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alan frost06/09/2011 16:08:26
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Hard to select a topic for a miracle but one has occurred. It looks as if the esteemed publishers have spent some money. Today they prompted me by a PM to renew my subscription, promising a free gift, a welding book.
I last welded in 1961 and despite having several projects needing this skill, and promises from a friend of " If you've done it ,half an hours practise and you'll be flying.." I keep putting off using my TIG welder and cheap Aldi stick welder.
But these publishers know the way to a man's wallet . A welding book !!!
I resubscribed and found for once the site friendly and intuitive . It even found my address (which the police have n't managed yet, thank God) from my post code.
Let's hope this spirit of largesse continues and they pay our long suffering editor suitable compensation for the abuse he suffers (when his only fault is to defend the indefensible too often .As I've said before his only excuse is that the indefensible pay his wages ).
Must go-I'm off to Knock mountain , which I may ascend on my knees if the free gift also arrives. But well done MEW.
David Clark 106/09/2011 17:04:37
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Hi Alan
Please allow 2 months for delivery.
regards David
 
Stub Mandrel08/09/2011 21:43:34
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I'll endorse that, the free books arrive, but not overnight. That would be divine intervention!
 
Neil
_Paul_08/09/2011 22:10:19
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Posted by alan frost on 06/09/2011 16:08:26:" I keep putting off using my TIG welder and cheap Aldi stick welder.
 
My Aldi 145 amp stick box is great but eats 15 amp fuses.... or should I say it did ......
 
Regards
 
Paul

DMB08/09/2011 23:20:46
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Paul,
I`m uncertain about your remark that your welder used to "eat" 15A fuses. Does this mean that you now use 3/16" nails in place of fuses? If so, be careful about fires - a fuse is meant to protect the wiring circuit from overheating. Why cant you tap into the cooker circuit? Only thing is, dont try using cooker and welder at same time!
John.
Stub Mandrel13/09/2011 19:11:58
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I only 3mm stick with my cheap welder. It kept popping the circuit braker (not the fuse) on switch on. Best tip I got was to use a long 13A extension lead, the extra resistance limits the inrush current.
 
Neil
alan frost14/09/2011 00:28:12
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I can 't blame fusing for procrastination as during a recent revamp of part of the workshop (painful ) I installed a 16 amp socket and wired it with cable to handle 32 amps if I need to upgrade and a 32 amp breaker but thanks for the tip.
 
Why , David, do you casually accept two months for delivery?. When I worked in semiconductors my customers would have been very disappointed if I could n't arrange an extra shipment (from California ) to Glasgow airport, certainly in less than a week , probably within 3 days if a production line was stopped. Once it cleared customs (less than a day) we got the parts to them the same day , including weekends.
 
I can think of no good reason why your free gift offers should not be shipped within a day of receiving a subscription, but say a week at the absolute maximum. Are you growing the trees to make the paper ? What sort of outfit are they running there ?
Mark Foster 114/09/2011 02:23:42
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we dont even get a free gift . Its an English sort of thing !! the mag only caters for a small group .In England . but the imformation is good . lots of adds fro the english market .its the changing face of things .
David Clark 114/09/2011 07:29:27
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Two months is what it takes.
The offer runs for a month in MEW, then they order the books and then post them out.
Can take up to two months.
I don't decide how the system works.
 
We don't just cater for the UK.
The magazines go around the world. We sell many thousands in Australia and New Zealand.
I have arranged a book for the US and Canada.
I am working on rest of world.
Just takes time.
regards David
 
 
William Roberts14/09/2011 08:09:21
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Dont moan about how long it takes to get your free gift, some of us never get a gift as our subscription renewal date always falls between the free offers .
Regards Bill
David Clark 114/09/2011 08:13:34
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Hi Bill renew your subscription a bit early. You will have to take out a new subscription but it will be tacked on to the old one.
Remeber that the new subscription might be slightly dearer than a renewal.
regards David
Ian S C14/09/2011 11:19:36
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Would'nt mind a freeby, havn't had one here for years, think the last one was a 6" rule. The catalogues (Arc Euro Trade, Reeves, and Proxxon) are actually very handy, I often look them up when a subject relating to them comes up on the web site so that I know what is being talked about. That welding book looks interesting. Ian S C
Stub Mandrel15/09/2011 22:02:22
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I was thinking the other day (that's new) looking at a packet of 'Divvy D' - what happened to tea cards, free gifts in the cereal* (the kids will choke!) and gewgaws taped to the front of magazines?
 
Perhaps there is no one left in the UK who will do teh job of popping in the free gifts?
 
Neil
 
*A body was found face down in a bowl of cornflakes. Police suspect a cereal killer.
Ian S C16/09/2011 11:05:46
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A Postbag complaint seen in ME a few years back," I didn't get my free junior hacksaw" a name, HM Prison XX. Ian S C
alan frost16/09/2011 12:22:33
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All Right ,David. You're getting there-keep on their backs. One day if you keep at it you'll find the faceless one who does decide how the system works. Just publish his OS coordinates here (I don't need a name). My current project is a home built cruise missile.
Testing is going well -you may have noticed in the news the odd house explosion in Scotland that the authorities ascribe to gas. You might care to check how many of these properties had gas supplied.

Edited By alan frost on 16/09/2011 12:33:53

Stub Mandrel18/09/2011 21:56:29
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Watch it Alan,
 
Add a few smileys or MI6 will be knocking your door...
 
Neil

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