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Weren't rubber O rings, were they? In a petroleum solvent? Viton O rings might be a better bet for that application.

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6Al4V is used on some climbing gear AIUI due to it's strength; honestly haven't a clue what the cooksets would be made from! Lots of alloys - either a) which is cheapest or b) which the factory is geared to use. (Although I can probably tell you what stainless your kitchen cookware is :) )...

The cheapest. CP (commercially pure) is about the most malleable, but Ti is one that makes a lot of stainless steels look easy to work.

Hi Silverback, welcome aboard. Really nice knife you've displayed elsewhere; a lovely piece. Martin, did you ever train with Pete Farrar? (or am I showing my age?!)

None here either. Don't think there's one in my CAMRA homebrew book either.

So not really that different to a power tool "manual" present day then? :) (Yes, I know how to avoid decapitating, electrocuting or otherwise inconveniencing myself with this tool, all I want to know is how to adjust it!!!)

Before hops were readily available, all sorts of things were added to beer to help preserve it - including heather. I can find an awful lot of recipes for ales that use a lot of hops, too :) Here's a good site on various beers & related (including meads, melomels, sake and other fermented...

That sounds fun. What sort of quantity of sloes to the 2l? As for chocolate & sloes - tried it, but another time I'll stone the sloes first. Wish I could find an easy way to do that...

Instruction manual? http://www.protectorlamp.co.uk/Lamp22.htm

ISTR that wild service berries were used in beer before the widespread adoption of hops?

I found the spiced rum absolutely revolting, and normally I'll drink more-or-less anything (except retsina). Pusser's rum is wonderful stuff...

Leaves look like wild service, but I've no direct experience of it. Not at all sure. BTW - possibly useful resource: http://www.sxbrc.org.uk/projects/hedgerows/hedgerow_tree_book.pdf Lists WS, but no ID for it.

It really isn't poisonous from personal experience (with the usual provisos of YMMV etc.) http://www.millionmenu.info/eng/recipes/collection/drecip1069/ http://www.millionmenu.info/eng/recipes/collection/drecip3565/

Guelder rose. Edible cooked, there's a few recipes online for drinks & pies made with them.

Bulldog clips or ratchet clamps (with scrap glued in) for me - I find those spring clamps a bit too aggressive for leather. Marvellous for other gluing jobs, however.

Yup, and to complete it - I'm talking about agar in a petri dish . Added - Found this on spore propagation: http://www.cce.cornell.edu/clinton/ag/forestry/mushrooms/Growing%20Gourmet%20Mushrooms%20bw.pdf http://mushroomspawn.cas.psu.edu/SpawnGrowth.htm...

The plugs I've seen have been fairly well riddled with mycelia by the time they get to the customer; so for DIY, there's no reason why not. Right about the sterilised plugs though - and the spores are usually brought on initially on agar slides.

I used http://www.yell.com to find paint factors using "Automotive paint" as search terms; my nearest is Autocolours ( http://www.autocolours.co.uk ). I'm still working through a tin that I picked up in York a number of years ago... HTH.