It will to an extent but since the rider (me) is a fat lardy batsrad it won'd be noticed too much, and it will still be lighter than the panniers and rack it'll be swapped for. Plus which, an x-micron thick coating of clear acrylic won't weigh an amount which will outweigh (pardon the pun) the...
This was just before I did the Dunwich Dynamo last year, but was ****** off because not long after this the chain snapped, the end wrapped around either side of the front hub and the dynamo power contacts were damaged so I had a brand new supernova headlight and no power source which meant using...
M5 Mid Racer with a Thor seat, and the new and unused Thor Dolphin tailbox came up on a FB group a while back and then eBay, which is where I bought it from. I have a luggage rack at present but always wanted a tailbox to see if it really did make the bike faster as they are supposed to do...
Hi all, I've just bought the ultimate tarts handbag accessory for my recumbent bike, a carbon fibre tailbox. The outside has the normal high-gloss finish expected of a CF part but the inside of the box it, as you would expect, just the rough surface you get from it not being pressed against the...
As per the title, I'm after a new pair of side cutters for electrical work at home with the odd side-trip into clipping MIG wire, please would you recommend a brand/model based on experience? I've used Knipex at work and they seem OK, are there any better out there? I'm not saying money is no...
Having now been in the world of work for a few years I've come to the conclusion that the 'skeleton staff getting contractors in to do all maintenance tasks' has its shortcomings, one being that you can never get any one to do the one-off or low-level stuff which you really do need to to keep...
Collective wisdom time. Mrs Browser hits 5 decades this August and would like to get a DSLR, which I know nowt about, so any advice on what to buy welcomed. She's used phone, compact and bridge cameras before but not a DSLR. We've absolutely no objection to buying used if we'll get a good deal...
Hi all, a while back a friend asked for wiring advice for pendant lampholder. I advised her she'd need 3 core flex if the holder body was metal, which it was, as it would need to be connected to earth. She's now bought one from eBay which looks like this;
if you look at the lower right...
That's what happened with ours Sam, froze up then I knocked the bloody thing off the wall with the wheelie bin in a frost and it sheared off flush with the bricks!
Hi all, I've currently got a 20 mm bore PVC overflow-size pipe through our garage wall which is the condenstae drain from our condensing boiler. A plumber who serviced it recently advised retrofitting a 40mm dia drain and since the outside pipe snapped off a few months (years!) ago (caught it...
Just getting in on the die grinder part of this thread, the first one I had was electrically-powered and I found if it grabbed it bloody-well GRABBED! changed to a air powered one and I can only assume the lower inertia from the motor rotor has an effect as it's far easier to control. Anyone...
Hi all, I've had a Thermal Arc 175TE for some time now but have never managed to find anyone to tech me how to TIG weld. I got back in touch with an old mate via Facebook who it turns out is a welder and offered to show me how to get started.......................that was last March and the...
Thanks for that Fizzy, interesting read. Funnily enough our insurer is indeed FM Global as mentioned in the discussion and they were the ones who required us to lock the valves with chains rather than leather straps. Looks like it's 'please the insurere and keep schtum' or 'try and convince the...
Hi, dunno whether anyone can help me, but I'm trying to find any industry guidance/rules & regs/legislation about fire fighting deluge systems, particularly to how you secure the isolating valves. I've been ued to the use of leather straps padlocked in place to secure the valves but can't find...
I've used PVC to make a container for the tubes/hoses for my sump oil sucking thingy so I think I'll nick your idea and do the same for rods :)
Thanks for all the replies, I'll take a look at my stock and see which look saveable, which look beyond and separate accordingly :)
Apologies if this has been done to death and back to life again, but whats the maximum pi55-taking length of time an electrode will survive once it's packet it opened? They're kept in an unheated garage and whilst I have a cheapo (doubtless Chinese-made) heated rod quiver I understand this is to...