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    Square or rectangular? (Workshop design)

    with that size place u could build in a living apartment for when u get chucked out of the house..... enough room for some collectable m/cycles and the odd car..... nice one.....
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    Any electric oven experts in here?

    how many NEWER cars are in the junk yard with maj electronic problems.....? either to expensive to fix or NOBODY KNOWS..... I'll stick with the oldens thank u..... I bought a crashed Morris Marina van when they were new....... Changed the 1.3 petrol engine for a 1.5 BMC diesel.....kept the van...
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    MIG versus TIG

    dont be suprised if some rods get damp....damp not wet...they will never work even with a lot of extra amps..... Agent_Z has the correct idea..... my wife soon got used to it........lol... plus only buy a known brand of rod....some of the cheap Chinese stuff can be very bad...... Join the MIG...
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    MIG versus TIG

    here u go .... well worth a look.....but it's $20,000 dollars.... If I was starting out again I'd have one....
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    If I run a 100V japanese tool on 120V US electricity

    D_W aren't planers supposed to be simple.....? what about it, personally it's a bit late for me, well sorted P/T wise but I go for it and worry later.....Just what could go wrong.....hahaha.... u'd get most of ur money back as break or repair machine.... If only I had known about Japan sooner...
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    MIG versus TIG

    just to say I was tought to stick weld at 16 by a life long friend.......now 73.... I have two oil cooled stick welders 225amp and 500amp plus a 180 copper wound buzz box.... the mig which is still packed is a 180...bought the extras to try to weld ally with it.... Now a decent AD/DC Tig...
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    Electric vehicles - again

    Scamll Scarab, little artic truck or mechanical horse turns on a tanner...if u can remember them.... I can remember as a very young boy, my uncle used to drive one for Brit rail in Willesden, London...
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    Festools concept of Black Friday is off

    festool dont bother coz those that buy their stuff also wear T shirts with a crocodile on..... hooked on fashion....hahaha...
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    Is there a battery/cordless 23G pin nailer?

    Sam, don't discount Poland or Lithuania.....I've had no probs with deliveries or language.... last time I bought from the US, DHL screwed me poper... it was a 1914 speedo for an antique m/cycle.... also it doesn't matter now but a lot of US stuff was sold in Russia.... but found it's way in to...
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    Experimenting with Japanese chisels

    Derek living nearer to Japan than us in't north, has their tools affected what's gen used down sarf.....? I have a small 8" very thin pull saw.....quite impressed for delicate work.... will look out for some bigger ones now as my Stanley throw aways are getting done...... Any suggestions on...
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    Aldi bandsaw blades

    Go to Ian at Tough Saw u wont be disapointed with price or product..... pretty much all the blades I used to buy from the manufacturer are rubbish by comparison.....
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    Sauter Shop and import taxes

    just to add....... lately a lot of German companies will not post to Greece....yes it still is in the EU....but why bother......? So now we buy the same products from Poland, sometimes Lithuania often cheaper, well a little..... the postal charges are quite reasonable as well...... where we used...
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    Sharpening gear - it's changed a lot in recent years!

    I bought these for around £25 each......they are about.....both on Faceache Market place.......... had to make the stands tho.....both are 1inch thick steel disc's.... the wheels are just a temp thing....rather heavy.....made it just before I moved here....it's a slow speed unit....it has now...
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    Not quite a Roubo work bench

    Rob Hope those planes have retracted blades.... even on a wooden beanch dont leave the planes like that.... Ok if the bench is clear but if u get in the habbit of doing it one day u'll lay it on a nail....!!!! best to park em on their sides....or have a scap of wood just to raise the front a...
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    Cascamite. Is it my incompetence or the product duff?

    is it a tradition.....?.... why bother with all the mess AND worry... anything special I use a resin but norm water resistant PVA does all I want....
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    Inside-out countersink bit?

    nice on plastic plumbing tube.....
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    Electric hand planers

    I have a good few elec planers I've picked up over the years with w/shop clear outs.... I have that only does really horrible knotty wood, one for the like of pallet wood...... and one for best....luckily they all use the same carbide blades... I buy them in lots of 20..... for shall we say...
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    Where do you hang your clothes at night?

    for years we had a dirt room....everything stayed in there...... strip off and use the shower in the next room..... not allowed in the house covered in oil....no idea why.....lol..... Mind things do change, I was allowed to park my motorcycle in the front room last week....hahaha....
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    Hanging Doors

    cowtown_eric..... when I last fitted new doors in the UK.... the hinge side of the door was because that was the only side with a decent thickness of wood to take hinge screws the lock side was pitiful thin edging.... just fitted a couple of hand made doors here... use a Stanly knife to mark...
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    Precision Combination Chuck

    I'm sure they would have been just another importer of the same stuff.... I used to visit that shop when Ilived in S Manchester..... There's a couple of good turning supply shops around they will prob help.... perhaps a photo wouldn't go amiss... I suppose u may be able to get one made butthat...
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