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Have a great Xmas Phil. Stay out of the workshop if indulging heavily in the port & brandy.

ATB.

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Great track & some loverly scenery. Thanks for sharing. Subscribed to your YT channel.

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Hi Stuart. Welcome to the forum. Try to get as much insulation into the walls and ceiling of the shed as you can. It will be a PIA to do it after yor machines are installed. Good luck with the shed build and your foray into the modellers world.

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Full size is a replica I believe not a model. Must have been one heck of a project.

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Sadly so many plumbers think that they are competant electricians even though they have no electrical qualifications. I know this can be said of many multi trade persons. I personally had to correct the plumber who wired in my boiler several years ago when he wired the thermostat without an earth even though the unit & box had earth tags. He used a 3 core cable when it should have been a 4 core as clearly shown in the wiring diagram. Luckily it was easy enough to fix but what if I had not spotted the error ?

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I have no problem with the tinted glass in my or anyone elses cars. I like the added privacy and heat reduction it affords. I drive in a manner allowing me to stop in an emergency rather that run into the car in front. I can see brake lights & indicators through the rear window of the car in front even when they are tinted. As said before "you cannot see through the solid rear doors of most vans" so what is the difference ?

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I bought the very same thing several months ago on Ebay and that also was delivered by Parcelforce. No warnings at all on the package. To be honest I never gave it a second thought.

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I ordered an item which was supposed to be delivered by Parcelforce according to the supplier. I found it about an hour ago thrown on my doorstep with an EVRI sticker on top of the parcelforce one. Checked the cctv and the chap never rung the bell just dropped it and left.

I have made several comments on my parcel delivery woes before so will not elaborate here.

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A few imperial & metric empty drill index' to sort my drills into some kind of order. My family knows my strict rule. If it is not on my Amazon wish list I dont want it. Its great because you can add things to the list that Amazon do not stock as well. Every year we all swap lists and usually get the items we want.  I say if people want to club together to get larger items it is Ok by me.

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Edited By Oldiron on 28/11/2022 11:48:39   spelling again fat fingers.

Edited By Oldiron on 28/11/2022 11:49:26

@Anthony Knights. I have used inverters for many years at home & in industry and not one has been in an enclosure. They generate quite a lot of heat when working and this needs to be dissipated. I see no vents in your enclosure. I have 2 in my workshop mounted on the wall above & to the side of the machines they feed. Both have remote pendants on the machines. They are mounted 25mm off of the surface with at least 50mm of clearance around the sides as reommended in the installation instructions. Been on the wall and in regular use for several years without any problems. Hopefully you will have no ventilation problems. Your use of 2 boxes to make one is a great solution.

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If you have a mill maybe you could machine the hex down to a better looking size to suit your model.

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National Motorcycle Museum LINK Fabulous place. Although I no longer have a motorcycle I have visited several times. A great day out especially if they are hosting a few clubs on the day.

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Edited By Oldiron on 26/11/2022 10:22:43   spelling

Edited By Oldiron on 26/11/2022 10:23:14

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And of course as is usually the case the American one spells his name differently.

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Hi Manfred, Welcome. Keep us updated on your progress. If you hit any problems just ask as there are many people here that can & will help you.

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Sometimes things go better than expected. I ordered an immersion heater timer on Ebay, Saturday @ 3pm. Estimated delivery Tuesday. Well blow me down on SUNDAY evening @ 7pm it was delivered by an Amazon van. Not got over the shock yet.

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A 250 size toolpost will probably be too big for 3.5" swing. I have a 250 on my Boxford 4.5" swing and it just fits.

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I have already had all my Xmas orders fulfilled in anticipation of strikes,work overload lost parcels etc.

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I think I posted some time ago that I had had the same problem with that delivery company under a different name. ie:- Box too large for letter box, courier claimed it had been delivered through letter box. Never did get my money back even after many complaints. Now I have cctv in the front porch. I sent video footage to Amazon a few weeks ago when the courier claimed to have posted through letter box even though he could clearly be seen leaving the parcel outside and within a few feet of the footpath. We have no fence at the front so everything is open to theft if left outside. I was at home at the time and we have a loud doorbell which he claimed to have rung although the video told a different story. On that occasion I did retrieve the parcel ok. None of them seem to care very much these days.

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As the tool is so simple to make I would imagine their UK sales will drop to zero when people see how expensive it will be to import them.

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