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Moose McAlpine
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Dr.Al
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The nice man from amazon just delivered this:
Been on my list of probably-won't-buy-it-but-want-one for a while and then someone on the ukworkshop forum pointed out that amazon had them for £27 which seemed a bargain to me (they're usually more like £45). There were apparently 14 in stock at amazon when the person who noticed the price posted it on the ukworkshop forum. A couple of hours later all 14 had gone!
It still strikes me as odd that some of the best metric-only tools that you can get in the UK come from an American company like Starrett.
Been on my list of probably-won't-buy-it-but-want-one for a while and then someone on the ukworkshop forum pointed out that amazon had them for £27 which seemed a bargain to me (they're usually more like £45). There were apparently 14 in stock at amazon when the person who noticed the price posted it on the ukworkshop forum. A couple of hours later all 14 had gone!
It still strikes me as odd that some of the best metric-only tools that you can get in the UK come from an American company like Starrett.
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That’s because starrett make some of their tools in Scotland
Dr.Al
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This one's made in the US according to the box.
I just find it odd that you don't get lots of high quality german or similar metric-only tools over here. I know there are a few, but they seem harder to come by than Starrett.
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Good pliers
I’ve got the set (pliers, long nose pliers, side cutters and water pump pliers) for work, very good quality
My Old Landy
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A whole load of parallelism 
some surface rust but all hardened and will clean up nicely
some surface rust but all hardened and will clean up nicely 
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Signed by the Wiggle womens cycling team. (Most famous probably Laura Trott - her autograph on the RHS boob position)
At XS it won't fit me, so on the wall i think.
Think it's Jedburgh, just over the border.
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It is, just along the road from us, back in June they talked about closing the factory and moving production to China and Brazil, not 100% what's happening currently.
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That factory seems to have been clinging on by its fingernails for about the last 30 years. Be a sad day if it finally succumbs like so many others
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A box of booze:
The meths my local hardware store sells has such a repulsive smelling additive in it that even opening the bottle makes me gag. I wanted some without the colouring as well to use for shellac mixes as well, so I got a few bottles of denatured alcohol to keep me going. This doesn't smell anywhere near as bad, which is a relief given the amount I bought!
The meths my local hardware store sells has such a repulsive smelling additive in it that even opening the bottle makes me gag. I wanted some without the colouring as well to use for shellac mixes as well, so I got a few bottles of denatured alcohol to keep me going. This doesn't smell anywhere near as bad, which is a relief given the amount I bought!
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Today I received, big thanks to Graham @northwest who kindly arranged an order & delivery to his address [Seller was one of those "Doesn't post to Scottish Highlands" 
] and then redirected it to me, one of these magnetic chucks https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-X7-Per...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
Really grips onto stuff - the only thing I'll have to rejig are the hold-down clamps, not a problem but as they come they're wrongly spaced for the small Amolco table.
Another confirmation of how great the forum is.
] and then redirected it to me, one of these magnetic chucks https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-X7-Per...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649Really grips onto stuff - the only thing I'll have to rejig are the hold-down clamps, not a problem but as they come they're wrongly spaced for the small Amolco table.
Another confirmation of how great the forum is.
