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  1. Onoff
    How a about a nice square of Solarshield? H.duty, textured aluminium facing with a bitumen backing. Peel off, lay on, heat gun, done.
  2. Onoff
    If MIG then you want clean metal as it's much less forgiving than stick. You can lay an oversize patch on the area then cut thru both panels with a 1mm slitting disc. Gives you a nice 1mm gap to weld. Ideally you want to clamp the new plate down or fix with self tappers. (Don't forget to take the screw out and weld the hole up or the MOT tester will say you screwed the panel on and didn't weld it. Ask me how I know... ) Reminds me, I need to fire up the MIG for the shower tray.
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    The same dream too, spooky!
  4. Onoff
    A man after my own heart! Done on the basis of it'll be so much better than it WAS!
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    We used to regularly take motors off site and dry them in the oven at home. Just watch the plastic doesn't melt. If a tiny bit damp when you stick a "megger" on them you can see them "dry out" as you whack 500/1000V thru them. I wonder if the "iPhone" trick would work. Sling it in an airtight bag with some dry rice to absorb the water?
  6. Onoff
    As per title really, best way to move them I find:
  7. Onoff
    Make one! http://buggies.builtforfun.co.uk/index.php
  8. Onoff
    No but if you find one he could organise it's recovery, shout orders, handle the press and take photos (from a safe distance): (This was back in '97 in his previous life down at Reculver clearing Dambuster's prototypes).
  9. Onoff
    Cheaper: Stick @pocster's avatar pic the garage side of the door. Would you come in to that house? If you made it back out it'd leap off the roof onto you...
  10. Onoff
    I've NEVER made (4 'ish MHz) QRP transmitters out of old colour tellys if anyone asks!
  11. Onoff
    Nick's buying the beers? He could be drinking 10 year old malt if he waits for me to finish! I dustproofed mine (as tiling hasn't been done yet) with thinned down SBR rather than PVA. Something to do with if you use normal PVA and any water gets through the grout it can lift the PVA.
  12. Onoff
    Fair enough, I'll fit some grab handles to the wall!
  13. Onoff
    I'm NOT the astronomer. That's my big brother...the barrister...the one who could jump on a plane to watch the elipse in the States. I'm the younger, thicker, less successful one, generally not referred to by name by our parents rather as "...the one who likes wood, metal and playing with wires!" OTA's a Celestron something. It's got motor(s) in it is all I know. Will try and find a pic. Thermal gap, wtf? You'll do well on here talking like that! The plinth is one I copied from photos of an Altair one. I just scaled the photos in CAD and started cutting metal. Sits on a 1200mm cube of mass concrete with a duct for the electrics coming up through into the plinth.
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    I saw the pressure rise as the concrete set. How out of level do you think it is?
  15. Onoff
    Would you feel safer working from say a work positioning rope slung from a strong point the opposite side of the roof? It's something you can tug on and think "If I do slip it'll hold me!" Adult nappies are also available!
  16. Onoff
    So done like this it's pretty strong? You could lean against it without problems? What if you fell against it? What about if two people were "leaning" on it?
  17. Onoff
    Sorry, my mistake. Just read meter box and went mad on the links. Inside, on / below something fire retardent is always good. CEF do "approved" meter boards AND spacers for them to mount off the wall. http://www.cef.co.uk/catalogue/categories/industrial-control-automation-meter-boards-boxes Careful with CEF as it's down to the branch how helpful they are. My local is "No problem, how many?" even if it needs to be ordered from their warehouse. Others have had "Nah, mate don't do 'em".
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    One of these must be handy for you. Go see if you can as some of the cheaper ones are made from cheaper, thinner plastic than the plastic tray in biscuit tins at Christmas: https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Boxes_and_Enclosures_Index/Mitras_Meter_Box/index.html http://fascias.com/Meter-Boxes https://www.meterboxesdirect.co.uk/ http://www.jewson.co.uk/electricals-plumbing-heating/electricals/meter-boxes/
  19. Onoff
    Yes it was me that forgot the fibres! Sat there after having done the bathroom slab quite happy then found the bag of fibres! Thank God for the mesh. I am aiming to use them when I cast the wet room tray to the wall drain though.
  20. Onoff
    Try a calming can of lager beforehand. Just enough to take the edge off. I wouldn't go much above 4% though.....
  21. Onoff
    As long as said help doesn't look like Enrique Iglesias and take on those "special" jobs YOU usually do for the missus!
  22. Onoff
    Any chance of posting me a couple of buckets full for my shower tray? So that's 10mm maximum aggregate size? Similar to what I was thinking, to use a 3:2:1 pea shingle/sharp sand/cement mix maybe. I need to decide on the mix and an additive to "toughen" it up.
  23. Onoff
    Dark skies? Here's one I made earlier...and FINISHED! I'd post more pics but they were on Photofucket before it got all restrictive to 3rd party links.
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    Agree in spades! That's why I'm such a fan of galv conduit. This was mid new kitchen. The place came with a nice dinner gong...I just knew so carefully excavated to show this: A near miss methinks!
  25. Onoff
    Beer somewhere in pic quite often!
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