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    Personal Changes You've Made - lighthearted ones..

    I'm of pension age and have NEVER watched East Enders, Emmerdale, or Doc Martin.
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    In the workshop at last.

    Hi Colin, long time no read about. Good to see all the wee jobs you've got; stops you taunting policemen again I suppose...:cool: I'm not much better; I got involved with a volunteer railway and first time on the footplate, bloomin' thing derailed! Got it back on in four (action-packed) hours...
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    How NOT to make field panels - Do Not Do this!

    EVERYBODY!! The title specifically says: "DO NOT DO THIS"...O.P. has a warped sense of humour ("Let's see how many people skim read?" perhaps).
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    A little safety warning

    Clogs, my 9" angle grinder has a gyroscopic "kick" to it that easily challenges one from a delinquent donkey. How the hell do you manage NOT to have an *Australian grinder? (*One that returns to your hand; boomerang?).
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    Sodium hypochlorite

    Try 'milk stone cleaner'. It is the same stuff, near enough. I understand your point about 'Norn Iron' vs Edinburgh. My daughter lives there and the supplies available in even big 'yards' is totally different from 'oor wee place'. There is a fairly good B&Q just off the ring road. Try their...
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    12' x 8' Shed - I'm thinking about dust extraction layout

    I have a 16'x8' garage, similar to your space and I have two extraction sysytems. One, my chips and shavings one, is a big vac with a bag (or H.V.L.P.) is dedicated to the table saw and planer/thickneser. I have them clustered along one wall. On the other wall, I have lathe, drill, bandsaw...
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    getting hold of industrial strength ammonia

    Be nice to your local school lab technician. We used "88" ammonia frequently. They may be able to order you a Winchester (about 2L) of it.
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    Queen Elizabeth has passed away.

    I fully concur with AJB. Secondly, Phil P. made a point without direct offence. He 'showed his colours' without making any tasteless reference today's news.
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    Lectern

    "and accept we are no longer what we once were." Well said Spectric. If you take an economist's view of the last three-four decades, politics do not matter. Under each and every government, our growth has been negative. In other words, we are smaller than we once were, less productive than we...
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    Greetings from Wallsend

    Welcome. I'm just up the road in Alnwick and there are a couple of other members not far away.
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    Lectern

    This time they forgot the stuck on, lazer-cut vinyl.... https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/05/world/europe/britain-truss-prime-minister-johnson.html
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    Complete the phrase "I'm sweating like...."

    Diverging slightly..."it's running like a river, down the cleat of my arris.."
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    Sold Record Dowelling Jig

    I'll have it please. P.M. OR "conversation" a bit later today. Going out now.
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    Sold Bandsaw, Planer Thicknesser, Robert Sorby ProEdge

    Try some of the outlying Newcastle towns/villages. The prices north of Morpeth aren't too bad yet.
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    Myford Lathe

    Yup. Just went out and had a good look at mine. M4. Be VERY careful with maintaining this one. Recommend you look up several VERY good, informative threads on the M.E. forum, There are a couple of doubled-up set screws in and around back gear and the head which catch people out if not...
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    Myford Lathe

    M3 or M4.
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    Withdrawn No 4 and 5 1/2 Record Planes.

    I can't post to Northern Ireland Sorry. Why not? Royal Mail - and most couriers - make not one distinction about St. George's Channel.....
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    For Sale Woodworking Books

    Hi Doris, may I have the Stowe and Hayward please? Will P.M./'start a conversation' tonight. Go to run now.
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    furniture and cabinetmaking

    Agreed, MikeR, and it is a valuable resource p'raps for hand toolies. I was just so taken aback by $165 for.....a shirt?
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    furniture and cabinetmaking

    "HOW MUCH?" for a look-a-like Schwartz shirt????? Those prices are not just insane, they're hyperbolically insane.
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