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It’s not so difficult to find... https://www.amazon.co.uk/BRAND-Quality-Acetone-litre-1000ml/dp/B003WZB55O Pure clear meths however, without the purple dye - now that’s difficult to get hold of.

I’m moving on with my rusty drill press. It now works and is largely de-rusted. The only minor issue that I have is with the chuck. It’s a tool-free chuck on an M3 taper and it works fine but is very stiff/sluggish to operate, requiring two hands to open or close it. One hand to stop it rotating and one hand to turn the bezel. It ‘feels’ to me like it’s full of old grease which has become sticky and gloopy (although that’s only a guess). Could I soak it in a bath of diesel? Well, obviously I ‘could’ but would this be a good idea? If it did soften the grease would I then somehow need to lubricate it again? Maybe this is how it’s designed to be but checking the chuck operation of the pillar drills in my local Axminster Tools, they all seem very light to operate so I think my chuck is suffering from something.

If it is centre-tapped earth then it doesn’t require (indeed you mustn’t even try to fit) a neutral-earth bond. It is perfectly safe as is and the RCD will operate as normal. The test to 100% confirm that it’s genuinely centre tapped would be to connect a 60W lightbulb between earth and ‘live’ and then again between earth and ‘neutral’. If the bulb lights equally on both then it is indeed centre-tapped. ONLY DO THIS CHECK IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND FEEL CONFIDENT TO DO SO. You could kill yourself playing with mains electricity. Tony

What else do you want for him? Serious question. Photons from the sun liberate free electrons in a silicon wafer which results in electricity which can be used to charge a battery... This page is a kinda PV for Dummies... http://www.alternative-energy-tutorials.com/energy-articles/solar-cell-turns-photons-into-electrons.html

Insofar as misogyny can be considered to be the moral manifestation of a sexist ideology they’re not actually so much different in themselves, just different approaches to describing the same thing.

I suppose you could paint it but then you’re into on-going maintenance.

A man of evident great taste

I love the quote: The majority of canal users, from cyclists to joggers and dog walkers, are unaffected.

It’s probably something which could be cheaply 3D printed (many local printing companies offer 3D printing as a service). The biggest problem would be in getting the computer model designed.

I was with you until your last point. Petrol generators are DANGEROUS on a boat.

They lent us some...

We slept at a friend’s farmhouse out in the wilds of Wales once. We both dreamed of mobile phones going off all night... it was the sheep!

Great, thanks

But that’s only 3 dimensions. What about the other five?

See post 24. £45 total outlay and no battery to tend:

According to Mr Google... Talc to dry the surface is one ‘fix’ Wiping with white spirit or alcohol is another (but I guess that’ll also further damage the rubber).

The crumbly guy got it almost right, it’s one square kilogramme.

He can just hang around by the beer stall today.

Result!

That’s an awful lot of ergs.

Dump it in the cut at Minworth

I’m surprised that a convection system would have sufficient force to overcome the pressure of a non return valve. I’m not doubting you, just surprised. Can you recall what valve it was because that might be of use to some members.

It’ll be using 4 amps per second too.

So around 19Ah per day. That ain’t much for sure.