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51 minutes ago, powler said:
If you could do leather with it the wifey could also use it?
It does leather really well.
4 minutes ago, old'un said:What is the maximum X Y?
Not great its only 100x100 but it suits my purposes. It fits on my desk, can't have it the workshop as its not keen on dust.
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55 minutes ago, ditchman said:
does it do metal ?
Brass and Ally ok, But for say stainless you need to spray the metal first with thin layer of paint.
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Its a cause for much celebration. I have finally got my new laser engraver to do as its told. Its a laserpecker Pro. And as an engraver its the dogs danglies, its just the App you need to control it. It could be so much easier and better if they had put a bit of thought into it. As it is its "That will do" And for something that expensive you would have thought they would have spent a bit more time on the app. The editing facility is as basic as basic can be. Best to use other software to edit your design and then upload it to the app. But now its working I am rapidly running out of things to engrave. I have done my phone, my hat, Numerous bits of wood, A box or two, My wallet..etc etc. Looking at how these two pictures have come out I need some practice with my phones camera as well.
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5 hours ago, Cosmicblue said:
Bixby is a PITA. Samsung's competitor to Apple's Siri.
Get the phone, power on, unlock it if needed.
1) swipe the screen down from the top and press the 'gear' icon for Settings
2) Press the Magnifying glass top right
3) In the box at the top of the screen marked 'Search' - type Bixby Voice - a screen appears 'Bixby Voice Settings'
Scroll down.
Automatic Listening - set to 'Never;
Sorted
Cheers that shut her up.
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Could do with some assistance with my phone, well not the phone itself. The annoyingly cheerful self righteous. nosey, always listening built in personal assistant, that goes by the name of Bixby!! How in all that is holy do you turn this bloody thing off? On an Iphone you have to ask Siri something. Alexa you have to use a trigger word. But Bixby is constantly listening and has no qualms about butting in to your conversation and telling you that it can't find whatever in your contacts. I even have to clear it with her to turn the bloody phone off.
The thing is I have no idea how it got activated and even less on how you permanently terminate the annoying piece of software.
I have to admit its driving me mad. The thing just does not shut up. Its worse than the wife.
its a Samsung FE20 and if it wasn't so expensive Bixby would be on the business end of a belt grinder.
Anyone help me out here?
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There are some pretty good hunting and shooting shows on Netflix if you search for them. American obviously so they are all a bit gung ho.
Been watching the BBQ cook outs on Netflix. Torturing myself as I have been put on a diet. Never knew baby back ribs cook better if you remove the skin on the inside.
Some of the BBQ recipes look delicious but they are always closely guarded secrets. you see some of the spices etc that goes in but then the camera goes off when they put that something special in.
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Just now, TIGHTCHOKE said:
You obviously set you standards far lower than I do!
Quite correct Sir, I constantly set my standards low and constantly fail to meet them.
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Never seen the film, pretty much gave up on the Jaws franchise after Jaws 3D A truly diabolical bit of film making.
But watched Jaws the revenge last night out of curiosity as there was not much else on and I have to say what a pile of rubbish. Since when do sharks sound like elephants? I didn't know sharks had vocal cords.
Micheal Caine obviously didn't want to be there and probably promptly sacked his agent as soon as filming finished.
There are some terrible yet worth a watch Shark films out there such as House Shark. The Meg. All the Mega Shark films, and the classic Atomic Shark. But Jaws The Revenge was not worth watching at all. All the good shark films go out of their way to be rubbish deliberately. Jaws the revenge does not even have to try.
Tremors was on afterwards, classic film that. But the peepers where having trouble staying open.
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I think it won't be long before Italy actually turn up and shock everyone, at the moment the other 5 teams know they are going to thrash them and its points on the board, but one year I reckon it will be a shocker.
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I blame my wife, she usually turns rivers red and milk sour but freezing the sea is not beyond her capabilities.
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36 minutes ago, chrisjpainter said:
Well that sounds like a challenge...
There are some Dire films out there, but any film starring Pauly Shore is almost certainly guaranteed to be a total and utter unfathomable shile of pite
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11 hours ago, Scully said:
😂 Never appealed to me back then and still doesn’t; have never seen it.
It is on my worst film list hovering around No7.
Biodome is No1 and will never be knocked off that spot.
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I remember me and a mate shot a magpie, cleaned it, plucked it and cooked it over the fire. Got to admit it looked lovely bit of charring here and there and nice and golden. Shame neither of us had the minerals to eat it.
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The script for Bill and Ted's excellent adventure was written in just four days in a coffee shop. Not that it shows.
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Speaking of useless household items, does anybody remember the "shower attachment" that you put on your bath taps? Two rubber bits fitted over the hot and cold tap and went into one pipe with the shower head at the end. Quite possibly the most annoying and useless invention ever. No matter how you adjusted the taps it was either freezing cold or scolding hot coming out of the shower head. When I first moved in with the wife, fiance at the time. She had one and the first thing I did was lob the thing in the rubbish.
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Just now, JKD said:
Why didn't you just ask the owner/staff ? They won't bite 🤔😂 Some of the Polish foodstuffs are quite nice,,,, and reasonably priced, so my Polish colleagues tell me 😉
I have no idea why I didn't ask. I thought that when I was getting in the car.
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We have our first Polish shop, took over the local Costcutters. Had a wander around in there yesterday, came out empty handed as I had no idea what I was looking at. Loads upon loads of different meats and about 20 types of sausages but nothing in English so I walked out. What did catch my eye was what looked like a giant slab of streaky bacon. Had the rind on it as well. But as the label clearly did not mention bacon or a word that looked like bacon I left it.
I did spot green and red Thai Curry Paste in big pots. The proper Thai stuff not the rubbish from Blue Dragon or Sharwoods and that gigantic plank of a has been chef Ainsley Harriet.
Taking me phone in there today for translation purposes. Because the stuff they have in there looks really nice just a shame you don't know what bit of the animal you are buying.
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C'mon the Paddy's looks like it could be our year!!
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5 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:
But if it was bought as a cool air fan drying rack why are you surprised it doesn't blow hot/warm air?
That piece of **** is the exact one we have.
I'm not too bothered about the fan. Its the design of the thing. Its just push fit metal into plastic. It has no structural integrity at all.
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Project for next week. Create a sturdy clothes horse. With all the technology available now you would have thought someone would come up with a reliable and sturdy clothes horse/dryer? We have just got one, the wife thought it was a brilliant item as it has a built in fan at the bottom(which pointlessly blows cold air not hot) and to say its flimsy and obviously designed by a idiot is an understatement. You just have to look at it wrong and it falls to bits. Putting clothes on it is like playing Buckaroo (remember that) You can get away with a couple of pairs of socks but put a jumper on it and it begins to come apart. Try and balance the load with another jumper the other end and BUCKAROO!!! its bits of tubing and plastic all over the floor. Useless. Firing up the CAD software today and its my mission to design and make a proper job!
In between all the other knife and slingshot projects I have going on.
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That'll do pig...That'll do.
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Rule No1 An Angle grinder has no respect for you or your body parts. They should never be 100% trusted no matter how proficient you are with one. In my opinion they are just waiting for an opportunity to hurt you badly and they generally do not take prisoners when they do.
I dropped one once in full spin, luckily I had steel toe caps on, unluckily I did not foresee the angle grinders deliberate change of course on the way down to land behind the toe cap and administering serious damage to my foot and painful 4 hour wait in A&E.
Where ever I can I use a Hacksaw. They are much more civilised.
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5 hours ago, ninjaferret said:
Now now grandson any more of that and there'll be no more pocket money and you'll be put to bed with no tea.
I'm telling gran.
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Was the Viva, Vauxhall's answer to the Model T?
Laser Engraver.
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You can engrave brass and ally easy enough, Done a few brass name plates. Steel is possible if you paint it first, I doubt it will do stainless, not tried it but I wouldn't have thought so.