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Removing Clutch Assembly from a Qualcast strimmer.
Shows an image, I want to remove the silver clutch assembly. It spins freely in both directions. Looking at a picture elsewhere of the clutch it is threaded. The strimmer has not done many hours, the...
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Dismantling a Bosch hedge trimmer
Does anyone know how to dismantle a Bosch hedge trimmer? I have an AHS 55-26 trimmer -- a superb machine. However it stopped working the other day - dead as a dodo (and no traumas such as being...
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Strobe light defective on an alarm system's External bell box.....
Is it possible to repair these flashing strobes on a Honeywell Reson8 or must I replace the whole bell box? From what I can see the strobe tube is soldered direct to the PCB. So I am not sure if its...
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Re: Science Museum
Agreed. This one looks like like some sort of gas spectrometer? Or for heating something quite specific? Oxygen / fuel gas in via the lower valves, flame out of the nozzle at the top? Cheers, T i m
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Painting Anodized Aluminium
There is an aluminium extrusion that I want to use for an LED strip light. But, it is anodized and I want it painted the same colour as the wall. It will be inside and 8ft above ground so well out of...
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O/T: internet security question (leaked details)
I think it's pretty safe to assume some aspect of this "small company" website is compromised. Small companies rent everything. They can't even rent a clue. I generate long, random, password sequences...
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cool gadget ...
An intriguing piece of retro gadgetry that lets you view the magnetic patterns recorded on tape. A modern day version can be found here:...
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Is an electric blanket an inductive load?
I only ask because I'm making up a controller for one. I don't find the 3 heat settings provide enough choice so I'll be controlling a small triac via a PWM chip. Although the max current draw of this...
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Wardrobe Door Hinge Placement
I'm just ordering some new wardrobe doors and they're drilling the hinge holes. The doors are 2270mm long and they think 4 holes is correct for that size. Then I realised I don't know really where...
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3 years ago
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Wifi - logging brief connection
A battery powered gadget, wakes up every 15 minutes, logs into my router just long enough to send a batch of data to a website and then goes back to sleep. The gadget in operation, is inaccessible,...
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70s Kenwood Chefette 350 Turntable - not turning
Picked this up at a car boot for a few quid, still boxed. Electrically it's fine, but the turnrable doesn't spin freely. The centre bolt screws into the base which facilitates height adjustment of the...
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OT Only for dog lovers
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Is there anyone with no jobs left to do?
For the past few years with work and home I have often found myself with an almost panic inducing DIY to-do list. I was joking with the missus yesterday that it won't be much longer before all my jobs...
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Win 10 file sharing problem
I've been 'upgrading' all the computers here to Win10 Pro. When they were Win7 on a homegroup, they all shared files easily. I have cabled LAN, Wi-Fi and a Wi-Fi range extender. If any two are on say...
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TS555CN - update
My IC's delivered this morning, so I have built and tested it. I chose a value for the resistor in series with my 5mm superbright white LED, which caused it to draw 5mA, which was bright enough. 1M...
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