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I reckon I’d base myself near York. A fantastic City, NRM, North Yorkshire Moor Railway plus many other places of interest and the Lake District not far away. And that is coming from a southerner. +1 for York as above you are also within striking distance of KWVR and of course the Settle to Carlisl...

Thank you all. Always forget ebay as haven't bought there for years. Ordered some today. Bitsbox looks good as well, will give them a go soon. I did notice Rapid wouldn't sell to a non credit account. Thanks again. You do not need an account or register with Rapidonline you can checkout as a guest....

If you are wary of eBay then CPC Farnell and Rapid Online stock leaded solders although minimum orders might apply to avoid P&P costs.

Richard

I am not normally a Sun reader but this caught my eye when scanning the front pages. According to the Sun the police say it is legal!!! https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9628217/electrician-wires-van-1000-volt-shock/ Wiring up the handle to a shed door should give the crims something to think about :mrg...

If you are going to use that method, then this guy explains how it's done. That method I find is the best especially I you have to play about and adjust the curve however you do have to cut the flexicurve square at some point such as joining onto a turnout but you really need to be happy with your ...

Looks like TWDs "cheap" connectors have hit the UK with Toolstation selling them. Notably they are selling them in smaller 10 packs as well as in the normal 50 pack, however the unit price is only pennies different to the genuine article and they are current rated at only 24A compared to Wago at 30A...

I have looked extensively at speakers but failed to find suitable speakers, I.e. ones that have screw holes so that I can attach them to the underside of my baseboard, of a higher impedance. I can find similar speakers with 8 ohm impedance but cannot see how I can easily attach them to my baseboard...

Probably the easiest way of producing windows on a mass scale is to print directly onto acetate. Until recently it was still possible to get A4 acetate sheets for overhead projectors from the likes of the now defunct Staples, I used them to produce masks for photoetch PCBs which I have not done for ...

To be fair to the Chinese not everything produced out there is cheap and cheerful. Numerous UK and US and EU companies eg. Apple, Hornby etc take advantage of the lower production costs some even having their own manufacturing facilities and produce quality products. It is hard to find products that...

Putting trip wires and other hidden traps on ones property can result in being sued by burglars or criminal proceedings such are the perverse laws in this country. An Englishmans home is certainly not his castle and claiming someone should not have been there is no excuse. Mind you we do not want th...