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Band saw guide rollers

The blade guide rollers on my c.40 year old Burgess bandsaw are badly worn and because of it's age replacement guide ro...
20 comments posted 6yrs
posted by pknwblue
20 comments posted 6yrs posted by pknwblue

OT: How to get an Ebay address.

Bought a video card off Ebay which was faulty. Seller was awkward and said 'no returns' - and lots of other rubbish. Eb...
22 comments posted 6yrs
posted by dave
22 comments posted 6yrs posted by dave

Is this cobbled together rising main acceptable?

Here in this block of flats, the plastic rising main pipework passes vertically through the airing cupboard of each fla...
32 comments posted 6yrs
posted by mikehalmarack
32 comments posted 6yrs posted by mikehalmarack

Fixing a toaster - am I on to a loser here?

Our toaster (a cheap 12 year old Philips model HL-5224) has died and I've been looking at taking it apart in case there...
33 comments posted 6yrs
posted by davidneale3
33 comments posted 6yrs posted by davidneale3

OT: Listening to the MSF clock signal?

Years ago I built a digital (LED) MSF clock kit that had a separate receiver [1] and display modules and it worked ok f...
16 comments posted 6yrs
posted by news
16 comments posted 6yrs posted by news

What wood is this table's veneer made of?

Hi, I am sprucing up the drawleaf table my grandmother got for her wedding, made in 1936, or at least I am working on t...
4 comments posted 6yrs
posted by shudduppe
4 comments posted 6yrs posted by shudduppe

The cutting of toe nails

Last night I discovered something that helps a bit in the cutting of my toe nails. (My problem is that I can't really r...
21 comments posted 6yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
21 comments posted 6yrs posted by wrightsaerials

sliding wardrobe doors

Going to build a cupboard and I am thinking hinged doors will be hard to do right, whereas sliding mirror doors - shoul...
9 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tim
9 comments posted 6yrs posted by tim

Dishwasher not working, salt light on.

Dishwasher salt light on. Filled up with salt but will not work. You close the door and it whirs as if its going to star...
3 comments posted 6yrs
posted by Soo
3 comments posted 6yrs posted by Soo

AEG/ Electrolux same company?

Just looking for filters for an AEG vac and many of them seem common to both companies, is/was AEG anything to do with E...
7 comments posted 6yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
7 comments posted 6yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Another cracked wall question

I have a low garden wall retaining a raised bed. It's been there since 1960. The lower bed was heavily overgrown when I...
7 comments posted 6yrs
posted by me
7 comments posted 6yrs posted by me

Met Office weather website funny

It is finally raining properly in Sussex but I can't easily use the rain radar on the Met Office website because the Co...
23 comments posted 6yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
23 comments posted 6yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

Fuses

Gentlemen, I acquired a batch of 2 Amp fuses recently from an unverified source and decided it might be wise to test th...
113 comments posted 6yrs
posted by curd
113 comments posted 6yrs posted by curd