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Extreme Mini Fabrication (car)
I've never seen any mention here of Project Binky: A thouroughly well documented and onging project to make a 4WD Mini (the classic "Issigonis" type with a transplanted Toyota drivetrain). If you have...
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Lidl SDS drill - first look
Well, it is a bit unusual. What it will do: SDS hammer drill up to 10mm drill "Normal" drilling with variable 2 speed. Screw driving with variable 2 speed forward and reverse. Interesting bit: It...
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Tool bag/box for drill?
A while back I bought the Lidl 18v combi drill/driver. All very nice but it came in a cardboard box. What I need is some kind of case to store it in and carry it in. Anyone found a suitable tool bag...
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OT{ sort of .Slow computer
Hi Guys I am having the slow computer problems that creep up on us. I have not installed anything new but the machine is getting slower and slower. Is it possible to replace the motherboard and expect...
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Fugi alternatives
I've put off buying Fugi silicone tools because they seem stupidly expensive for a few bits of plastic. I spotted Yato on Amazon, which at £5 are somewhat less stupidly priced. (Only £3.50 on ebay.)...
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DIY dentistry...!
The BBC's Jeremy Vine show has a piece coming up today on some kind of DIY dentistry. I was fairly amazed at the idea though I haven't heard the details yet. Apparently it is possible to buy hygenists...
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What is simplest possible circuit for letterbox flap "open" detector?
I want to hear an alarm sound/see an LED flash when the postie posts something through my letterbox. The letterbox has a flap on the inside to keep draughts down. I want to attach 2 contacts to the...
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Velux window blind advice
Hi, I've just moved into a house with a large Velux window (model GGL-7 in case it matters). I'd like to fit a blind to it, but it looks like it's alread y been fitted for some non-standard type of...
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Whats the easiest and most cost effective way of powering some lighting in a garage?
Hi, I have a rental property that has a detached garage. The detached garage is for the exclusive use of the landlord only for storage while landlord does up his latest house. Tenant is happy with...
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Removing sealant from shower base
Long time member of the group, haven't posted for a while, but the level of help here has always quite good. Now, I know this subject was almost a weekly question a few years back, but I couldn't seem...
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OT Utter Broadcasting Stupidity.
Having got out the ladders, erected the scaffold tower and played with different aerials for a couple of days, I got my system back to operating correctly. So it was time to retune all the TVs and...
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air entraining additives
Getting nearer my concrete driveway project, and I'm repondering mix details. It Appears that readymix PAV2 concrete et al includes an air entraining additive to make micro bubbles in the set...
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chain of consequences
I'm very busy. However . . . I'm making a pair of U bolts with an inner diameter of 13mm. I need them for a handle that will turn the bar behind the passenger seat and thus unlatch it from the floor....
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Suitable vacuum cleaner?
On this group I posted about problems with paving grouting. The solution, it seems, is raking out deep, then remove debris with a vacuum cleaner. What would be a suitable one, that would have enough...
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