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    Vaccination

    according to Official UK Coronavirus Dashboard we haven't ever quite done 500,000 in a single day, the average looks to be close to 300,000
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    Chair leg repair advice

    so the metal rod sits loose it the epoxy? acting like a dowel?
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    car battery problem, any advice please?

    Last time I had to charge I ran a lead out of the house, with a waterproof clamshell socket, then put the charger on a table (raised slightly so it couldn't get wet) with a tub trug over it, weighed down with a brick or two. I've got this lead, bought for pressure washing, it is constructed...
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    Board width in relation to timber movement

    thank you both, that makes sense
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    Board width in relation to timber movement

    you've lost me there how does a slotted screw allow more movement than a pozi, philips or torx?
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    Chair leg repair advice

    I'm obviously wrong, but I would have said that with a diagonal cut, all of the weight in the seat would just drive the joint apart, with the lap joint the weight in the seat is pushing wood together. I'm genuinely suprised that glue is strong enough for the strain. I'm assuming were talking...
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    Chair leg repair advice

    so with the long splice its all glue, no dowels or similar?
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    Help me out of this situation! Broken insert

    so how do you put the thing in then?, or is that another nut bolt combo situation?
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    Chair leg repair advice

    is the point of the diagonal cut just to give more surface area for the glue? I would have though a half lap would give more support
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    Help me out of this situation! Broken insert

    why would a bolt without a nut not do the job or putting the insert in place perfectly well? I obviously now recognise my error in the method of removing it (that does need a nut). As the insert buckled with the allen key, as it was designed, I can't see what other option there is?
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    Chair leg repair advice

    much more sense with the pictures, from what I can see the solution (or at least the first thing to try) would be as you suggested, clean cut at the bottom of the leg, block of wood in the castor housing, attach the two, I would opt for a domino rather than a dowel (or maybe use two dowels if...
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    Chair leg repair advice

    not following the details. what is still intact? armchair / dining chair? maybe pictures if you can
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    Got a squeaking problem

    You have actual vaseline brand in a spray? where do find it? I'm suprised it exists as vaseline is essential a medical / cosmetic product (or is marketed as such). That said, I find it great stuff for lubrication
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    Wood storage

    I think the type of wood and rough dimensions will be a factor, I'm assuming you are talking lengths of wood and not boards I agree with argus's comments above As much dry airflow as possible My instinct is to say a wide, shallow, double doored, lean to shed, with internal shelving brackets...
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    Vaccination

    saw an article on this the other day, apparantly, especially with the pfizer vac (which has the whole storage issue with temperature), if vaccines are left over at the end of a day / session, they could easily have to be thrown out, so in fact it could well be in everyone's interest to take a...
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    Middle of Lidl starts today

    You definately do get tradesmen that use them reguarly, which always strikes me as a bit of a head scratcher, after all if I get out a parkside drill for a bit of DIY and it fails, I return it, I'm a bit inconvenienced but no more. If a tradesman is using it, and it fails, your income is...
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    Middle of Lidl starts today

    I like the look of the drill case, is that a slide out drawer underneath the main compartment? I agree, a few stand out tools (like the fabled plasma cutter!) but mostly not amazing value, getting too expensive to justify the gamble hadn't heard about a big loss from lidl, I guess a...
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    Help me out of this situation! Broken insert

    yes I personally think that two spanners / wrenches (same thing I think?) offers the most control, maintaining pressure on the insert with clocked pressure, removing the insert with anticlocked pressure
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    Help me out of this situation! Broken insert

    well, I now understand the benefit of the nut, however in principal if you tighten a bolt right in, and then start backing the bolt out, surely which ever surface of the the insert, ie the internal or external thread, has the weaker grip, will be the point of movement? Seems like a design that...
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    Help me out of this situation! Broken insert

    thankyou, that really makes sense, it is the fact that the thread of the bolt can stay static, whilst still applying pressure with the nut that makes the difference thankyou mike, I did understand the technique, I was just getting a bit caught up on some of the technicalities, novacaine's...
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