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  1. rafezetter

    Rustins Plastic coating - application temps.

    I've used RPC several times now, but only during the summer with good weather, I've now been asked to do a bit of a rush job and the temps outside are around 12* C during the day. Has any of the more frequent users ever done it in temps less than the recommended 15-25*C and if so how did it...
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    Perfection and woodworking

    Very very true - you might want to point her in the direction of this youtube vid. It's a japanese guy who's become a bit of a sensation with his guitar performances, and I've listened to it many times, but there are two really obvious doozies just after 3.36 (with several before those, and a...
  3. rafezetter

    Passive dehumidifier

    It seems some people will pick an argument about almost anything.
  4. rafezetter

    Damascus Steel Plane Blade

    3 seconds with sound on.. WOW just wow.
  5. rafezetter

    Identical planes...to tell them apart easily

    A woody style solution: Drill and insert a contrasting colour wood plug into the top of the rear handle or wherever's most visible.
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    Using epoxy with Douglas Fir

    2 part paste style wood filler is good if the defect isn't deep or whatever, but for shakes I think liquid epoxy dribbled in with a backer of masking tape works better as it'll penetrate into the wood a little and fill all the voids fully. I generally use fibreglassing epoxy as it's cheaper...
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    34 rubbish emails this morning

    I quite like spam, fried or battered, not had it in ages though.... since school probably.
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    VHS outer cases - what plastic are they made from?

    Hi Naz - I think we're cross purposes, I'm not talking about the cassette parts, inner or outer; I mean the clam shell case that the cassette sits inside, the one with the plastic clear film and paper insert for the name of the movie - it feels softer and more pliable than the cassette, I can...
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    VHS outer cases - what plastic are they made from?

    Might be quicker to go to Ikea and buy their cheap cutting boards, they are made from #3 so not quite as rigid and hard as #4 but you can still cut circles out of them and thread them onto a long bolt and set that into a handle. Naz, are you sure it's PP? the cassette itself is PP and is hard...
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    VHS outer cases - what plastic are they made from?

    I've been searching to no avail to find out what plastic the OUTER cases are made from - the actual tapes are made from PP and not home recycleable, but I'm wondering about the outer case; specifically if it's a member of the HDPE family which can be made into blocks or sheets at home. The...
  11. rafezetter

    wilkos pick and mix

    +1 Yup I found this a while back - I stuffed the bag so full it wouldn't even close and the cashier joked "like to get your money's worth?" like the advert :) By comparison a nearby " independent hardware store" does those prepacked small bags with just a few in for the same money.
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    Have I seen the future???

    You would rather see MORE plastic? In a world where there isn't ANY place on earth free of plastic detritus, even the furthest remotest islands, and the deepest parts of the sea have animals contaminated with plastic pollution. It's even in your drinking water. Not to mention plastic comes...
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    Have I seen the future???

    I would be extremely wary of the metallurgical properties of such an item as the molecules won't be aligned and tempered as they normally are, and I doubt because of the delivery method of the "metal" printing that it could be heated in a forge to do the tempering process. In theory it's a good...
  14. rafezetter

    Be wary of what you say to your doctor

    Roger - if they have your medical records do they include the findings of that study? If you are inclined might be worth asking to actually speak to an underwriter and get them to actually LOOK at the information instead of relying on the computer seeing the 1992 info and automatically...
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    J H trim 5mm

    I don't think you'll find 5mm for less than the 10mm because it's down to the economics - the 10mm is used far more often as the plastic panels you are referring to are almost always sold in the 10mm variety. Tbh the 5mm isn't worth the cost saving and you can compress it with your fingers -...
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    "Money for Nothing" BBC1

    I agree sometime people get a bit hot - myself included, so I've learned to self edit or I'd be banned long ago. Yes my TV IS a good one, plus I sit quite close as it's my PC monitor, and I've got keen eyes and the curiosity to pause when something catches my eye, not helped by them using gloss...
  17. rafezetter

    Caravan parts rip off.

    Took that long for the engine to warm up! My father had one briefly - just awful and not helped by the fred flinstone holes in the floorpan!
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    "Money for Nothing" BBC1

    At the risk of setting you off again MrTeroo - regarding Oli & Josh, I've only gone by what I saw on the shows and either they have a limited skill set, or they have obviously rushed it or had some other reasons why they were working out of a garage with few tools in sight rather than a workshop...
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    "Money for Nothing" BBC1

    I've been following this series for a while - I've probably watched at least 2 seasons of it, and while some of the projects do turn out well, a good portion of the rest don't sell as of when it's aired and that must be a reasonable amount of time later - I'd say at least a couple of months if...
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    How's about this for a elf 'n' safety warning?

    Stargate Atlantis fan are we?
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