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Repair edge/corner damage to suitcase

Suitcase is brown fabric (ie not hard) and over the years the top corner edges are damaged. The other end has wheels so...
6 comments posted 1yr
posted by nospam
6 comments posted 1yr posted by nospam

Electronic keypad code switch

I'm looking for a switch (as in am on/off switch, or even better a momentary action one) that is actuated by entering t...
29 comments posted 1yr
posted by cl
29 comments posted 1yr posted by cl

Printer suitability?

I want to do a newsletter/magazine type periodical for my local community. I'd like to print the initial pages myself a...
48 comments posted 1yr
posted by mikehalmarack
48 comments posted 1yr posted by mikehalmarack

Prevention of theft of flowers

So, we have a regular walker that goes in front of our house and helps himself to, usually, roses from our garden. Thes...
8 comments posted 1yr
posted by not
8 comments posted 1yr posted by not

Smart intruder alarm recommendation?

Our 30+ year old system has taken to false-alarming and so it's time to replace it. Can anyone recommend a system to loo...
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posted by news
4 comments posted 1yr posted by news

Re: Air receiver hydraulic test pressure

> I've just acquired a compressor with a modest sized air receiver. It's > a 150 litre rated at 10 bar. > > I need to p...
12 comments posted 1yr
posted by fredxx
12 comments posted 1yr posted by fredxx

Repairing (not replacing) micro USB port ?

With tiresome predictability SWMBO just had to "help out" by putting our bluetooth headphones on charge. Of course in a...
21 comments posted 1yr
posted by jethro_uk
21 comments posted 1yr posted by jethro_uk

Where to get sanding sheets for Ryobi RPS18-0?

This is a nice little detail sander, but I want quite a lot of 60g sanding sheets for it and all I can find are a mixed...
4 comments posted 1yr
posted by nomail
4 comments posted 1yr posted by nomail

Current consumption of LCD kitchen timer?

I'm interested to know the current drawn by a kitchen LCD digital timer. (1) How much current does the timer draw when...
36 comments posted 1yr
posted by pamela.private.mailbox
36 comments posted 1yr posted by pamela.private.mailbox

Renewables: letter to the Times

Today I sent this off as a letter to the times (via snipped-for-privacy@thetimes.co.uk): "I fear that your correspondan...
0 comments posted 1yr
posted by tim
0 comments posted 1yr posted by tim

[OT] Analog amplifier to EEE PC 901

I am currently restoring a 50 year old Technics Hi-Fi system. I am just waiting for three drive belts from Spain for th...
64 comments posted 1yr
posted by pinnerite
64 comments posted 1yr posted by pinnerite

Speed Weeding

I normally where possible resort to chemical gardening to clear weeds. However I need to clear some a little quicker an...
24 comments posted 1yr
posted by tricky.dicky
24 comments posted 1yr posted by tricky.dicky

Exploded ceiling

So... I hauled down my big piece of wheeled luggage from on top of the wardrobe for the first time in about three years...
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posted by nickodell49
5 comments posted 1yr posted by nickodell49