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Lamp fittings

I have been tasked with repairing a rather posh table lamp. Originally voltage 0-12V controlled by a combined switch/po...
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posted by tim
21 comments posted 8mos posted by tim

Smart water meter

Next financial year's water bill plopped into my email yesterday, which reminded me that "they" had pre-emptively insta...
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posted by usenet
35 comments posted 8mos posted by usenet

Insolent Cars

Drove to the next town earlier, during the journey my Picanto threw up a message "Consider taking a break" with an icon...
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posted by jgnewsid
28 comments posted 8mos posted by jgnewsid

BBTF26300 grill element

(Dual over with grill in top oven) Have notived that this element seems to be curving downwards at the front. Given how...
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posted by jethro_UK
3 comments posted 8mos posted by jethro_UK

Keeping kitchen cabinet hinge from working loose

One of our kitchen cabinet doors occasionally drags at the bottom (on the side away from the hinge) because the screws...
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posted by a24061a
14 comments posted 8mos posted by a24061a

One for the Russ Andrews fans

"Blind Listening Test Finds Audiophiles Unable To Distinguish Copper Cable From a Banana or Wet Mud"...
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posted by richard
4 comments posted 8mos posted by richard

Dyson DIY?

I have a Dyson handheld vacuum cleaner - I think V8 but it does not seem to have any model number. The high/low power s...
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posted by newsgroups
23 comments posted 8mos posted by newsgroups

New OR NTE5C faceplate, does it have a filter

As per subject The whole front of the new NTE5C master sockets unclips a bit like the lower part of the earlier NTE ver...
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posted by Andrew97d
11 comments posted 8mos posted by Andrew97d

Wickes Discounts

Last time I got stuff from Wickes I looked online and must have put items in my Basket without actually paying for them...
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posted by timw
7 comments posted 8mos posted by timw

Pneumatic fittings

I'm building some 3D filament storage boxes (£5ea for cereal boxes vs £30ea for "proper" ones sold by the manufacturer...
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posted by usenet
2 comments posted 8mos posted by usenet

Sheet metal cutting service

Sometimes 3D printed plastic isn't enough and only metal will do. 3D printed metal is rather expensive and not necessar...
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posted by theom+news
5 comments posted 8mos posted by theom+news

OT: Rod was right about one thing

Rod Speed would refer to the UK as "That soggy little island". This winter, he is right, it is very soggy.
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posted by davey
10 comments posted 8mos posted by davey

Radiators

I'm looking at redecorating my hallway and looking at slightly larger radiator to replace one that's been there 25+ yea...
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posted by junk
4 comments posted 8mos posted by junk

Re: Key cutting without a blank

On Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:19:36 -0000 (UTC), Chris Holmes snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote: > > >A friend has a padlock...
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posted by peter
2 comments posted 8mos posted by peter