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  1. Dabop

    Attic hoist / elevator design

    Its a club or bistro- and they have poker machines...
  2. Dabop

    Attic hoist / elevator design

    Back when I was still doing solar panel installs on a daily basis, we had a panel lift that was basically a pair of 'u channels' with an electric winch (it could go up to 6 stories high with ease in sections that joined together) and had a SWL of 250kg- it looked VERY similar to an aluminium...
  3. Dabop

    No Fault Evictions

    With much of the residential rental market in small towns here in Oz owned by individuals (and even many of the builders made 'cookie cutter' houses bought by small investors here), I can see the rental market getting more and more restrictive as they either pull out all together and sell up...
  4. Dabop

    No Fault Evictions

    It took me six months, a court case (with solicitor) and the court sheriff and a locksmith to finally get her out- almost a year from the first 'you're out' notice (and that was 3 months after she stopped paying the rent) until she was off the property... Then I had the joy of cleanup and...
  5. Dabop

    Tablet/phone charging

    One thing with fast chargers- is there are currently about half a dozen different systems in use, some of which are semi compatible, some of which are totally incompatible, all of which default to the standard 'slow' 5v charge rate When choosing a 'fast charger' you REALLY need to look up which...
  6. Dabop

    Glue for mending cracked wheelie bin?

    I've used one of my old soldering irons (I got one dedicated to it now- being into electronics, I actually have quite a few here lol) and literally 'melt the plastic together'- kinda smearing it back and forth until it sets as one piece again... Also works really well on the front airdam of the...
  7. Dabop

    No Fault Evictions

    I 'was' a 'landlord' for ten years while I was working in the mines here in Australia, and I had two good tenants- and one that left me with over twenty grand in repairs, and a legal bill on top to get her out... (in fact, financially speaking, I would have been better off leaving it empty the...
  8. Dabop

    Mobile Machine Base

    No push sticks,dodgy table, guards off, a 'perfect storm'
  9. Dabop

    Opinions on a very small drill ?

    I've noticed some of the newer ones do use an 'impact driver' hex head instead of either the keyless or even keyed chucks, and yes, that would allow them in much tighter areas than my 12+ year old beast lol
  10. Dabop

    Kity 619 - standard plug?

    LOL- second forum tonight that people have been told that AC and DC work differently- I did almost exactly the same explaination on another forum a couple of hours ago, that AC has to consider the power factor and voltage/current waveform phase shifts, that W=VxA doesn't work with inductive...
  11. Dabop

    Opinions on a very small drill ?

    I've had a DeWalt one for about a decade now- similar to this, but it's that old it has the old 'plugin' XRP battery instead of the new XR slideon one... Coupled with some specially ground down drillbits, it was worth its weight in gold doing autoelectrical work eg drilling holes under...
  12. Dabop

    Cars that make you smile

    My favourite (being in Australia helps lol) was a factory VW Countrybug- NOT a good wet weather or cold weather car- but an absolute blast to drive in summer with the top down- especially on the beach (if you DID manage to get it bogged (and that was bloody difficult indeed) you just left it...
  13. Dabop

    Aurora tonight

    Cries... We got the Southern Lights happening here in Australia (with people seeing them as far north as Mackay in central Queensland) and where I am in southern Qld- its 100% cloud cover and rain... 😭 (Mackay is 21.1S latitude, which in the northern hemisphere is literally in northern...
  14. Dabop

    Aurora tonight

    Likely to see them during the entire weekend if you are lucky to be in an area where they can be seen... https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/severe-geomagnetic-storm-still-likely
  15. Dabop

    Attaching 12mm pipe at right angles.

    Annular cutters or even hole saws will readily cut tubing, but for such small diameter stuff, simply rough cutting a V with a grinder and then 'rounding the cut end out' with a thin grinding wheel is the easiest (hell even a ******* (turnip??? apparently the 'proper name' for a rough/coarse...
  16. Dabop

    Integrated fridge with inset doors?

    That is indeed why the sliders- the hinges don't have to align at all... Hope this kinda makes sense... Doors closed Fridge is blue, cupboard door is brown, hinges black and slider red... Redrawn in open position- hinges stayed in exactly the same place, doors copy/pasted but 'spun' and moved...
  17. Dabop

    Integrated fridge with inset doors?

    One of the 'suggested links' on your link showed this was the way they did it... Uses standard butt hinges on the cupboard door, and the 'sliding clip' to open the fridge door at the same time... Using a cheap 'linear rail' (often used for CNC machines and the like) would be an easy source...
  18. Dabop

    Wiring 16 amp socket

    I use the Australian wire sizing calculator for our AS 3000 standards, which is pretty good for sizing the cable sizes required (the BS standards are very similar to our Au/NZ standards) https://www.jcalc.net/cable-sizing-calculator-as3008 It lets you play with all sorts of configurations...
  19. Dabop

    Mystery thing

    I think the first two answers are on the right track- they certainly look like many of the latch release tools used in car radios (and quite a few other things as well) As it is unlikely you have dozens of car radios in your motorhome lol, I would think that they are the ones used for things...
  20. Dabop

    Are EV's good value? Apparently not!

    Here in Australia, pumped hydro storage is being expanded again, with even more systems being in the planning and preconstruction phase... This means that solar and wind excess can be stored for overnight and for those times that it is needed... Best of all, it doesn't need 'huge' dams or the...
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