Recent content by HFC

Actually that's two. :) I'll answer in a PM, because your question deserves an answer, but it's not really relevant to what I'm asking: is Bushcraft more than just idly whittling spoons, how is it relevant to today's society, how might that relevance have changed in the last 50 or so years, is...

Greetings, I've been puzzling over this for a week or so now. I'm going to avoid the "problem subjects [...] such as politics, survivalism [...] and legal systems" but others may stray that way. Draw up a log, throw another on the fire and harken. My early introduction was a childhood...

Hello Dave89, ~There's a long PM coming outside of this direct thread. It's not really about the ABS as such - I see it as an indicator of a whole different situation, but returning specifically to the car issue: Yes - the component has been identified. But it's not the sensor, it's...

Greetings, There were two, understated - unstated even!, reasons for my original post. Firstly; to canvas the wisdom of our particular crowd to see if there was any consensus as to an "honest" type of vehicle - where function, dependability, "fitness for purpose" outweighs other, mainly...

Quite fixable - what's annoying is that the car fails the test, not because the braking is not to the prescribed effectiveness, but because an indicator light on the dash is lit. There's a distinct lack of common sense here, imposed as I understand it by bureaucracy ... I'd rather opt out from...

I'm still seething from an MOT fail because of an ABS light not going out. Note that the brakes tested fine on the brake rollers, but that because the light stays on - it has to fail. (Yes I tried taking the fuse out and one or two other tricks suggested "elsewhere".) But it sets me to...

Seconding @Mesquite's suggestion about an awl - there's some interesting info over on bpl about creating a diy version of the Chouinard Expedition Sewing Kit. Basically; get some decent threads, chop down a pin vise, drill a hole through the stub for a cotter pin T-bar. HFC

I've been caught out doing that - some of the Stations have strong local magnetic fields - I'm guessing because of electrical equipment, if not the lines themselves, and an indicated N may not be ... HFC

Thanks everybody for the suggestions - I hadn't realised that what I thought was a fairly odd request is not that uncommon - albeit for different reasons. The other-half saw me looking at this page and asked what I was about - she now fancies some pouches done in pink - which ought to be quite...

Greetings! I picked up a pair of genuine issue molle utility pouches, pair of water-bottle pouches, together with a comfy molle hip belt awhile back. Once I'd got the positioning right it works really well as a day-out, bimbling around set-up, together with a camera/binos case on a shoulder...

So what would you do? The way it fell apart so quickly suggests that there wasn't a skilled participant working under cover, or that if there was their knowledge was missing some essential, probably social/leadership, skills. We've seen the calibre, character and capability of most of the...

Picked up a boxed set in a charity shop yesterday, and curious about them, tried googling to find that they've already been discussed here and I missed the thread. I've played around a lot (too much) with home-built stoves so thought I'd see how the Grill Gourmet behaves. I have a standard...