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Aldi lathe?
There's a lathe at aldi this week what use is it? I'm repairing an old house. would it be useful to me? I've never used one so I dont know what it would do apart from make curved table legs. [george]
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PING Bill Wright: aerial mast to concrete post
Hi Bill (or anyone else) Any idea if there's a pole bracket that could be bolted to these: (Bracket-clamp for slotted concrete fence posts)? Would be even better if it was easy to loosen and drop the...
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Small PCB transformer - typical measured values?
Hi - I took a punt on a non-working ebay second-hand document shredder (£ 20). It's a Rexel, very decently built pro model with substantial mechanicals. The problem seems to be no +5V to the...
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Magimix M 100 Coffee Machine PSU
Hello! I have just collected a Magimix M100 Auto Coffee machine from someone on Freecycle, reported a "not working" turns out one of the thermal fuses strapped to the heater had gone (there are two,...
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How should income tax be calculated?
The weather is rubbish so I set about doing my self-assessment tax return online [so it is diy-related :-)] and came up with a puzzling query. How should income tax due be calculated *precisely* ? My...
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Thermostat dial is the wrong way around
I have a Cotherm TSD thermostat for my hot water cylinder that has been staying on indefinitely, i.e. the water is getting far too hot. When I turned the dial from end to end, there was no clicking...
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Sub C NiMh cells - reliable source?
I've re-celled a few DeWalt 18v in the last year and without exception they have not performed. This is probably due to me being a cheapskate and getting Chinese cells of eBay. Anyone know of a good...
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Steam cleaners
I was idle the other day, surfed the Freesat channels and saw an advert for a very comprehensive steam cleaner. As I have been taken in in the past at exhibitions I am rather wary, and suspect they...
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HiTuf cable
I asked one of the cable manufacturers at the Screwfix fare what happened to HiTuf cable, because everyone seemed to stop selling it. Answer is that the factory closed, and no one is manufacturing it...
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Fibreglass insulation around double wall flue
Just a quick check. I was proposing to use Rockwool as insulation around the area in the roof where the SS stove flue is flashed in. There is a howling gale coming through there at the moment. However...
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Lib Dem vote backs nuclear power plants
So they're not all completely daft then.
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SOT: Audio Jumble in Kent, 6th October
Me mentioned here many times before before, but since Mr Medway H is out promoting Screwfix ... A heads up for peeps that do fancy for broken and nice (not so not-broken) bits of yesteryears high(-er)...
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OBD-II for Android?
As per my other post, I'm having problems with the alarm on my Volvo V70. I'd like to have a go at looking for fault codes which might tell me what's wrong. I have an old USB-based OBD-II reader but...
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Car alarm problem (slightly OT to uk.d-i-y)
The alarm on my 2007 Volvo V70 (S80 platform - not latest shape) keeps going off for no apparent reason. I can stop it happening by pressing the button to disable the spacial detector before locking...
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Gas valve turns off and on again while boiler is running
My boiler is working (it's heating the water that goes through it), but something isn't right with it because quite often I can hear the main gas valve turn off, and then on again about half a second...
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