"Wally" wrote


Shiny new B&Q just opened a couple of miles from me (oh, goody!).

That's handy!

Too right! Used to be a 20 mile journey. They put it right next to a
Homebase...


I've never bin in one - Swim travelled to a Homebase the other day looking
for the *right* door handles and said it was rubbish. (Virtually a furniture
store..??)

Got the *exact* door handles we wanted on eBay for chump change a few days
later!! 60s style in absolutely perfect/unopened/unused condition, see:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1


In fact, actually not 60's *style'*- they *were* the bloody 60's!! The box
was/is postmark dated 1962!!

'Mazin' innit!!?? :-)



Find their 'reduced to clear power tools bin and keep an eye on it,
but watch they don't have the same stuff for the same price in the
ordinary shelves! I turned me nose up at a nifty-looking belt sander
for 16 nicker a while back and have been kicking myself ever since!!
(The buggers go up to over 200 quid in the 'normal' shelves!!)

I will keep an eye on it, but I think I'll have to wait until they're
clearing stuff out - it only opened a few days ago. :-)


They'll damn soon have one on the go, never fear!

Mind yiu, a few weeks/months ago I got a 'reduced' set of 5 power tools '49
reduced to 29 quid' - next time I was in, the 'normal' rack was full of the
same thing all at 29 quid!! (Never seen the likes of that sander agin
tho'.....)



Popped into the local charity shop and picked up 6 CDs, including 4
classical, for 50p each. :-)

A 'double good' day then!! :-)

And spent some of the weekend finalising the router table design...

http://www.melodolic.com/3D/


Those pages are not working for me (IE) - is it my machine?


Mostly worked out, now, apart from deciding on some of the fixings. Got a
no-volt release switch to add to the front somewhere...

http://www.melodolic.com/ShowNTell/NVRSwitch/NVR-01.jpg
http://www.melodolic.com/ShowNTell/NVRSwitch/NVR-02.jpg
http://www.melodolic.com/ShowNTell/NVRSwitch/NVR-03.jpg
http://www.melodolic.com/ShowNTell/NVRSwitch/NVR-04.jpg


Nice pix! :-)

Can you take a multiway extension lead off that?

Keith G wrote:

I've never bin in one - Swim travelled to a Homebase the other day
looking for the *right* door handles and said it was rubbish.
(Virtually a furniture store..??)

Aye, more furniture, paint and garden stuff - their actual diy/builder stuff
is pretty bad (the wood is absolutely shocking - hardly any of it, mostly
bent/warped crap, and overpriced to hell). B&Q's 8x4 birch ply at under 32
quid a sheet is way better than anything at Homebase.


In fact, actually not 60's *style'*- they *were* the bloody 60's!!
The box was/is postmark dated 1962!!

'Mazin' innit!!?? :-)

The oldest thing I got in eBay was a flint arrowhead - Middle Eastern, about
2000 years old. :-) eBay's well cool - click buttons, stuff shows up. :-)
Have you heard of Freecycle? It's a 'movement' based around mailing lists -
the basic principle is to not chuck stuff out, but pass it on to someone for
nowt. I scored a Phillips CD-60 tonight - 120V jobbie, but came with the
adapter. Also has an optical out which works better than that in my DVD
player, which seemed to pause the data stream at each track, resulting in a
drop-out when tracks would otherwise blend together. The Phillips player
seems to keep it together, so it won't be going into the bedroom after all.
:-)


Mind yiu, a few weeks/months ago I got a 'reduced' set of 5 power
tools '49 reduced to 29 quid' - next time I was in, the 'normal' rack
was full of the same thing all at 29 quid!! (Never seen the likes of
that sander agin tho'.....)

Seems to me that there are always ultra-cheap tools to be had. I've got most
of what I need - anything I don't have, I'll just buy when I do need it.


http://www.melodolic.com/3D/

Those pages are not working for me (IE) - is it my machine?

Works on my IE - it'll want to install an ActiveX control to look at the 3D
drawings (should be something like an eDrawings control from SolidWorks).


Can you take a multiway extension lead off that?

I don't see why not. It has a maximum capacity of 2.2KW. The no-volt bit
means that cutting the source power and resinstating it won't put the power
back into the other side of the circuit - have to work the switches first.
It cost 15 quid plus delivery (about a fiver) from...

www.charnwood.net

Easy click-buttons-and-stuff-shows-up online shopping, and nifty delivery,
too.


--
Wally
www.artbywally.com
www.wally.myby.co.uk

"Wally" wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:

I've never bin in one - Swim travelled to a Homebase the other day
looking for the *right* door handles and said it was rubbish.
(Virtually a furniture store..??)

Aye, more furniture, paint and garden stuff - their actual diy/builder
stuff
is pretty bad (the wood is absolutely shocking - hardly any of it, mostly
bent/warped crap, and overpriced to hell). B&Q's 8x4 birch ply at under 32
quid a sheet is way better than anything at Homebase.


I got my last lot of ply and MDF from a specialist supplier just doon tha
rood from here - half the price of B&Q (in 8 x 4s mind...) and good quality
stuff.




In fact, actually not 60's *style'*- they *were* the bloody 60's!!
The box was/is postmark dated 1962!!

'Mazin' innit!!?? :-)

The oldest thing I got in eBay was a flint arrowhead - Middle Eastern,
about
2000 years old. :-)


When I had a tour at a brickworks one time I was given an ammonite - about
93,000,000 years old!! :-)

They had hundreds of them!!


eBay's well cool - click buttons, stuff shows up. :-)


Unless it's an amp from Hong Kong....!!



Have you heard of Freecycle? It's a 'movement' based around mailing
lists -
the basic principle is to not chuck stuff out, but pass it on to someone
for
nowt. I scored a Phillips CD-60 tonight - 120V jobbie, but came with the
adapter. Also has an optical out which works better than that in my DVD
player, which seemed to pause the data stream at each track, resulting in
a
drop-out when tracks would otherwise blend together. The Phillips player
seems to keep it together, so it won't be going into the bedroom after
all.
:-)


That seems like a very good idea - I hate chucking stuff out!!



Seems to me that there are always ultra-cheap tools to be had. I've got
most
of what I need - anything I don't have, I'll just buy when I do need it.


Sre, I don't buy for buying's sake - apart from the little tiny screwdriver
in the set I mentioned the rest of it will get the usual thrashing!! :-)



http://www.melodolic.com/3D/

Those pages are not working for me (IE) - is it my machine?

Works on my IE - it'll want to install an ActiveX control to look at the
3D
drawings (should be something like an eDrawings control from SolidWorks).


OK, I've just swapped machines - nothing works yet!!



Can you take a multiway extension lead off that?

I don't see why not. It has a maximum capacity of 2.2KW. The no-volt bit
means that cutting the source power and resinstating it won't put the
power
back into the other side of the circuit - have to work the switches first.
It cost 15 quid plus delivery (about a fiver) from...


The reason I ask is that my garage is a bit of a trot down to the bottom of
the garden, so 'yer tea's ready' is a couple of 1 second power cuts in quick
succession - so far it hasn't caused any problems!!! :-)

(Thankfully me drill press and table saw's got their own zero volt reset
switches!!)


www.charnwood.net

Easy click-buttons-and-stuff-shows-up online shopping, and nifty delivery,
too.


Excellent!

Keith G wrote:

I got my last lot of ply and MDF from a specialist supplier just doon
tha rood from here - half the price of B&Q (in 8 x 4s mind...) and
good quality stuff.

What sort of ply? I'm talking about 18mm birch, with the thin layers all the
way through. And how much for an 8x4?


The oldest thing I got in eBay was a flint arrowhead - Middle
Eastern, about
2000 years old. :-)

When I had a tour at a brickworks one time I was given an ammonite -
about 93,000,000 years old!! :-)

Git!


They had hundreds of them!!

Och, that's about as exclusive as sovvy rings! ;-)


http://www.melodolic.com/3D/

OK, I've just swapped machines - nothing works yet!!

Odd. Don't you get prompted to install an ActiveX control, or somesuch?


The reason I ask is that my garage is a bit of a trot down to the
bottom of the garden, so 'yer tea's ready' is a couple of 1 second
power cuts in quick succession - so far it hasn't caused any
problems!!! :-)

(Thankfully me drill press and table saw's got their own zero volt
reset switches!!)

I think I'd be installing an intercom - don't fancy power tools cutting out
without warning.


--
Wally
www.artbywally.com
www.wally.myby.co.uk

"Wally" wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:

I got my last lot of ply and MDF from a specialist supplier just doon
tha rood from here - half the price of B&Q (in 8 x 4s mind...) and
good quality stuff.

What sort of ply? I'm talking about 18mm birch, with the thin layers all
the
way through.


Yes, exactly that, but in unusual sizes (thickness) which were specified in
the speaker plans I was using:


And how much for an 8x4?


1220 x 2440 x 21 mm £38.40 each + VAT

1220 x 2440 x 15 mm £29.70 each + VAT


(The ordinary 12 and 18mm Ply and MDF were half B&Q's prices but, like I
say, in the full size sheets.)




The oldest thing I got in eBay was a flint arrowhead - Middle
Eastern, about
2000 years old. :-)

When I had a tour at a brickworks one time I was given an ammonite -
about 93,000,000 years old!! :-)

Git!


They had hundreds of them!!


Well, dozens and dozens of them - all small, the big ones went to museums
apparently...


Och, that's about as exclusive as sovvy rings! ;-)


Sure - 'exclusive for everyone'!! ;-)




http://www.melodolic.com/3D/

OK, I've just swapped machines - nothing works yet!!

Odd. Don't you get prompted to install an ActiveX control, or somesuch?


No...???



The reason I ask is that my garage is a bit of a trot down to the
bottom of the garden, so 'yer tea's ready' is a couple of 1 second
power cuts in quick succession - so far it hasn't caused any
problems!!! :-)

(Thankfully me drill press and table saw's got their own zero volt
reset switches!!)

I think I'd be installing an intercom - don't fancy power tools cutting
out
without warning.


Hasn't been a problem yet!! - I'll have to rig up something with a hospipe
and a couple of whistles!! :-)