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[Baz]

Sounds wasteful but use each item for the process it is best for - decode with the Arduino and send the output to the Pi for display. Actually as it is...

[Baz]

At the weekend I was checking along the field wall/hedge/fence and a the top corner of my garden where they meet the public path I saw a gap between the...

[Baz]

I think those leaves will trap even light rain and give it time to permeate over weeks. I would put in a trench 3ft from the wall and line it with the...

[Baz]

Variable speed is the key there as woodwork ones usually go so fast the blade only last a minute or two. I've been meaning to put an intermediate pulley...

[Baz]

You said you are interested in machining so a Windermere style steam launch perhaps.........

[Baz]

In the UK the lockdown rules make going out cycling with mates verboten. Immediate household only. Also the police would risk get a roasting in the press...

[Baz]

I am assuming the lathe is new from the cleanliness and this is the first time you ran the 4 jaw? If it suddenly developed the fault then it would be...

[Baz]

Agree with BCR that you don't want any soft underlay if machines are going to sit on it. I would put a DPC quality plastic sheet in strips on top of...

[Baz]

Yes, the very least you need to do is drill 2in holes in every direction through those joists for air circulation. Maybe as you seem to have a crowbar...

[Baz]

Thinks : everyone is working at home , the office is empty...........
I like the vice attached to the hydraulic table. Mine is hidden out of the...

[Baz]

We had colour coded requisitions - yellow for electronic, blue for hardware, needed part No, description, quantity, cost, project, project charge code,...

[Baz]

For small quantities of small things the wasted space of drawsets gets out of hand. Polar had the right idea for those things with plastic bags 'cos you...

[Baz]

You can get into the frame of mind that anything can be printed and well. In PST's example printed vertical would have the layers across the shaft which...

[Baz]

I was dithering for ages. I saw the cheapest as Prusa Mk3 clones using laser cut ply as the frame painted to look like plastic, then for a little more...

[Baz]

Isn't that really the only thing that matters. But if someone had said "we're going to designate these items by their hole pattern dimension"...

[Baz]

Johansen, Which gear is it in your backgear or is it all of them?

[Baz]

I use the packaging worms in the bottom of flower pots instead of stones for drainage and filling space which makes them lighter to move around. If you...

[Baz]

Also temperature if panels makes a difference. Do you have a cold wind?.

[Baz]

When I was having to go to our production site frequently it meant a 3 hour drive in a company provided hire car and I passed a place selling half barrels...

[Baz]

+1 on that
Hoping this working from home will show my boss that 3 hours commuting a day is totally unnecessary. That said webex struggled a bit...