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Adding a PSU to a turntable

Hi All, As some of you are aware, I have an old Sony Midi system complete with turntables. In recent years, the only th...
21 comments posted 7yrs
posted by cpvh
21 comments posted 7yrs posted by cpvh

Compression fitting tightness on plastic pipe?

When using compression fittings on copper pipe I've always hand-tightened plus half a turn. I think it was just a rule...
12 comments posted 7yrs
posted by mathewjamesnewton
12 comments posted 7yrs posted by mathewjamesnewton

Proper DIY

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47531957
4 comments posted 7yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
4 comments posted 7yrs posted by adamwadsworth

hot works

Adam, has you apprentice been playing with a blowtorch again?
39 comments posted 7yrs
posted by usenet
39 comments posted 7yrs posted by usenet

Nightmare fitting cat6 faceplate modules.

Hi All I bought a load of these (or at least they look like then) ages ago to terminate my cat 6 cables have clip into...
26 comments posted 7yrs
posted by leenowell
26 comments posted 7yrs posted by leenowell

Flourescent unit starter-less?

The 6 foot tube in our 30+ year kitchen fluorescent light has started to blink. The tube is about 10 years old, so due...
21 comments posted 7yrs
posted by montebrasite4
21 comments posted 7yrs posted by montebrasite4

Controlling Ivy

I have Ivy growing along the side wall of my garage - I planted it when the house was new and was desperate for anythin...
11 comments posted 7yrs
posted by Somewhere
11 comments posted 7yrs posted by Somewhere

Side cutters

Have a favourite pair of 4.5" side cutters which I've had for decades. Badged RS, and I've broken them. They are just p...
6 comments posted 7yrs
posted by dave
6 comments posted 7yrs posted by dave

PPE?

The neighbours are having an extension to their house built (Grrr), and the people doing the work appear to have no Per...
10 comments posted 7yrs
posted by davey
10 comments posted 7yrs posted by davey

Re: old stamp machine...

> > I have had this old stamp machine sitting about since it fell out the > front of an old post office I was demolishi...
11 comments posted 7yrs
posted by newshound
11 comments posted 7yrs posted by newshound

SOT - electrical box connection design

Reading the recent thread about connecting coaxial inside a wall plate, and how to make sure the coax outer was connect...
8 comments posted 7yrs
posted by jmlayman
8 comments posted 7yrs posted by jmlayman

Old cooker switch neon light is on

The ring on my job was on when I turned the switch for the cooker on. There was a large spark and it it tripped the swi...
17 comments posted 7yrs
posted by LizzyArt
17 comments posted 7yrs posted by LizzyArt

Halving water bills with large butts?

Hi All, I have heard it suggested that if you get four monster water holders and divert rainwater into them (and do not...
15 comments posted 7yrs
posted by cpvh
15 comments posted 7yrs posted by cpvh

Unusual DIY tips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHjPOg_ELII
0 comments posted 7yrs
posted by harry130747
0 comments posted 7yrs posted by harry130747

Wolves return to Netherlands after 140 years

Wolves return to Netherlands after 140 years By Anne-Marie Bullock, 9 April 2019 The Netherlands has its first resident...
2 comments posted 7yrs
posted by imbibe
2 comments posted 7yrs posted by imbibe