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Comment: Now teamwork is good, but how can I accurately read the clinometer without an assistant ?
Comment: It is beautiful as it stands, but from seeing the first picture, I had hoped for more .…
Comment: "Your money will safely be stored in your flashlight." Yes, until thieves start readin…
Comment: No, No, No ! Boldly make the claim, "Proof against 50 Megaton Nuclear Bomb Blast". I…
Comment: Square things lose heat faster than round things, due to the ratio of area to circumfer…
Comment: In "Step 7: HOLDING METAL STOCKS", it will be easiest to saw the metal if it is clamped…
Comment: Just a thought: increase handle strength and discourage wood from splitting by a coat …
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Comment: Now that is a brilliant idea ! There are tiny electric motors about 5mm diameter, that …
Comment: On the video I couldn't quite hear the name of the free editing program you mentioned, …
Comment: Mr Treknology, please stop trying to teach when you obviously know very little about ma…
Comment: Please can you say the make of the kit ? I have never seen this one. (Dare I ask what …
Comment: Water with a trace of washing up liquid is even better, probably because it maintains t…
Comment: The pack codes you mentioned about C rate, 10C, 20C etc. Or was what you already said…
Comment: In practice, the effective capacity of a battery is less at higher discharge rates. At …
Comment: My personal favourite trick: The cheapest source of suitable batteries is those sold fo…
Comment: Paragraphs breaks will work in preview if you click the "Rich Editor" button.
Comment: Please would someone teach me how to build a coal-fired steam engine to run my generato…
Comment: Aahaah ! Now that I've looked up "sourdough", that seems to make a lot more sense. …
Comment: What are "preferments" please ? (Nothing in my dictionary appears relevant.)
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Comment: It is also possible that a tiny wet creature could feel the electric potential above gr…
Comment: handyhippie65, you grew up on a pig farm where the pigs got drunk and drowned in the be…
Comment: Many thanks, I had never noticed that button before.
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Comment: I also highly recommend Shoe Goo, it added much life to a very favourite pair of very s…
Comment: You suggest hammering the magnets into the holes. This could crack the magnets and/or …
Comment: 5mm white LEDs are usually rated at 20 to 30 milliAmps, you are running at about 85 mA.…
Comment: Just an idea: Even my fairly basic (by today's standards) 10 year old Canon digital cam…
Comment: Very useful technique. De-soldering braid for quickly "soaking away" hot solder from c…
Comment: Both ordinary and rechargeable AAAA batteries are available to buy. (The rechargeables…
Comment: I think the point is that digital cameras can register infra-red light, and therefore d…
Comment: It id useful to note that the flat side of regular LEDs is the cathode (negative side).…
Comment: You might add that the flat side of regular LEDs is the cathode. I think most DMMs out…
Comment: Just a few thoughts . . . Single sided PCB would be better, to avoid the possibility o…
Comment: I once replaced my car battery that seemed to have expired, with very poor response fro…
Comment: In many of the comments here, there is a reference to a "buckpuck" Please would someon…
Comment: Problem: Directionality of ordinary LEDs makes this a spotlight, unless a diffuser is f…
Comment: Thanks ! I forgot to say: when running a battery power tool from a car battery charger,…
Comment: For units a public place, it has to be heavy, or kids will just roll them about for fun…
Comment: Another trick I use: Take a cheap RC model battery pack with compatible voltage and cap…
Comment: Please would you post the links for these ? Many thanks !
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Comment: Children WILL read this and WILL try it when their parents are out. And WILL get burne…
Comment: Perhaps this could be useful to the elderly and disabled, if the whole system was insta…
Comment: Now I see. But hold the thought. We progress by thinking outside the box. Is ther…
Comment: Grumpy, that sounds amazing ! I know pinhole cameras are still made and sold. Can yo…
Comment: Did anyone else look at the title, go cross-eyed and see "Steampump Punkpins" ?
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Comment: Please would you tell us more about the (presumably LF audio) bazooka in the picture, a…
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Comment: I would have thought that any food colouring would wash off quite easily. Can anyone …
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Comment: Yes, we all went to school. But, well done for paying attention ! It's wonderful that …
Comment: I would like to suggest that all high pressure air cannon instructables should include …
Comment: I would like to suggest that all high pressure air cannon instructables should include…
Comment: I would like to suggest that all high pressure air cannon instructables should include …
Comment: Your "disclaimer" needs beefing up. I would like to suggest that all high pressure ai…
Comment: I would like to suggest that all high pressure air cannon instructables should include …
Comment: I would like to suggest that all high pressure air cannon instructables should include …
Comment: DON'T EVER use anything like this to shoot at people. As it says on the last page, stu…
Comment: DC is better than AC because the magnetic field becomes constant, instead of changing d…
Comment: May I suggest, add a second D-ring around the strap, fit the eye-bolt to that. It will…
Comment: Mains Transformer on the roof ? Please consider this: Between you and mains voltage, …
Comment: May I suggest: If anyone is using metal cased units with grounded circuits, DON'T have …
Comment: Slap all the E's back together (same way round this time), poke them back through the c…
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Comment: Downer number two: It won't work anyway. A magnet is only magnetic because all the mic…
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Comment: I am a beginner, so please excuse my ignorance. Why not just plant the tomatoes around …
Comment: I am a beginner, so please excuse my ignorance. Why not just let the tomato plants grow…
Comment: I am a beginner, so please excuse my ignorance. Why not just let the tomato plants grow…
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Comment: Guessing intelligently, a looser diaphram would react better to low frequencies, a tigh…
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Comment: The word you want is "orient". There's no "orientate" ! (Ok, Ok, I start attending Fu…
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Comment: You genius ! And I'll bet my boots that Doctor Klein never even thought of that !(I d…
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Comment: You programmed a PIC ? I don't want to sound like a wet blanket, but .... isn't it (…
Comment: Greetings from the other side of the pond. What's a switchie ?