sale

Homebase are selling off all their own brand (Guild) power tools. None of it good quality, but it seems very cheap. I b...
9 comments posted 10yrs
posted by NOTSomeone
9 comments posted 10yrs posted by NOTSomeone

OT Current French matters

https://www.youtube.com/embed/u0j4Vm-XVIY?feature=player_detailpage
15 comments posted 10yrs
posted by harry130747
15 comments posted 10yrs posted by harry130747

Nicd cells for DeWalt battery packs

Can someone recommend a good (ie reasonable price) place to get Nicd cells for DeWalt battery packs? I trying email a f...
6 comments posted 10yrs
posted by jake
6 comments posted 10yrs posted by jake

Riverside Cottage 6

Now stripping out plumbing and electrics. Is it a hanging offence to use a 15mm compression stop end on a gas pipe? The...
10 comments posted 10yrs
posted by tim
10 comments posted 10yrs posted by tim

Knob next to fireplace

There's a knob - like a doorknob - attached to the wall on each side of the fireplace in my Victorian house. Anyone kno...
27 comments posted 10yrs
posted by richard
27 comments posted 10yrs posted by richard

measuring devis

I want to measure the width of a groove which is only about 3.5mm wide and 1-3 mm deep. Ordinary Mitutoyo calipers with...
17 comments posted 10yrs
posted by tpmccann
17 comments posted 10yrs posted by tpmccann

Auto phone calls, when the utilities have issue?

I have just replaced our phones, with a set which filters out nuisance callers, unless they are live callers who can fo...
45 comments posted 10yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
45 comments posted 10yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Rededa vices

I've inherited a large Rededa vice and would be interested to find if anyone out there knows anything about the company...
3 comments posted 10yrs
posted by letshaveit
3 comments posted 10yrs posted by letshaveit

Shed of the year

Just finished watching the final episode of 'Shed of the Year'. Enjoyable, although I wouldn't really class a lot of th...
0 comments posted 10yrs
posted by news0006
0 comments posted 10yrs posted by news0006

OT Farage in the USA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj4K9fr_WgY
7 comments posted 10yrs
posted by harry130747
7 comments posted 10yrs posted by harry130747

Ply for woodstore roof

I'm putting together a woodstore, but am wondering what to use for the roof, I've been considering ply, but even the ex...
7 comments posted 10yrs
posted by JMLayman
7 comments posted 10yrs posted by JMLayman

Plumbing instructions self contradictory?

Vaillant condensate circuit information: It is not necessary to provide air breaks or extra traps in the discharge pipe...
2 comments posted 10yrs
posted by tabbypurr
2 comments posted 10yrs posted by tabbypurr

Digital caliper case

Many digital caliper cases have an elliptical recess at the bottom right. In all the pictures I've seen, bar one, and m...
5 comments posted 10yrs
posted by nospam
5 comments posted 10yrs posted by nospam