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Making a metal detector?

Watching the TV programme about Aussie Gold Hunters, I wonder what is the technology of metal detectors? My guess is th...
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posted by headstone255
8 comments posted 5yrs posted by headstone255

Convert your angle grinder into a wood lathe

Don't forget your eye protection, and anything else that might get hit by flying debris. :-) https://www.youtube.com/wat...
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posted by Andrew97d-junk
1 comments posted 5yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

Hispec Smoke/Heat Detectors

Poss one for Adam . . . I'm helping my sister equip her house in Scotland to meet the new incoming smoke detector regs/...
8 comments posted 5yrs
posted by not
8 comments posted 5yrs posted by not

Annoying Gmail

Gmail login, mail download and upload works fine on my laptop at home, on my home network, but away from home - no chan...
11 comments posted 5yrs
posted by a
11 comments posted 5yrs posted by a

Re: The Spanish Flu ended without vaccines!!

On Tue, 31 Aug 2021 14:30:51 +1000, "Rod Speed" snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote: >Cursitor Doom snipped-for-privacy...
8 comments posted 5yrs
posted by cd
8 comments posted 5yrs posted by cd

Mains power instead of battery?

We have a wireless alarm at work, i'm sick of replacing the batteries in the sensors*. I presume to alleviate this both...
12 comments posted 5yrs
posted by rsandr
12 comments posted 5yrs posted by rsandr

Dual diameter HSS bit.

Can't find one. A they available? I want to drill nearly 200 holes in corrugated iron, so something that will do it in...
15 comments posted 5yrs
posted by chris.p.bacon
15 comments posted 5yrs posted by chris.p.bacon

Vigil

Not sure in which group to pose this question ... After watching the first episode of Vigil last night, I wonder what a...
16 comments posted 5yrs
posted by headstone255
16 comments posted 5yrs posted by headstone255

Buying a plastic strip about 20mm x 28mm x 5m

I have a long piece of plastic. The cross section is rectangular 20mm by 28mm but one corner is curved. The length is a...
6 comments posted 5yrs
posted by mUNDERSCOREnews
6 comments posted 5yrs posted by mUNDERSCOREnews

Henry cleaner

Today my beloved Henry suddenly started smoking! I turned off immediately, unplugged and detached everything. took it o...
17 comments posted 5yrs
posted by annwarrengiddi205
17 comments posted 5yrs posted by annwarrengiddi205

Any still use Skarsten wood scrapers ?

Seems they went out of business quite some time ago so now I cannot easily find replacement No 62 blades. Does anyone s...
10 comments posted 5yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
10 comments posted 5yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

ATM withdrawal max?

What is the latest maximum limit on a cash withdrawal from an ATM please?
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posted by a
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