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Well that actually works better than expected

Going back to the cleaning up re-used bricks thread, I tried a lash-up to turn an angle grinder into a table mounted too...
6 comments posted 6yrs
posted by see.my.signature
6 comments posted 6yrs posted by see.my.signature

Maybe OT: Car battery charging question

Placed a clamp ammeter round the main positive cable close to the battery post and with doors open (courtesy lights on)...
11 comments posted 6yrs
posted by a
11 comments posted 6yrs posted by a

Rails points question

Assuming two pairs of railway lines join together via points, to become one line on a narrow gauge railway, the line yo...
13 comments posted 6yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
13 comments posted 6yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Wearing face masks?

When SWAMBO attended a clinic today at Jimmy?s Leeds she was given a mask and was asked to wear it and asked to wear it...
24 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tricky.dicky
24 comments posted 6yrs posted by tricky.dicky

Removing Sycamore sap

My neighbour has been given a car by her family which has stood for a considerable time under a Sycamore tree. She aske...
14 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tricky.dicky
14 comments posted 6yrs posted by tricky.dicky

Newsnight and ventilators.

> >> >> >> TRIMMED >> >> >> Elon Musk has been taken to task for not providing a true ventilator >> and then rebadging...
20 comments posted 6yrs
posted by pamela.poster
20 comments posted 6yrs posted by pamela.poster

Extending a single gang box

I currently have a shallow depth single gang box. If possible, I'd like to avoid the mess of knocking a hole in the wal...
12 comments posted 6yrs
posted by diy
12 comments posted 6yrs posted by diy

Re: OT:White eggs

>> [quoted text muted] > > Apparently consumers are divided on egg colour. > Some prefer brown shells as they think the...
9 comments posted 6yrs
posted by jethro_uk
9 comments posted 6yrs posted by jethro_uk

May be OT Threads

How does a thread disappear, and can they be recovered.
6 comments posted 6yrs
posted by haggisz
6 comments posted 6yrs posted by haggisz

replacing electric cooker

I want to replace our cooker with a separate hob in the current cooker position and place a double oven on the opposite...
7 comments posted 6yrs
posted by news
7 comments posted 6yrs posted by news

1.5V batteries - AA - when are they "done"?

I've had two instances recently, the first a wireless thermostat and now this wireless keyboard - when the device start...
19 comments posted 6yrs
posted by wibble
19 comments posted 6yrs posted by wibble

Re: YOU DO NOT QUARANTINE HEALTHY PEOPLE

Oh dear the point is that you do not know people are healthy until you quarantine them that's why you do it tim
7 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tims_new_home
7 comments posted 6yrs posted by tims_new_home

Sitrep B&Q

To B&Q Ashford this a.m. (the Canterbury one is not re-opened yet). Qeueu took 30 mins to get through, a bit less than...
2 comments posted 6yrs
posted by timstreater
2 comments posted 6yrs posted by timstreater