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Low-profile horizontal sliding mechanism
Following my earlier thread, I want to mount two computer monitors side by side on a base which can slide across the surface of a desk to bring either monitor into a central position. I'd like the...
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Fire incident
(Having a bit of a mutter here...) There was a fire a couple of weeks ago down the road from us which destroyed the roof and top floors of a 3-storey block of flats and (I assume) waterlogged the...
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Sun sail Installation ideas
Hi all, I have a sun sail that I have never installed. It is a bit like this one end it would be at the house wall but there is nothing on the 3 sides to attach it to. I am trying to think of a way of...
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Amplifier used at 6 volts and not the correct 9 volts.
Have an external Sony Speaker Amplifier SRS T1 that can plug into a Radio. It runs of four AA batteries. It could also run off a 9 volt power supply mains transformer, but i don't have one. I do have...
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That's annoying!
Now happily recording daytime TV film offerings for evening watching using my BT set top box. Recently some films have acquired an annoying *voice over* explaining trivial actor movements during non...
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photoshopping
Or rather gimping ... I have a paper document I want to scan and clean-up, unfortunately it's printed on government department (not very well bleached) paper, and was badly photo-copied at some point...
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Solvent
I made the mistake of peeling off one of those stickers they put on book covers for unknown reasons. I got most of the sticker off but much of the glue from the sticker remains and it's sticky....
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UK National Electric Grid has changed to DC
At the moment, shows the mains frequency as 0.000Hz. G. B. National Grid status G. B. National Grid status
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Car/Caravan breakdown cover
Renewal time, so what's worth having? I need the option of recovery back to home, of the entire outfit, even if the caravan is on a site, at time of breakdown/not on tow.
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Shoe heel repairs with mouldable rubber type material?
There seem to be a number of variations on mouldable type rubber (synthetic?) but is there a particularly hard wearing one that could be used for shoe heel repairs? I have a couple of pairs of...
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Heat protection
We've got a new air fryer and it's going to have to sit underneath a wall cupboard in the kitchen. What can I fasten to the underside of the cupboard to protect it from the heat?
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Blowing up condensers
As an apprentice I had a condenser blow up on me, it was wired the wrong way and must have built up some pressure before the pitch encapsulation released. It dented the ceiling in the lab and left a...
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mottled coatings on spectacles
As per heading. I have one pair that's got a fog all over them and another that's gone really badly mottled. Both have been on the dashboard. Bill
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Boiler Replacement
Some time back I asked for input on boiler replacement, having seen an offer from British Gas for around £1,800 from memory. I have now asked the local plumber (who has a good reputation) for a quote...
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TOT Wave power
While sitting in a long line of traffic today I was listening to the radio and someone was promoting wave electricity generation and indicated that a very successful wave power generator had been...
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