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Camera up the Chimney
I?d be tempted to make some sort of cage or basket around the camera, or just anything to keep the camera away from the sides of the chimney. Shouldn?t be too hard... Tim
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cement mixer rotates too fast
just bought a second hand belle 130 cement mixer. to find out it rotates so quick it is dangerous and pretty useless. if i changed the capacitor would it resolve the issue. should i change the...
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Garden pump
I need a garden water pump to raise water two metres from the adjacent canal to my small lawn. I'd be interested to hear recommendations on brand and any other advice.
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OT: Complaints about lack of PPE!?
Why are people grumbling the government won't give teachers PPE masks? You can get them online for a fiver for goodness sake. What next, buy socks for them?
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3 years ago
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bloody ot internet
Data rate:2.433 Mbps / 26.019 Mbps in Sussex with BT. Maybe your copper wires are unnacustomed to all this hot dry sunny weather in Scotland ?. Are you on cable or overhead copper ?. If the latter,...
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Touch Switches on Lamps
Metal bodied desk lamp, bedside lamp type things - I have a pair I liked which were on, off, dimmable just by touching the metal base with no other switch. There is a black thing on the cable which...
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Advice about painting
I have noticed some of the paint on the outside of my window frames is starting to blister. I remember when the windows were installed they made a thing using about using microporous paint. Does this...
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3 years ago
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DIY Router template inlay jig
Following on from Phil's question about door repair, I thought it might be interesting to try DIYing a jig to do accurate inlay work with a router - either for the original purpose of repair to a...
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3 years ago
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Maching rounded edge on planks
I'm looking to renovate a couple of garden benches by replacing the slats. These are wide benches so the standard kits of slats are not long enough. I have some hardwood planks that are suitable but...
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3 years ago
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A64 speed camera vans and apprentices
A quiz for you. In the two weeks working at HMP Askern Grange how many apprentices picked up a speeding ticket on the A64? How many got two tickets over the two week period? How many got two tickets...
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3 years ago
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Do powerline adapters work during a power cut?
My electricity is being switched off next Thursday for 8 hours. I can't think of any reason why my powerline adapters shouldn't continue to work, but will they? I've got some battery-powered Raspberry...
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3 years ago
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Karcher Vario lance
My lance seems to have lost its ability to focus into a hard jet. I am wondering what could be the cause - the ither lance with the swirl thing seems okay so I guess the power unit is okay. What could...
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3 years ago
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Concreting in a gatepost.
If one is setting a wooden gatepost in concrete should one have a bed of concrete underneath the post to keep water out, or should one have it on shingle underneath to let water out?
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OT: Anyone using online prescription deliveries?
The queue at Boots to collect our prescriptions are often very long and it seems silly to bother to do that when they could probably be delivered to us. I understand that some places are having some...
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Re: ot...fed up
The Brexit Party leader, 56, claimed today would be 'another record day' for crossings with nine migrant boats already reported to be on the Channel crossing the perilous Dover Strait shipping lane.
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