Recent content by xmetal

HP laptops are the worst for breaking in one way or another. With the hinges, it's normally the plastic hinge mountings that contain the threaded inserts breaking away from the board. That is usually part of the lower case. It's pretty normal for these to be on the way out when opening HP...

Welcome to the forum. Not that far from Brum here.

Jeyes Fluid (the proper stuff with coal tar) springs to mind. Gunk.

My dad had an aortic replacement operation done nearly twenty years ago. He is 99 years old now. At the time he fell out of an apple tree and the chiropractor he went to over his bad back spotted it and referred him. He was told at the time by the surgeon that the aorta was about to burst and he...

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I have a few traps in the garage and I wondered for a while why the traps were losing their bait of peanut butter. I found out it was slugs entering under the garage door. I rigged up an electronic trap and found a fried slug. I use the bait in the link now and the slugs don't bother with it...

I have the DLS110Z too. A great saw. No it doesn't come with a laser guide but I made up a guide using a sewing led light array. It lights up either side of the blade and leaves a shadow directly under the blade. The laser is to one side of the blade on the LS1019l.

I just get a blank page over the last week. It works on a different browser like Chrome though. I think they have messed around with it but haven't tested it on other browsers.

Will do and thank you. :)

That's nice to know. Thanks. :)

My name is Andrew. I've mainly been in the electronic equipment repair and telecommunications industries most of my working life but from skills picked up with work and DIY over the years, I'm spending more time working with wood. I have a number of woodworking tools including a mitre saw...