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  1. Lefley

    Axminster price increasing

    Shipping costs from China to west coast of Canada are going up 145% or 2,000 to 4,900. so won’t be ordering a full container of bubble wrap any time soon.
  2. Lefley

    B&D urban myth?

    All companies do this. They make money on selling or fixing. If it lasts forever they cut there own throat. Ie. my in-law is a head exec at General Motors. All parts in a car must last 97 percent of the time 6 months past warranty. After that they want it to fail as they make money in parts not...
  3. Lefley

    Useless facts

    He said the lowest number Not to be mentioned. Every number from 0-42 is mentioned.
  4. Lefley

    Invasion of US Capitol building

    But they want to impeach him, so they can then stop him from ever again holding an elected office. That is there end game.
  5. Lefley

    excess deaths around 1928?

    That would be the great influenza epidemic of 1928-1929. A sort of second wave of Spanish flu of earlier, then penicillin waS discovered in 1929-30 I believe.
  6. Lefley

    Invasion of US Capitol building

    When you can lose your house or life savings by going to the hospital, you are not living in a very good country.
  7. Lefley

    Bringing goods from the EU

    We have this tax thing in Canada. Sort of. We live on the Alberta/ British columhia border. Anything we buy in bc is subject to bc tax. But if we order from alberta and get it shipped to bc there is no sales tax. As Alberta has no sales tax. Now if we buy a car in Alberta anc then register it in...
  8. Lefley

    Bringing goods from the EU

    Seems like a big winner in all this I’d the government they get to charge 20 vat on everything you guys import from the eu now!
  9. Lefley

    Bringing goods from the EU

    What is the other forum. As a Canadian I’d like to read both sides of this story?
  10. Lefley

    Bringing goods from the EU

    Come back to Canada! I live in bc. Right in the mountains.
  11. Lefley

    Insulated Shipping Container Help

    You need the vapour barrier on the warm side and the cold to warm zone where the two temperstures meet needs to be 1/3 in from the warm side into the insulation. If there is not enough insulation sometimes this area is actually inside the building and you get huge condensation. If that insul...
  12. Lefley

    Is Mike G ok?

    You answered your own question . The always snowplow the main roads first!
  13. Waterfall bowl

    Waterfall bowl

    Red mallee natural edge bowl
  14. Waterfall bowl.

    Waterfall bowl.

    Red mallee natural edge bowl.
  15. Lefley

    How many active turners remain in UKWorkshop ?

    I turn all the time, night weekend! and a carpenter for day job.
  16. Lefley

    Chinese Copies of the Knew Concept Coping saws

    I try an never buy Chinese unless there is no choice. But it sure is hard. Even the big companies exploit us.like apple products. Made overseas for $40.00 charge us 1,200. Says the rest is engineering. But don’t tell you they make 100$ of billions in profits.
  17. Lefley

    Getting small swirl marks with Festool RO150 Sander

    MY friend got this. He was to high of suction and the weight of vacuum hose was tilting sander getting swirls. Uneven weight on side of sander.
  18. Lefley

    This price is OTT

    You realize all our stuff would be thus expensive if they were built like this. Built to super high standards. Built by people in factories in countries where people make a living wage. Not China! I believe made in switerzerland, Austria and Germany.
  19. Lefley

    Oh My - I've been so badly undercharging for my work !

    You are so right. I believe an I phone has 34$ of parts in it.
  20. Lefley

    Oh My - I've been so badly undercharging for my work !

    Well you could order this in Canada!
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