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Water paint on oily undercoat!

An ornamental garden gate in softwood. I gave it a few coats of aluminium primer and best quality grey oil undercoat. M...
17 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tim
17 comments posted 6yrs posted by tim

Lino over carpet?

I know this is a crap idea on paper but I am feeling supremely lazy and i'm cash and time poor ATM, but want to crack o...
14 comments posted 6yrs
posted by rsandr
14 comments posted 6yrs posted by rsandr

BG RC+ unit

There are 6 time zones on the unit is zone 1 to turn the heating on and zone 2 to turn it off etc etc
2 comments posted 6yrs
posted by diyus
2 comments posted 6yrs posted by diyus

OT: Why do cars have Tachometers?

Even the most basic spec'd vehicles have one. I hardly ever look at mine, and the real-estate they occupy on the dash c...
121 comments posted 6yrs
posted by graham-usenet
121 comments posted 6yrs posted by graham-usenet

Small pans on gas hob?

My gas hob, on each burner, (as is usual) has a cast metal grid which has four arms which finish just short of each of...
6 comments posted 6yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
6 comments posted 6yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Kill file

Has reached 89 today, and from the looks of things, ie 2 more added today, it won't be long before its 100. These are p...
8 comments posted 6yrs
posted by briang1
8 comments posted 6yrs posted by briang1

Solution for slidey carpet stairs?

Hi, My stair carpet has become slidey over the years so looking for a solution without losing the carpet. I looked up n...
10 comments posted 6yrs
posted by Deennee
10 comments posted 6yrs posted by Deennee

Ebay DPD tracking

Ebay's version of DPD tracking cheerfully tells me It's on its way. Dispatched Step 1 - Completed - Dispatched Thu 2 Ja...
7 comments posted 6yrs
posted by spuorgelgoog
7 comments posted 6yrs posted by spuorgelgoog

Re: OT On Greta Awww..Poor little girlie.

> >> I wonder about the parents allowing her to go off alone with all sorts >> of strange people. > > I haven't seen an...
0 comments posted 6yrs
posted by rft453
0 comments posted 6yrs posted by rft453

Threeway woodworking jig

If someone came out with a three-way jig to be able to drill a center hole in a one-meter square board impossible to do...
5 comments posted 6yrs
posted by creativebarrels
5 comments posted 6yrs posted by creativebarrels

Extending/re-routing speaker cables

I'm helping a friend make changes to his audio-video system, principally moving a main AV equipment rack to a different...
31 comments posted 6yrs
posted by mail
31 comments posted 6yrs posted by mail

Framing Nailers

I have several jobs coming up that will need a fair amount of stud partitioning and I am thinking this might be an excu...
12 comments posted 6yrs
posted by andrew_d_may
12 comments posted 6yrs posted by andrew_d_may

Banggood any good ?

https://www.banggood.com/ Lots of cheap tools etc. Anybody got any experience of this site ?
37 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tpmccann
37 comments posted 6yrs posted by tpmccann

Samsung computer monitor

Sadly I have no record of the model, on the back are loads of numbers but none seem to correlate to a Samsung. The prob...
14 comments posted 6yrs
posted by messageboards
14 comments posted 6yrs posted by messageboards

75 Ohm, RG59, clamp type plugs.

HNY2ALL. I'm looking for a few BNC clamp type [1] cable mounted plugs for RG59 Co-Ax cable (CCTV use) but have only fou...
4 comments posted 6yrs
posted by news
4 comments posted 6yrs posted by news