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Rusty rims
Is it a big job removing a low profile tyre? I have leaking rims I was told is due to fitters using the wrong type of lubricant in the good old days. (It's a 12 year old Mondeo.) Apparently, all I...
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embargo electrical fixings
"On the picture: a home-made electric plug (Cuba), found at Architecture of Necessity." Is Cuba the First Large-Scale Maker Society?
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Bloody fly
For over 24 hours I have had a fly buzzing me. Where on earth do they get the energy to keep flying up and down the lounge, into the kitchen, then the dining room and back?
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OT Colour test challenge
I scored 23. X-Rite's online color challenge and hue test is a free tetrachromatic test that allows you to test your color accuracy and color vision.
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elec. supply to new central heating boiler/pump
Regarding the elect. supply to a new gas central heating system... Is it ok to run a T&E from a dedicated mcb in the CU to supply both the boiler and the pump? What should the termination be on the...
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Wall tile adhesive as floor tile adhesive
I've got 5l of Unibond wall tile adhesive and only 4 or 5 wall tiles left to lay. On the other hand, I've got zero litres of floor tile adhesive and 80 *floor* tiles to lay. You can understand my...
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OT driving and watching a video on dashboard
OT The scenario...the car in front of me had either a large smartphone or tablet mounted in a holder attached to the center of the device was on and playing a video. The screen was even tilted in the...
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TOT: Strange sums in spreadsheet
I have a spreadsheet where most of the columns are in number format with 2 after the decimal point. Without thinking I put the dates in the first column in the format 05/10/13. The numbers in that...
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Fireproof charger box
I always unhappy about having battery chargers running. I'd like to make a fireproof box for all the chargers, and ideally a smoke or heat detector that turns off the power to the box if anything goes...
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Bleedin' typical
I've been converting the gravity HW system over to pumped. Not been a difficult job, but awkward at times. And of course it sprouted extra tasks like a new feed and expansion tank (Polyred packaged...
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clearance hole
Hi, I am a teacher and find myself doing metalwork this year. I have been supplied with the drawings by the exam board, but I think they have taken no account of clearance. In the vice in the middle...
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Foundations on (sandstone) bedrock.
Any reason not to build house foundations directly on sandstone? Cheers.
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Wall plugs into Thermalite blocks
Just hung a couple of identical bike racks on an external wall. One into brick, the other into Thermalite block used to block up an old doorway. The fixings are 4 off 5* 50 Turbogold screws into brown...
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Stainless dish masts
I was looking for a 2 meter cranked stainless steel mast which would (a) give me some adjustment ability (maybe allowing me to put a large dish above the bend, if forced to by clearance requirements,...
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(Temporary) convert a wheelchair to a sedan ?
Last weekend, we went to a wedding held in a country hotel. My wife uses a wheelchair, and there were various accessibility issues most of which we overcame (disabled folk are very ingenious !)....
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