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Hi MM, i noticed before you don't rate Transits, why's that. I have had 4 over the years, they all rusted out in the end, living down a muddy bumpy track in the middle of a wood does not help. Last year i changed over to a 08 vivaro, bad mistake costing me a fortune at the mo, back to a transit...

Hi harvestbarn, purchased 1997, he got the woodrat and i got the leigh at the same time. The woodrat will do smaller finer dovetails than the leigh, other than that they do the same stuff.

Sorry guys, seem to of rattled a few cages hear, this naughty boys has well and truly been told off !

Hi Rhossydd, yeh the poor old boy is in his 80's, half deaf and in poor health, and looks in the same condition as that chip extractor. He has been a good furniture maker for 30 odd years, but now is past it, although he tries to do what he can, anything big he passes on to me.

Hi harvestbarn, a friend has his woodrat on ebay ending saturday item No 221327956916 if you are interested. No good to me as i use the leigh system.

Yeh phil thats the word, thanks. Rodger, master criminal me ! just don't want to give stuff away, 9 times out of 10 items reach a good price.

I like the heat the GU10's give off, in a house with no heating every little helps !

Hi karl, yes i know its wrong but having a uk workshop name gives me some animosity , so not worried.

I used to start most things off at 99p to save on fees but got fed up with packaging stuff up and sending it off for 99p when items only made that amount plus the postage. Now i start of at a low figure and if the item is slow i will ask a friend to bid it up, if he gets it we just say to ebay...

Thanks for the replies, i will stay with buying then ! To tsb i will be selling my vivaro after xmas , not a lot wrong with it now i've replaced most things, if your interested give it a miss as its s**t. I don't seem to find the good ones, i does not help living down a 1/2 mile track full of...

Richard, post the same question on ARB TALK, lots of guys on their would be interested in buying a copy , i would but the other half would not speak to me for a few days if i spent £50 on a book but hey thats normal. Yep count me in for £35. Been in this game for 26 years but still have a thirst...

The only paypal problem i have had so far is when someone purchased a duck house from my web site when they were on holiday in spain as they wanted it their for when they got back. Everything fine, then email from paypal saying payment received ok to send goods, 3 days later paypal said suspect...

I'm fed up with buying second hand vans that after a year things drop off or things go wrong. A friend suggested lease hire, i don't know anything about how it works. Anyone out their who does it this way, pro's and cons please and prices for a transit size van, thanks.

She probably wants one because most of her friends have one, my two did not get one until they started secondary school. Computers are another bugbear , my 13 year old lad would be on his computer playing or watching games being played on you tube 24 / 7 if we let him, Its as if he is addicted...

have you a router, done it this way lots of times with a large 45 degree cutter and a clamped fence.

did a shop referb once, a mate did the plastering for a new ceiling, the owner wanted to open for business quickly, against my advice he and some family members painted the next day, never went back to see if it pealed.

i have it all here, balsam, knotweed, and my woods covered in rhodi. I started to pull up any balsam that showed its face after a neighbour farmer commented that it was seeding into his field, although the bees love it this year we were down to 3 plants. And after 26 years i think i have finally...

hi all, when i started on the road as a full time furniture maker about 26 years ago their were not that many of us out here in the sticks but now every one with a few tools in the garage wants to become one, now i don't have a problem with that but it does dilute the pool of potential...

Hi vormulac, i have fitted ika, homebase and b&Q but rate Howdens. Their units come ready assembled so a big time saver their, all the doors and panels come boxed so well protected. If you open your own account with them you will get a good discount, the designer always comes out to check...

Hi cobra, where in somerset are you ?