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    Slingshots

    Stifado....diferent kind of rabbit stew with cinamon and clovesn thick sticky tomato base.......... also I used to know a French lady who looked after me on cold, rainy afternoons in my yoof..... Always rabbit stew and dumplings on offer.......those were the days....hahaha........
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    Katsu trimmer router will not start until I give it a spin

    I have a desk top fan thats the same.....we used it mainly to cool the computor with a little to the operator..... Progressively over time it got harder to start/spin up...... took it to bits and found the bearing bushes were a bit dry but everything else looked OK... no burning etc..... rebuild...
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    Car recovery experiences

    more than 50% of vehicles in junk yard are unfixable with electronic faults....not wrecks..... I beleive that all manufacturers shoud have to warrenty all engine electronics for 10 years or 100,000miles.... that will put a stop to all this madness.....it is doable and will help to save the...
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    Painting/decorating

    def a good move but having probs in the past I always use the water resistance type now..... on the same subject, if u have a dried out damp stain say on the ceiling a cheap but succsessful way to cover it is plain old oil based primer or undercoat.....those fancy sprays dont always work...
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    Any experience of wood splinter gone into your finger? - How did you get it out?

    Just notes..... my wife loves having a go at splinters...I think it's some kinda pay back....!!!!!!!!!! as for Hypo needles.....I have a lot of blood tests, I always ask for a sharp one....suprising how many are blunt..... as for me getting em out, found Stanley knives no real use.....I prefer...
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    The renovation

    inspector unless times have changed those premixed pails of plaster are not available in Europe..... I wish it were....then I may have a chance at doing it..... UK, plasterer's or speaders as they are know are a rare breed now..... I wanted a team to repair / float a big job 20 odd years...
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    Fitting a soft start module to Dewalt DW745 table saw

    a friend *small organic farmer* has just replaced the Gell batteries for his 3kw system *totally off grid* the cost was just over €3000euros.... they look like huge truck batteries but designed for solar use....didnt notice how many tho....*8*....? seemed a lot of money for them but they have...
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    Not quite a Roubo work bench

    Robo just an observation..... next time when glueing up have 1/2 the clamps on top as is and the other 1/2 from underneath.... It helps to keep the 2 boards/joint flat......esp on thinner stuff.....
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    In the workshop at last.

    the wiring sounds like a nightmare..... have a PV system to sort out soon but that will be done by a specialist..... About the belt..... those Poly V belts willl succsessfuly work inside out instead of the original flat belt.... saves the cost of those special pulley's lots of the old belts...
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    Benchtop Thicknesser Blades

    Mark u dont have to buy original....... I bought some Chinese replacement blades for my Dewalt....D2730..... fitted perfect and as good as the original...... did check ebay for you...around £40 to £50....some r uk suppliers, prob all made in China there seem's to be 2 type's tho.......Mk1...
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    Post a photo of the last thing you made

    just wish I could find wood/furniture like that here......... found a beat up 1/2 rotten pine trunk at the bins...the sides are around 20inches X wide 1/2 thick.... one peice of wood.....!!!!!!!! unobtainium now......
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    Anyone remember what a litre of heating oil cost in 1988.

    yesterday it was €1,43 per liter here......I use it in my forklift.... Diesel fuel is now €2,14......
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    Building a Workshop

    lots of good advice... here's one for u....also u can get an ELU *Dewalt bought the company and copied it) even Makita make one..... I regret selling mine..... a new one is around £1000, factory rebuilt a bit over 1/2 that...used if u can put up with 110v from around 150-200...another £100 for...
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    Kitty 1619

    or leboncoin still dont know what ya need.....? cant help u much unless u help us.......
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    Parkside/Lidl Cordless Pole Saw any opinions please

    as an add, a few drops of chainsaw chain oil is brill for lube on exposed lathe back gears..... Just a few drops with the cover off while running..... that oil is stickier than green child snot....or so it would seem in the last supermarket I visited .....hahaha.....
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    Puzzled about an electric planer...

    use a wooden wedge.....simples........lol....
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    Kitty 1619

    damatomacchine.com these may help..... what do ya need.......?
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    Gloomy Day thoughts...

    cozzer sounds a bit like knitting...never understood that either... kinda fancy a new speed square but the old ones are still good enough... I guess it's the shiney magpie habit.... as for courriers, well we don't actually have a proper address..... were just known as the Brits on the...
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    In the workshop at last.

    seem to remeber a train bought in Africa or India brought back to the UK as it was the "last one" of it's kind.. they even drove/steamed it some of the way..... cant remeber the name....sorry......it was about 10 years ago...
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    Loctite 55 pipe sealing tape.

    55 tape or thread is just brill stuff ...only found it a short time ago..... Phillip are u winding it the correct way...? the tail of the tape needs to be wound on in the direction of the thread... ie, u wind it on in the same direction as u wind on the fitting..... the old flat tape, I...
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