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Metal expansion question

So I've got this metal bar (mild steel) and it's flat and 0.19" thick. Well, it *was* 0.19" until I measured it today a...
7 comments posted 5yrs
posted by davejonno
7 comments posted 5yrs posted by davejonno

Sanding disks fly off Bosch orbital sander

My Bosch PEX 220 A Orbital sander is (was) wonderful, but now the disks don't seem to 'stick' as well as they did and w...
12 comments posted 5yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
12 comments posted 5yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

Radical new self install Satellite dish

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Satellite-Installation-necessary-Brackets-SATELLITE/dp/B004MQFHYC Looks remarkably like a Ninte...
0 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tnp
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by tnp

Why is white not white?

Fitting a lot of PCV conduit and trunking at a school. Different suppliers for each batch of the stuff. Different colour...
36 comments posted 5yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
36 comments posted 5yrs posted by adamwadsworth

OT: Vaccine Passports

Hi all, Please consider the ramifications of the vaccine passports that are being foisted on us without even so much as...
68 comments posted 5yrs
posted by paulb
68 comments posted 5yrs posted by paulb

Boiler sizing

Hi, we have been offered a free central heating system (via the local authority) and as I've never had a house with cen...
34 comments posted 5yrs
posted by invalid_unparseable
34 comments posted 5yrs posted by invalid_unparseable

OT - dangerous weapons from Amazon

Well, a plastic potato peeler. I kid you not. Amazon were asking for name, age, etc. and saying that a signature and pr...
27 comments posted 5yrs
posted by wibble
27 comments posted 5yrs posted by wibble

Cutting along length of aluminium extrusion

What would be the best way of cutting aluminium along the length of an extrusion? I would like to take a length of U ch...
17 comments posted 5yrs
posted by andrew_d_may
17 comments posted 5yrs posted by andrew_d_may

petrol ageing ?

My Stihl service agent states that ALL petrol, 2 stroke mix and 4 stroke, stored for machine use must be dumped at seaso...
26 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tpmccann
26 comments posted 5yrs posted by tpmccann

Advice on driveway replacement options

Later this year, or next, we will need to get the driveway replaced so I'm gathering info on the options. The whole are...
38 comments posted 5yrs
posted by nothanks
38 comments posted 5yrs posted by nothanks

OT - E10 petrol and oldish car

Friend has a 2000-Reg Renault Clio Grande RN. Renaults are OK from '98 on so this is on the cusp, as it could have been...
10 comments posted 5yrs
posted by giraffenos.pam
10 comments posted 5yrs posted by giraffenos.pam

Designed and worked first time.

Nothing much really, just a simple booster to supply a bright LED - but I've not needed to design anything for years......
2 comments posted 5yrs
posted by a
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by a

More about vehicles and carrying stuff

I am buying a car. a cheap one. This isn't the family saloon but a second run-around utility motor. One of its uses wil...
30 comments posted 5yrs
posted by timw
30 comments posted 5yrs posted by timw