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    Swaging vs crimping - same thing?

    Hi all, Am involved in heated debate, so heated that I have registered here just to get my answer once and for all! I know the term swaging is usually used to refer to the punch swage you hammer into the end of a pipe section to increase the end diameter. But I'm seeing some instances...
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    Removing carpet staples / floor staples

    So, I’ve ripped up some old carpet from my new-ish house finally, and now I need to remove the staples from the floor. I read somewhere that you can use a floor scraper to shear off floor staples by running it over them repeatedly, which seems useful, but as I don’t have a floor scraper I was...
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    Another crowbar question...

    I have a thing for the little blighters. This is purely a thing of curiosity, though - my bonsai claw pry says it has a 'low profile' claw, enabling it to fit into tighter spaces. What does this mean? Does it relate to angle, or thickness? I imagine it might relate to angle, as I'm...
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    Perhaps a stupid question - When to plant veg?

    I've just obtained my first ever real life garden here in Cardiff - never had one before, but used to visit my granddads all the time until he passed. of course, that was a long time ago now, so most of the knowledge he handed down has faded...... Anyway, on to my perhaps dense question -...
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