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Junior hacksaw blades

Is there more than one standard (dimension wise) for junior hacksaw blades? I have 5 off junior hacksaws from different...
8 comments posted 7yrs
posted by junk
8 comments posted 7yrs posted by junk

Voltage for USA question

I will be hopefully visiting America later this year. I have some electrical items. The `infamous netbook`, the mains s...
23 comments posted 7yrs
posted by noname
23 comments posted 7yrs posted by noname

Securing walkway roof to brickwork

I am planning a single pitch roof fitted between two existing cavity walls (house/old garage) and am contemplating fixi...
10 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tim
10 comments posted 7yrs posted by tim

Air pressure braking of trains, etc.

What is the difference in meaning between parked and parked up? Listen and listen up? Active and proactive? (I knew abo...
23 comments posted 7yrs
posted by headstone255
23 comments posted 7yrs posted by headstone255

Spinning rust

I've just stripped out the actual disc from a HDD that had expired, just in case of the unlikely event that it was reco...
56 comments posted 7yrs
posted by me
56 comments posted 7yrs posted by me

OT: The EU will have to come clean on housing

Er, it was the Tories all along! https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/17/housing-britain-landlord-tenants...
7 comments posted 7yrs
posted by blenkinsopp
7 comments posted 7yrs posted by blenkinsopp

Bosch tumble dryer: delay after switching on

It's a condenser model, about 10 years old. The fault is that when the rotating switch is turned from the off position...
6 comments posted 7yrs
posted by bill.shitner
6 comments posted 7yrs posted by bill.shitner

OT: DIY, PPI claim?

Hi all, When the whole PPI thing came out we got a small 'refund' from a PPI Co (without having to do anything). The on...
12 comments posted 7yrs
posted by news
12 comments posted 7yrs posted by news

Caple Washington kitchen mixer

Cold tap has started to drip. Taking the cover off, I can see the brass mechanism and that it can move a bit. That seem...
3 comments posted 7yrs
posted by magpieinkcap
3 comments posted 7yrs posted by magpieinkcap

prime scam

The bastards just signed me up for prime for the third time...bastards....
37 comments posted 7yrs
posted by jim.gm4dhj
37 comments posted 7yrs posted by jim.gm4dhj

Damp!

Hi all, Can anyone explain what kind of damp this is and what might be causing it? There is nothing amiss or damaged on...
28 comments posted 7yrs
posted by dgomnipot
28 comments posted 7yrs posted by dgomnipot

ILEABC

Hi All, Back in the olden days (70s, if not 60s). I THINK The Inner London Education Authority used to ?Transmit? It?s...
5 comments posted 7yrs
posted by cpvh
5 comments posted 7yrs posted by cpvh

Boiler Pressure Keeps dropping advice needed

The pressure in my volkera compact, about 7 years old, keeps dropping. I have replaced the expansion vessel whos diaphr...
12 comments posted 7yrs
posted by steve.jones
12 comments posted 7yrs posted by steve.jones