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by maccecht
Tue Jan 06, 2026 9:37 pm
Forum: Shed / DIY / workshop / Gardening
Topic: Swisstrax lookalike workshop flooring
Replies: 31
Views: 3168

Re: Swisstrax lookalike workshop flooring

Google roof protection tiles. Hard wearing used on balconies and walkways. You might even find a few cheap from a local roofer if he overstocked
by maccecht
Tue Jan 06, 2026 9:31 pm
Forum: Motorbike chat
Topic: Punctures…
Replies: 46
Views: 3173

Re: Punctures…

Beancounter attracts punctures like flies on a fresh cowpat on a hot day. Think his record for puncture repairs in one tyre is 6 would have been more but i've seen more tread on a boiled egg.
by maccecht
Tue Jan 06, 2026 9:27 pm
Forum: Motorbike chat
Topic: Any Bike Changes for 2026?
Replies: 97
Views: 4705

Re: Any Bike Changes for 2026?

Like Didge long time Burgman 650 owner owned one for 14 years not the same one mind. Generally always owned 2 bikes in case one broke but in December decided to own just one and as the burg weighs more than a dingy full of migrants decided on the Forza 750. Quite pleased with it
by maccecht
Sun Nov 02, 2025 6:59 pm
Forum: Motorbikes for sale
Topic: Burgman 650 2014
Replies: 0
Views: 2958

Burgman 650 2014

Grand bike wants for nothing. A sofa on wheels
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/bike-detai ... 0117070063
by maccecht
Thu May 08, 2025 9:19 pm
Forum: Mechanics, spanners, twiddling and twirling tools
Topic: Miracle laser welding - Phony or real?
Replies: 4
Views: 847

Re: Miracle laser welding - Phony or real?

There's a guy on YouTube got one it's nowt but a soldering iron fecking useless one at that
by maccecht
Sun Feb 23, 2025 4:20 pm
Forum: Shed / DIY / workshop / Gardening
Topic: Lathes
Replies: 4
Views: 389

Re: Lathes



For rust cleaning I found a recipe on YouTube which worked extremely well. 1L water 100g citric acid 63g of baking soda after 45 minutes and a swipe with a wire brush everything cleaned up like new.


Is that a case of adding the Baking Soda 45minutes after you've made the citric mix, or do ...
by maccecht
Sun Feb 23, 2025 2:39 pm
Forum: Shed / DIY / workshop / Gardening
Topic: Lathes
Replies: 4
Views: 389

Re: Lathes

So turns out the lathe was a bitsa head and tail stocks of a prism lathe and bits and pieces cobbled together. I donated it to a chap who can use some of the parts gear wheels etc. For rust cleaning I found a recipe on YouTube which worked extremely well. 1L water 100g citric acid 63g of baking soda ...
by maccecht
Sat Feb 15, 2025 3:09 pm
Forum: Shed / DIY / workshop / Gardening
Topic: Lathes
Replies: 4
Views: 389

Lathes

So got given a lathe. No idea on lathes and :banana-dance: one is a box of bits. Can't find any info on it as it pre dates life as we know it. I believe it's 1920's as the only thing I can find relating to the maker is one leaflet. It's a Carson made in Halifax Canada.
No idea if it's all there ...
by maccecht
Sat Jan 04, 2025 12:14 pm
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: 3D printing
Replies: 26
Views: 1434

3D printing

Anyone had some stuff 3D printed? Is it expensive? My company runs transit custom vans and the panels below the fuel filler disappear regularly due to a shit design of the clips. Ford want stupid money for them just wandering if 3D printing was a option.
by maccecht
Wed Dec 11, 2024 5:34 pm
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: Hip ops
Replies: 26
Views: 1832

Re: Hip ops


*Not a typo :-)

I've been struggling with Osteo in both hips for about 18 months now, diagnosed about 6 months ago by xray.

Been doing physio and taking neproxen and most of the time doing day to day stuff it's not too bad but get cramps that wake me up and it a bit of general stiffness now and ...
by maccecht
Sun Dec 08, 2024 3:00 pm
Forum: Motorbike chat
Topic: How's yer driveshaft
Replies: 44
Views: 2657

Re: How's yer driveshaft

Drive shafts breaking. Know if one lad 57 plate GS whose shaft snapped smashed the swingarm and spat him off at 80 mph he survived with missing skin and broken fingers
by maccecht
Sun Dec 08, 2024 1:25 pm
Forum: Motorbike chat
Topic: How's yer driveshaft
Replies: 44
Views: 2657

How's yer driveshaft

So BMW have told USA owners of certain models their driveshafts could be a bit meh! Anyone in UK been notified of this small problem?
https://www.advrider.com/bmw-will-repla ... iveshafts/
by maccecht
Thu Jun 27, 2024 8:13 pm
Forum: Motorbike chat
Topic: Suzuki TL1000s - specs, questions!
Replies: 62
Views: 2535

Re: Suzuki TL1000s - specs, questions!

I had a 99 version sexy black. Carbon cans K and N air filter officially dynod at 115bhp at the wheel so not too shabby. V994ENT. Would post a pic but no clue how to.
I owned it in 07/08 it's still taxed so still on the road
by maccecht
Tue May 21, 2024 8:56 pm
Forum: Mechanics, spanners, twiddling and twirling tools
Topic: Tool for checking sparks....
Replies: 23
Views: 2972

Re: Tool for checking sparks....

Twist a bit of wire round the plug body make a hook on the end stick the HT lead on, hook it onto a convenient point
by maccecht
Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:10 pm
Forum: Shed / DIY / workshop / Gardening
Topic: Getting glass really clean
Replies: 35
Views: 3029

Re: Getting glass really clean

Try CT1 good shit as the sealer we use it at work.
Sticks like the brown stuff on a blanket
Also.
CT1 with its unique hybrid polymer formulation has no solvents and therefore will not harm any fish that nibble on the sealant, which is often the case. Many aquarium repair and installers use CT1 and ...
by maccecht
Thu Mar 02, 2023 6:38 pm
Forum: Staying Alive / Survival Skills
Topic: A day out in Devon
Replies: 6
Views: 570

A day out in Devon


Safe link :obscene-drinkingcheers:
by maccecht
Thu Feb 09, 2023 11:09 pm
Forum: Mechanics, spanners, twiddling and twirling tools
Topic: Recommend Me A Drill
Replies: 19
Views: 760

Re: Recommend Me A Drill

Makita Sds plus a Jacobs chuck for normal drilling mines 25 years old and done site work and core drilling still going strong.
by maccecht
Thu Feb 09, 2023 11:06 pm
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: Insurance peeps help
Replies: 4
Views: 283

Insurance peeps help

So had a bad accident in November non fault broken bones yada yada yada still off work. Still no settlement offer on bike or clothing. Injuries will take forever. However asked the insurance Company to get a settlement for my clothing but "they" say the rules say you need a medical before any ...
by maccecht
Sat Jan 21, 2023 4:19 pm
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: Car park fine and debt recovery agents?
Replies: 24
Views: 1052

Re: Car park fine and debt recovery agents?

The Popla act 2012 allows the theiving bastards to go after the registerd keeper if they can't identify the driver. So they resort to ghost ticketing by putting a ticket on the car taking a photo then remove the ticket. A month later they send the registered keeper a letter telling them it is now ...