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The thing is with compost heating / bio gas, is none of us really have to. Dead common in Nepal at least on the gas front. You ideally need a couple buffalo.

I thought he and the film crew shat in a tin?

It's now a completely dead grinder, it is no more, it has ceased to be. Post mortem tomorrow. Battery is charging now though.

We produce a fair bit of waste from grass cuttings, hedge trimming, leaves etc. I've thought of a big insulated pit with a coil in there for some DHW. Maybe some gas take off too.....

Not a lot, honest!

Whoops... The Rolson grinder running on the Makita 18V Li-ion clone battery started to smoke. It still runs but much slower. ? The Makita Li-ion clone battery that was on the grinder as the time seems to run the Makita impact driver and the drill OK, but put it on the charger and after a few seconds you get a flashing green LED which means the battery is fooked I believe? Only hope is when it runs down on the proper Makita tool it might take a charge again. Any ideas why this is happening? Cheers

It is a slider. No thread per se on here. It's just a frame I drew up and paid to have fab'd up and galvanised by my long term fabricator. I'd do it different next time as the upturned channel is a magnet for leaves and beech nuts. Think it was around £250. Sliding gate kit came from Easy Gates another £500. Posts were freebie scrap. Rails from Barrier Components in Thurrock. Never really tallied the cost. Here's a Flickr link, only 346 photos to wade through! ? https://flic.kr/s/aHsjYQgVgE Still not finished btw!

Bedec satin black barn paint on my gate 6 years now. 3 coats on new, reject scaffold boards. Even the 1st coat covered like magic. Then: Just now (after a wash for the photoshoot, bird sh!t really shows up on black ?): Before Bedec I was a Sadolin man. Always thought it took too long to dry. With Bedec you can get 3 coats on in a day and it's water based.

Just looked at your link. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I think they say. Looks like it's crying out for a rub down and stain. Untreated...not for me.

Wood effect pvc?

Well, the Makita to Rolson 18V Adapter 3D printed project has exceeded expectations! Now there is we think an option to put female 1/4" spade connectors straight onto the spring connectors up inside these existing old tools to save taking them apart but that would be too easy! Instead I went for disassembly, clean and soldering new wires straight onto the motor and switch. Bit of a pita taking the grinder apart of course as to take the case apart you have to take the head off to get to 2 of the screws. Gave everything around the motor a blast of contact cleaner whilst I was in there: Some old HO7RNF gave up some wire for the new leads: All soldered on: Blue crimps a nice tight fit onto the fabricated battery connectors: First switch on video, SUCCESS! I'm using it now on the mower deck. It's got some grunt, not far off the corded one. 3Ah clone batteries. I'm being over cautious at the mo, just swapping them when I feel they might be slacking a bit: Circular saw is next up (best I sort the mower first or risk SWMBO's wrath)!

I can vouch for that.

@Temp, did you "iron" the top that radio box lid when you printed it? Looks do much smoother that what we're achieving. EDIT: You SPRAYED it! ?

Lovely finish. What material. Can't help thinking we're doing something wrong here. The print quality imo isn't ever what you'd ever call great. Ours is an Anycubic i3 Mega S. Can't help wondering if we'd have been better getting an Ender 3. Mate has one and his prints look so much better.

Well...my own fault...'cos I'm a slack git! In the old bath filled with citric acid solution I've left stuff since NOVEMBER. The solution has turned jet black. Some components left in there I think might be "losing mass" but aren't rusting as in red rusting. The components are covered in a hard, crystalline substance. So hard I have to scrape it off with a sharp knife. Anyone got any ideas what it is? Once you've scraped the lumps off you can, with a bit of pressure crumble them but it's still bloody hard to do. This is one of the mower blades: Also any ideas of a solution (as in liquid) that might get rid of it quicker than mechanically scraping etc. Cheers

Don't you mean shuttered?

What else are you going to do? ?

Not screwed on or wired but this is the finished, common, Makita To Marksman/Champion 18V Adapter. Turned out rather well I think:

My batteries are older 3Ah clones without level monitors and I might add without the * sign. My understanding of the "new" Makita tools are that its something to do with the 3rd pin that switches the tool off if the voltage falls too low.

Getting on with my mower deck. These curved, internal shields are shot. I think these help direct the grass out the back. All I have is some 1mm steel sheet. I've cut some 70mm wide strip. Next to clean up and MIG on:

I'm looking for something suitable to fit into the back of the adapter like this, to keep an eye on the state of the Li-ion battery I don't want it on all the time just when I press a button. Any thoughts? Cheers.

I've bought an Einhell 36V chainsaw from Amazon Germany: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07FD8BK2D/ref=pe_3044161_185740101_TE_item Going to print a couple of battery adapters to use Makita batteries on it.

Sorry but why not CT1? Or CT1 Power Grab n Bond. I stuck all the tiles to the marine ply sides of my bath.

Well I Aqua Panelled my walls AND tanked them in the wet room corner as well as the whole bathroom floor.