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just seen a load of that stuff cut up for firewood........grrrrr...... Oh, went to a house to buy some metal garden furniture this week end.... the stuck up lady had a v large Mullberry tree cut down as she didn't like the squashed fruits on her driveway.... she spoke to me with plums in her...

think I'll keep rebuilding my rust free VW T4 transporter.... I'm 74 next year....hopefully it'll see me out..... Unless some moron in a fancy new car totals it.....

my wheely thing was from the catheter my wife had her after an op..... when we left i took it from the bin....knew it would be handy.....hahaha..... she was suprised when i showed her it's new use.... at that time my myford had no coolant system..... made a bracket that would take a 1 gall oil...

Fergie307 I believe that parafin is the best lube /coolant for Ally when machining.... cant remember the last time I machined ally for anything other than washers.... and for those that think metal doesn't move/twist try welding some.....hahaha... once u get used to the movement u adjust ur...

Bought two sets from China thinking they were rubbish .... still on the first set......I use em to open up brass carburettor jets.... the pin chuck that came with it was worthless so bought a used one from ebay.... may have been Starret....

made a lot of kitchns in Africa for new houses... I actually took a Wadkin panel saw to do it.... face framed and ply.... no backs, straight onto the painted wall....2x1"s Hilti nailed battens..... very rough job and these were 1/2 million pound houses 28 years ago.... talk about...

thikone see ur as crazy as me..... I/we looked for months for the RIGHT tree...everyone I found wasn't good enough..... in the she said thats the one, so off with the tractor n chainsaw.....no regrets... I like ur's very much..... if u look o the web partiqulary the USA and see what they do for...

we took it to the extreme...... thats Lilly, Bengal Leopard cat....ripped apart by a dog....not my dog's.... George, has just dissapeared, found in a bin with his sister at a couple of days old.....just hope somebody stole him and not poisened...

Plenty of the Sheppach around they have brushless motors....mines over 20 years old..... mines a proper looking saw, Yellow on a foldable cabinet ^original^ with wheels.... I keep mine for super accurate small jobs....I also use it to teach people how to use a table saw.... it's not as...

I hate cutting up pallets but when they are as new, free or 3 euro's each who can resist..... they get left by the council bins as well..... even my wife pick em up now on her travels....we drive a VW T4 kombi.....which helps.... for me to make a new pallet here would cost at least...

watch out for at Lidil's....not been around for a while so due soon....? Mains powered decent LED'S and a high power magnification spot..... was about £45.....highly recomended....

GLS' nice to know I'm not alone...... forgot to say ....here steel for struvctural use ie box and channelis cheaper than buying wood..... So most Purgulars etc are now steel framed..... The other bonus here as it's a hot dry climate even when chipped it doesn't rust heavily.... Plus being an old...

well, thats opened up a can of worms to only a FEW of us I fear......hahaha....most people hate metal...... Like u I just love St/Steel...esp when polished......but the costs of stock are phenominal up here.... Where no stresses are involved I make a lot of irreplacable fittings from it for old...

as an EX Pat that lived there, buying and selling machines...... anything thats DIY size, not abused or junk needs to come from outside Frogland..... they have some good industrial size machines tho but not at that money.... Belgium or Italy are good for machines, Spain and Portugal is a...

had a friend that worked in Vauxhaul's press shop in Luton.... He got transfered to the drawing office along with others after losing his hand..... I cant quite remember the vehicle but think it was a Viva bonnet....not lol.....

John Hall wouldn't know where to buy em here.....hahaha......

I was tought go in slow n hard.....no coolant.....on S/Steel Cobalt drills are really not that expensive anymore...perhaps 50% ...... I dont buy HSS anymore...... I have to drill hundreds of holes in angle iron and other carp steels, often up a ladder and overhead...... Sorry for the PUN but...

Phil Pascoe.... sounds like a great woman ur wife...using angle grinders..... mine promised she would not use my circ saw again.....lol.....

Your the MAN.....

brilliant job....nice to see someone caring..... mind 1/2 the battle is decent affordable timber.... just for fun John what was the cost in lumber....?