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Loudspeaker finish.
Have a couple of '80 speakers in teak veneer. Both the top surfaces have some marks - the sides etc are fine. I'd say the tops would sand down ok - the damage is mainly to the lacquer or whatever....
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Best place for a switch...
I had a peak inside the switch / speed controller box on my scroll saw. It seems to be a NVR switch followed by a reasonably sophisticated electronic speed controller, with a two wire feed to the...
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10 years ago
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Gluing plastic to MDF
I'm making some oversized key fobs out of 12mm MDF to stop people absentmindedly walking off with the keys. They'll be 6cm x 15cm and I need to a glue a plastic laminated pouch with some info in on...
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OT: Where is Grimly?
Reading some old posts just now and realised: where is the grim old curmudgeon these days? J.
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10 years ago
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Prince Charles says we're chickens
He's accusing some of us of being like headless chickens because we doubt the made-up, fictional, fraudulent "findings" of the University of East Anglia. I wonder if his close chums, the Rothschilds...
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Brass roundhead pozidrive screws
I'm making some new tee marker posts for my golf club. Posts are varnished redwood with signs screwed on indicating hole number, hole length etc. Ques tion is: what screws to use? Size of screw No3 x...
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10 years ago
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Ping for Andrew Gabriel
Hi Andrew ... in the post below you asked me for data on the LED Standard W10 Silicon Bridge Rectifiers ... ----------------- >Can you point to the datasheet for your LEDs? >My calculation assumed...
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10 years ago
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Thermostatic timer plug?
Been looking for a thermostatic timer plug for use with e.g. a fan heater to maintain a daytime temperature in an attic room, but 'off' during the night. Have looked around the web in vain, apart from...
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10 years ago
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A whole new angle in men and sheds
Maplin is where men meet for sex
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10 years ago
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Leaking roof - again :(
Sitting here, working away, when I hear a drip, drip, drip. Looking up I see the wallpaper I have peeled back (where the mushrooms were - passim) is dripping. Getting on a step I see the wall is...
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10 years ago
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Large floor mounting radiators
As the subject. This is for a large area without walls that are sufficiently firm to mount conventional radiators. Given the amount of heating required, I will need several large large radiators that...
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Paint for alarm bell case?
At great risk to life and limb, six months ago I removed our burglar alarm case cover from its high position under the eaves. Its white paint was peel ing off the red plastic so I sanded it down as...
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10 years ago
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Bathroom Downflow Fan Heaters
It got cold here last night and I woke up at about 3.15am with stomach cramps and starting an attack of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - ended up sitting on the bog for 45 minutes! I got to thinking -...
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Black mould... best way to treat?
Hi I have recently removed a wardrobe from a bedroom. Behind it there are a few patches of black mould on emulsioned plasterboard with peeling emulsion. I now have a dehumidifier. It appears a...
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Pure craftsmanship -- "ROUTER CRAFTER REPLACEMENT CRANK HANDLE "
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROUTER-CRAFTER-REPLACEMENT-CRANK-HANDLE-/201028047456?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ece349260...
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