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As this thread has been bumped anyway, I've been very much enjoying the mini-rifle lately. I had a surprisingly good result in a club competition, which qualified me for national one.

Here's one of my stages
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHHtA9LASD8

And here's my mate showing how it should be ...

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0a1u7rx482s61cbin26s8/Photo-18-06-2026-11-33-22.jpg?rlkey=72sx193gpswsmc0n54yj1c21f&st=q1y8rhdh&raw=1

Nice one Dave! That all looks very familiar :D

Watch out with budget with the airsoft guys. Some of them spend crazy money. One of our guys was showing me ...

I bought my site manager a Ninja Cafe Pro bean to cup machine back in December by way of a Christmas bonus (on special offer in Costco - £450 instead of £800).
I was a bit sceptical about the Ninja brand, and it did take him a couple of weeks of playing with the various settings to get it *down ...

Massive congratulations, man.

V8Granite wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 9:50 am Not a single part of this is anything but embarrassing for everyone involved.

Dave!

I reckon Binface is OK

I think Farage could actually be in a spot of bother here.

By-election turnout is notoriously low, and I suspect the Reform vote only turns out once they are already in a polling booth. The psychology of the electorate at the moment is that they are more motivated to vote *against* someone they ...

ZedLeg wrote: Tue Jun 30, 2026 11:43 am And some say that there’s a problem with turning domestic property into a business asset

Just out of curiosity, is it private ownership in the rental sector you object to, or the principle of renting/letting per se?

Her scouse roots mean that she finds the concept of landlording mildly offensive to her Trotsky-esque principles, whilst also quite enjoying the trinkets and baubles it brings. She solves this moral dichotomy by simply pretending it's not happening. Think young kids watching the scary bits of Dr ...

integrale_evo wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2026 7:41 pm I mean, I don’t have a huge salary, but if my mrs found out how much I actually spent on a load of old cars she’d probably go nuts

I guarantee you that Mrs Nef couldn't tell you how many houses/flats we own. I'd be pretty surprised if she could even tell you how many are in *her name*

Making adjustable dampers remotely electronically operated, I did think about using off the shelf servos but not sure they have enough rotation for the adjuster knob, so out likely need a small gearbox, and a guess easy enough to wire a power supply and use a servo tester as a knob on the dash ...

Electronic throttle control for carbs, would have saved me having to fabricate a linkage to control two separate ones from a single cable, and would clean up an engine bay as you can run a wiring harness wherever you like where a cable really needs a nice smooth path. I guess you’d probably want ...

Making adjustable dampers remotely electronically operated, I did think about using off the shelf servos but not sure they have enough rotation for the adjuster knob, so out likely need a small gearbox, and a guess easy enough to wire a power supply and use a servo tester as a knob on the dash to ...

Intrigued. Have we got a video?

Not to hand, but I'll try and rustle something up next time I'm at the workshop.

These are the kiddies - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006896077837.html?src=google&src=google&albch=shopping&acnt=494-037-6276&isdl=y&slnk=&plac=&mtctp=&albbt=Google_7_shopping ...

Just in case anyone is still interested 4 years later - the DRS problem was solved with rotational servos. Specifically, a pair of steering arm servos from a 1/5 Baja truck. Each about the size of a matchbox, with 90kg of lifting force.

Not sure what has legally changed, but I believe one of the previous issues with drug driving convictions was the definition of "unfit". With alcohol, there was an agreed limit of alcohol in your blood, but with other things it was a case of if it were detectable you could be deemed under the ...

It's not just the kids. I was mildly shocked to find out that the mum of one of my daughter's mates (who is a GP) just goes about her regular day, including driving and diagnosing patients while on 5mg of valium. She saw absolutely no problem with it.

Here's the previous one, complete with fumbled reload

I just did my first bit of airsoft CQB and the eldest is a bit of a natural shot so stepping stones to grown up stuff like you're doing 😎


Don't hang about. The incoming lead ban may very well put an end to the sport for shotgun from 2029.

We still do a very similar thing with mini-rifle (22 ...

Fair enough. Were you in the running for a high finish up to that point?


God no! I was mid-table at my last national comp of the same level, and some of these international guys are another level again.
The stage before the one I went out on, I had a small mistake and did it in 32s. Without ...

unzippy wrote: Wed May 27, 2026 8:14 am What's a fault line in this circumstance?

The red bits of wood on the floor. They define the area your feet are allows to touch