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Covid-19 Facemasks DIY
Facemasks are getting hard to find. This is a DIY group. Anyone started to manufacture their own facemasks? Given what people are wearing in the pictures, they seem to be mainly gauze or in clinical...
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OT Flooding/other bad weather.
can't believe the mentality of these people buying houses on floodplains/near rivers. The cost of house insurance will be up next year for us all. The other thing is winds. I have reinforced my house...
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A basic 3-phase question
So in the coffee bar this morning chat pondered on 3-phase and how to know which of the 3 wires was which phase. I've done some googling and would like the experts to confirm: 1. It doesn't matter...
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Re: turd
On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 21:53:18 +0000, "Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote: It's hardly "designer gear" though is it?? Like it or not, even crap clothing like George from Asda has a logo on it nowadays so it's next...
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Cutting a 50 x 50 square on a CNC router (Boxford)
At work we have a Boxford A3HSRi2. I only use it about twice a year. I cut out a shape for a mate lately, and it was quite a faff. If I can cut a square, I should be set to cut anything. There is a...
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Electricity distribution question
Last night, actually early hours of this morning, we were getting multiple short power cuts but also one of our RCDs recurrently tripping and a UPS switching to battery every few seconds for less than...
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Surprising rechargeable cell life
Clearing out the shed I came across my old 4.8v Challenge Extreme powered screwdriver, which I hadn't seen for at least 6 years (I use my Hitachi drill/driver instead). When I opened the box and took...
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Dulux
Banned by the Fourth Reich.
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Best rig-up to charge batteries from solar?
Apparently the virus is purely biological and does not infect power stations. Bill
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Wood preserver
Creosote is the only good one now. It kills plants of course. Cuprinol was copper powder in oil, hence the name. I daresay the original formula could be made fairly easily, but it requires very...
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OT(ish) structural timber and time of year for build
Having just taken delivery of a batch of timber in the pouring rain, and having stacked it under cover to dry out (at least on the surface) I am assuming that it will have a reasonably high moisture...
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Printer carts.
As they say, you learn something new each day. Epson ink jet had a severe head clog cleaning wouldn't fix. And the ink had nearly run out too, and no spares left. Ordered up a cleaning kit and some...
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GPS & Fart-Smones
Hi, In a Peugeot self help group a couple of people have suggested that domestic Sat navy and google maps on IOS, etc triangulate directly with gps satellites. Is that really the case? And if so, why...
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel FRS was a British civil engineer[...]
Isambard Kingdom Brunel FRS (1806?1859) was a British civil engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious & prolific figures in engineering history", "one of the 19th-century engineering...
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OT: Greta in Bristol
When the UK's finally out of the EU shitshow at the end of this year, troublemaking little c*nts like this can be denied entry visas. Can't come soon enough IMV!
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