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    The phone is ringing…

    Doug....it takes real skill to make em like that....lol..... think of the complex joint angles.........
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    replacing an old style 18v parkside (lidl) battery

    I had similar problems with my old Hitachi batteries.... no conversions adapters were available then.... so found a guy with the same tools and gave the lot away and replaced my drills with the latest Hitachi models..... fast forward 10 years and they are getting ready to be replaced...
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    The phone is ringing…

    If u had lived with them for 17 years u'd understand.......
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    Surface plates

    cowtown_eric..... ur photos never came out here...... an interesting vid on utube for Granite and marble proccesing from quarry to finished sheets..... the machines are truely big and amazing... good to watch whilst have ur coffee.... I was in Thassos years ago and it's a place for rose...
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    The phone is ringing…

    not really interested in anything the French do.... if u want a spire with a twist...pun intended..u only have to go to Chesterfield, Derbyshire.....hahaha......
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    Post a photo of the last thing you made

    stigmorgan love ur stuff.......shame about the music....... why is it everytime u watch a drama etc on TV u have cr@p jazz......does anyone really like it.....? it's the only music, if u can call it that, where u can add or drop a note and nobody notices..... my wife just mutes the jazz on...
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    Bobbin Sander - which one?

    no way can I get anything from the UK..... so found this.....
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    Grrrr and double grrrrrr grrrr

    it was made to be wheel chair friendly..... gonna try and do one per year, so 3 to go......all concrete floors, inc upstairs....!!!!!!!!.
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    Bandsaw

    u need to give us some idea of funds available...... remember u always grow into /out of ur machines..... go for something that will do what ya want plus more..... if u buy a qual machine u'll get ur money back if u wanna upgrade in the future.... supose it's diff to avoid a cheapo far eastern...
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    Grrrr and double grrrrrr grrrr

    the worst bit about bathrooms is they are always to small..... can't swing a cat comes to mind... just turned one into a wet room.....loads'a fun.... lucky the floor is solid concrete.... still had to dig the floor up tho to change the water run/ slope.....hahaha..... the other problem is all...
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    External wall tiles

    Dr Phill we had em on our house in Cheshire....... 3-4 houses were green, then blue and then brown .....when new u could choose the colour u wanted... anyway, the guy across the street with brown tiles asked to borrow my power washer to clean off the moss n mold...he took the colour of as...
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    Workbench drawers

    decent full width drawer runners "at a decent price".....stuff of dreams.....hahaha.... if I have to use runners, all mine come from the skip......I have quite a few, just in case......lol...... even getting qual ply to make drawers with at a price u can afford would be nice..... I was buying...
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    Flip top mitre saw work bench. Looking for tips and ideas. TIA

    unless I've missed the point..... I had a brand new DeWalt flip saw, and regret selling quite often...Makita make a copy..... The way I see it, as have a bench top saw this does both jobs very well and accurate.... if it has to built into a base unit just bin the legs.....simples...
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    Book--On Bench Polisher

    here's mine but not a bench machine.....it's 3hp x 3 phase......apart from the bearings all made from scrap...PS now has a belt guard.... u'll find the average bench grinder conversion hopeless...not enough power even if u go slowly plus the bench gets in the way quite often.... I use a white n...
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    Workbench drawers

    easily adapted for a bench but a little large... my mobile storage.....small grinders, big grinders drill etc etc....the trays just run on 2" angle iron also some drawers under the fettling table...3/4 ply all glued n screwed.....6 bearings from skate wheels per drawer....gotta be 50kilos per...
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    WD40 Products

    I use a lot of degreaser....on my last gallon of Screwfix's best vintage..... great price and works well.......
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    Follow up from Thicknesser Electrics

    Sawtooth, I think u need more tools/machines in ur shop......to much wasted space....hahaha....... I have an Italien made cast iron multi use machine..... sorry cant rememeber the manufacturer.....and it's under a load of junk and wood..... hope to get it out early next year.....cant wait to...
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    Spin Dryers

    with the cost of elec etc plus the machine.. it'd be cheaper to buy 2 more pairs of jeans.... dont fancy using a de humid anyway due to the cost of elec..... in my old flat I used a coat hanger on the shower rail...... u only use it once a day.......?????? lol...
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    Scotland

    is that because Scotland will leave the UK.....?......lol...... Norfolk.... the wind never stops blowing......nice veg tho.....hahaha..... plus u need webbed feet as the rain has nowhere to run off..... just kidding.....Mr Haggis.....
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    Bandsaw choice

    have a look here....homeworkshop.org...... if u can wait to get the £500's in ur pocket u'll get a much better machine...... spectric's correct if u can do a little works ur'self..... Been a long time since I bought in the UK but we used to by a 3phase or 440v machine and change the motors... in...
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