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Sorry this was not clear. the operations are: cut a length of wire longer than u need and stretch slightly using the pliers as advised; then cut the wire to length needed; then solder in place. Only one pair of hands needed for each operation

Try pulling a length of the wire with pliers at either end to give it a slight stretch, this straightens the wire and leaves it slightly "hardened" so it will remain straight, and then you can cut off the length you need. Used to use this technique on the ancient RAF instruments and their "tag...

Actually you could reply "yes, but only when I back pedal and cycle backwards"

Who needs brakes with lights like those - "Engage photon torpedoes Scotty - Aye captain"

Three mile Island was a design error looking for an accident. There were 2 reactors, the control consoles for each reactor were made left and right handed about a centreline thru the control room. Increasing analogue meter values on the left side went clockwise for reactor 1, whereas increasing...

Many years ago as a learner motorcyclist (1946 BSA Bantam, which was the same age as me) we had a dog in our village that chased everything, cars, bikes, motorbikes, mums with prams. One day one of the other village lads took offence with the dog becuase it nearly caused him to crash in...

Some older military aircraft like the Buccaneer had windscreen wipers, but when the RAF came to use them as opposed to the Royal Navy (who did use the wipers), the airforce pilots used to kick the rudder pedals left and right while flying straight and level, the disturbed air flow as the aicraft...

Hi Everyone, First time post... I joined the Forum just before the host application was atttacked and a lot of us subsequently got an e-mail from the "Webmaster" about a governmant protest plan. About 2 weeks later I had an e-mail from "Paypal" saying my account was expiring and I had to...