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Surely half the stuff we do has a simple off the shelf solution? We could close this site down and all toddle off to Ikea! One of the reasons I like to take on projects is for the satisfaction of encountering a problem, solving it and thinking " I did that". The bike is obviously a project...

You can experiment with a variable resistor to tune the system, but I would suggest that for your operational system you use a fixed resistor. So experiment with the variable one until it's working OK, then measure the value that works and then find a fixed resistor of that value to replace it...

I am in no way an electronics whizz, but... If you want the simplest device possible, you could use a potential divider circuit that switches a red led on when the temp gets above normal. http://www.mrcorfe.com/DAOS/Year11/ElecControl/PotentialDividers.php You would only need a couple of...

In this bean counting culture where everything has to be accounted for, we sometimes forget to count the non-monetary value of things. Regardless of the difference in cost, the value of having a job, a purpose, making a contribution to society, going home knackered and thinking"I made...

Thanks for that. It's great fun working out what you think will happen...then watching the animation to work out if you were right.

A small addition of mustard really perks them up!

It's to help stop spam bots (automated spam posted to forums).

I think you might need a few more posts to be able to use the PM facility. Just reply to this thread a couple more times (saying post 2, post 3). We love photos of old tool boxes! :D

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?????????μαξιλαροθήκη That went straight over my head!! :D

Great work by the way...I like the scientific approach. I will show it to my Year 9 students as an example of design of experiments! :D

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I thought citric acid was used as an attempt to sharpen a blunt file. Maybe a way to prolong the usefulness of a good old file?

I loved the radio 4 series. I used to listen to it on the train coming home from work with tears running down my cheeks. When t transferred to TV it wasn't so ood because I had built up a mental image of AP that didn't fit with the visuals (radio has the best pictures). Now Steve Coogan is a...

If you are looking to bend wood to make an acoustic guitar (hollow body) then laminating veneers is probably a good way to go because small guitars = tight curves which will be difficult in thicker wood. Sorry, I don't know much about veneers.

Pete, I'm guessing you've had great weather for finding leaks over the past few days!

Bob, welcome! We're always interested in pics of sheds! Why not start a thread?

Tiny guitars will need some wood that can hold small details. If you are making models rather than a guitar to play, then lime is very good for carving and holds small details well

You can swap cleaning out brushes for cleaning out spray guns. Which ever way you paint there will be some waste (just the same as when you do woodworking there are off cuts). Spraying is actually quite inefficient at getting paint from the tin onto the part you are trying to coat. I'd be...