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Strong adhesive for hard plastic?

I have a light fitting that on replacing the florescent tubes tow small pieces of hard plastic broke off rendering the...
9 comments posted 6yrs
posted by meassageboards
9 comments posted 6yrs posted by meassageboards

Free rusted metal

Image below is the cross drive for a mini lathe. It is rusted solid. I have soaked in WD40 for a couple of days and sti...
41 comments posted 6yrs
posted by noname
41 comments posted 6yrs posted by noname

Under-laminate electric heating mats...

Anyone looked into these recently? B&Q mention their "luxury vinyl click flooring" can be laid over underfloor heating w...
0 comments posted 6yrs
posted by jk989898
0 comments posted 6yrs posted by jk989898

OT: Area 51

Is this sign real? https://goo.gl/maps/rHvJovmqjr14fsfo6
19 comments posted 6yrs
posted by CFKinsey
19 comments posted 6yrs posted by CFKinsey

OT: Something nice from Twitter

For all you fans of the Tour de France: https://twitter.com/MikeSington/status/1299074699385663488
0 comments posted 6yrs
posted by timstreater
0 comments posted 6yrs posted by timstreater

water consumption

I'm just wondering how many cubic metres of water people in this group use per week or per quarter or whatever. Mine see...
29 comments posted 6yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
29 comments posted 6yrs posted by wrightsaerials

? - working again

Some while ago, my ? stopped working when using the left shift key, though it would work with the right shift key. There...
2 comments posted 6yrs
posted by a
2 comments posted 6yrs posted by a

Win10 and a KVM switch.

Anyone who's been keeping up will know I finally got my new Win10 Desktop to do pretty well what I want. It is used wit...
27 comments posted 6yrs
posted by dave
27 comments posted 6yrs posted by dave

Preventing black mould

Having finally removed the last vestiges of the former kitchen, I can now get at the mould that was previously inaccess...
6 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tricky.dicky
6 comments posted 6yrs posted by tricky.dicky

Cleaning a street sign

A friend has rescued a street name sign from a skip. It's the street where she was born so it's quite sentimental and s...
10 comments posted 6yrs
posted by pknwblue
10 comments posted 6yrs posted by pknwblue

Power wiring/crimp advice

HI Folks This photo http://www.ambquality.co.uk/images/2020-08-27_2550.JPG shows the switch-box that powers my home-bui...
29 comments posted 6yrs
posted by adrian
29 comments posted 6yrs posted by adrian

EV charging point cable question

Getting a “Pod Point” 7 kW EV charger installed next week for my car. I’ve managed to place a “pull-through” rope for t...
7 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tim.downie
7 comments posted 6yrs posted by tim.downie