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The Geeks Guide To Brewing A Decent Beer For 30p A Pint

9th October 2018 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 0

Who likes a beer?  Not me.  No.  I don’t like a beer.  I like loads of beer.  Loads.  And all the nice tasting craft beer like Old Hooky (https://www.hooky.co.uk/) and my local, Surrey Hills brewery. [more…]

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Crossword No. 35

6th October 2018 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug – the only way you can now acquire one! Email entries to me by 6.00 pm today subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last [more…]

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Making A Ruby Laser – Part Five

25th September 2018 Doc Mike Finnley 0

Melting a hole through steel: The above image needs a little explanation! The Doc messed up his camera settings and under exposed the image. So I loaded it into Gimp and played with the curves [more…]

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Having a Bike Fitting

17th September 2018 Sweaty Dave 0

Ever heard of a bike fitting? No not a cycle having a epileptic fit, this is the process of having a bike adjusted to fit you. I know there are a significant number of you [more…]

Engineering

Making A Ruby Laser – Part Four

11th September 2018 Doc Mike Finnley 0

The Doc’s ruby laser focused onto a lighter flint. The flint has been glued to the end of a match stick. The ‘explosion’ measures approximately 4 inches diameter. Interesting things to note are the ‘candy [more…]

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Thoughts of a First Time Cruiser

10th September 2018 Sweaty Dave 0

Before you all start, no not the RP sort of cruising. Prior to the brewery bash, I was lucky enough to enjoy our family holiday. Family in this case being myself, Missus, three teenagers (14 [more…]

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Postcard from Fan y Big

10th September 2018 Jonathon Davies 0

When is a mountain no longer a mountain? When it becomes a hill. Sound strange? Read on. A mountain is a large land form that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of [more…]

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Painting Things

23rd August 2018 Leopard 0

Around Easter in 2017 I got hold of Warlord Game’s skirmish game set in ancient Japan, Test of Honour, bit of a bolt from the blue really. Bought it as much to support my local [more…]

Engineering

Making A Ruby Laser – Part Three

14th August 2018 Doc Mike Finnley 0

More information on laser speckle can be found here:  Speckle pattern A Mirror Alignment Tool The most important part of constructing a ruby laser (or any laser with external mirrors) are getting the mirrors alligned [more…]

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