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Mechanical engineering question.

I mentioned the adjustable (telescoping) dinghy trailer the other day and how it used to have plastic inserts / collars...
4 comments posted 7yrs
posted by news
4 comments posted 7yrs posted by news

Where can U get a key cut like this?

http://vps.templar.co.uk/Odds%20and%20Ends/IMG_20190506_161240.jpg It's off some weird DG door a elderly aquaihntance ha...
44 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tnp
44 comments posted 7yrs posted by tnp

3D printers

I've been making some components using glass fibre, finished with car body filler. They are caps, covers, and adaptors...
11 comments posted 7yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
11 comments posted 7yrs posted by wrightsaerials

I'm in trouble

Got a drop of emulsion paint on a hot wood burning stove. Tried to wipe it off immediately with a wet cloth (and it rem...
7 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tim.downie
7 comments posted 7yrs posted by tim.downie

bloody internet radio

anybody else being asked to "re-do your presets" because of changes in the provider? ...pain in the arse....
7 comments posted 7yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
7 comments posted 7yrs posted by kinvig.netta

waterproof junction box

I'm installing a LED floodlight outside below a wooden soffit. It would be neat for the cable to go up to the soffit in...
11 comments posted 7yrs
posted by mikes
11 comments posted 7yrs posted by mikes

One Strike Filler

I emailed Everbuild with the following question; "Hi I run a handyman service and have used One Strike filler for years...
66 comments posted 7yrs
posted by dave
66 comments posted 7yrs posted by dave

US size single gang blanking plate

I'd be grateful for any pointers to an online source for a US size single-gang blanking plate. Googling has turned up j...
28 comments posted 7yrs
posted by mail
28 comments posted 7yrs posted by mail

wagga wagga

see that advert that is set in a beach hut in Australia....well what is that green box they are taking calls on ?...no i...
7 comments posted 7yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
7 comments posted 7yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Got his measure I think

In our local DIY shop this morning. Customer (male, my age, well dressed, pompous manner) "It needs to be one metre and...
29 comments posted 7yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
29 comments posted 7yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Quick quiz - voltage operated ELCB

Quick quiz question: when might a voltage-operated earth leakage circuit breaker be *required*? Just found it reading 17...
12 comments posted 7yrs
posted by spuorgelgoog
12 comments posted 7yrs posted by spuorgelgoog

Replacement Balusters

We have a couple of missing balusters/spindles. They're 'square turned' IOW a square section, about 40mm square at the...
6 comments posted 7yrs
posted by cliveta
6 comments posted 7yrs posted by cliveta

Tractor / mower clutch bodge

Lawnflite 703 Autodrive. PTO clutch for deck drive was slipping, so I decided to have a go at it. I have looked at it b...
15 comments posted 7yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
15 comments posted 7yrs posted by harry.m1byt