25.4_mechanic
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droopsnoot
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I'm on a similar hunt, but without as much luck as you. I did score a couple of nice ones (relatively) from an autojumble in a box of general hammers, 50p each, which is my kind of price point.
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Good for the mancupboard floor if you've only got bare concrete to stand on , they stiff brush sweep & vacuum off well.
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Ooh, there's a couple of spikes that I didn't know about! I thought I'd read all of them years ago!
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Thats great I have a few my self its funny because I have a lot but you have some I dont. I collect White house hammers, I was lucky as I managed to buy a big job lot that came out of a school, some one on here bought all the duplicates.
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I loved his "Corridors of Power" I thik it was from the Musollini book but I can't be sure:
General: Leaps tall buildings with a single bound. More powerful than a steam engine, faster than a speeding bullet. Gives policy to GOD.
Colonel: Leaps short buildings with a single bound. More powerful than a shunting engine. Is just as fast as a speeding bullet. Walks on water (if the sea is calm). Talks with GOD.
Lt.-Colonel: Leaps short buildings with a running start in favourable winds. Is almost as powerful as a speeding bullet. Walks on water in indoor swimming pools. Talks with GOD if special request is approved.
Major: Barely clears a Nissen hut. Loses tug-of-war with a steam engine. Can fire a speeding bullet and swims well. Is occasionally addressed by GOD.
Captain: Makes high marks when trying to leap tall buildings. Is run over by trains. Can sometimes handle a gun without inflicting self injury. Dog paddles, talks to animals.
Lieutenant: Runs into tall buildings. Recognises trains two out of three times. Is not issued with ammunition. Can stay afloat if properly instructed in the use of a lifejacket. Talks to walls.
2nd Lieutenant: Falls over doorsteps while trying to enter buildings. Says, "Look at Choo Choo." Is NEVER issued with a gun or ammunition. Plays in mud puddles. Mumbles to himself.
Sgt. Major: Lifts tall buildings and walks under them. Kicks steam trains off the tracks. Catches speeding bullets in his teeth and eats them. Freezes water with a single glance . . . HE IS GOD!
25.4_mechanic
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Did the beast bite off the head of the man leaning against the fence? 
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Kim ,
I'd even go the small expense of putting a small stainless steel turn buckle on each loop and tensioning it so the cabinet is solid against the wall or a baton screwed to it . so ther is no move ment at all .
https://www.onbuy.com/gb/mini-stainless-steel-rigging-screw-jaw-and-jaw-m4-marine-turnbuckle ?
I'd even go the small expense of putting a small stainless steel turn buckle on each loop and tensioning it so the cabinet is solid against the wall or a baton screwed to it . so ther is no move ment at all .
https://www.onbuy.com/gb/mini-stainless-steel-rigging-screw-jaw-and-jaw-m4-marine-turnbuckle ?
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Russian roulette
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My lodger Mike out of Christchurch shipped his working , self repaired ( faulty alternator diodes ) XJS back to NZ in a half container , Container paid for by his NZ company & stuffed with as many used Jag spare parts as he could lay hands on at the time . Including two complete sets of quality used leather seats & trims when he returned to NZ back in 1996 after doing 18 months or so radio design & development over here with Tait mobile radio. He reckoned it was going to be worth a lot of money as you don't make cars or didn't make the in NZ. He reckoned Jaguar cars and spares are like hen's teeth in NZ better than gold mining . .
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A new Transpocket 180, hopefully won’t be buying any more welders for a long time!
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Lots of cars made here in NZ we had multiple car factories, assembly plants etc. GM had a huge plant and built Bren carriers in the war. Really not sure why he would say that??
Automotive industry in New Zealand - Wikipedia
Jag parts are quite plentiful too, people in the UK are actually buying them back from us, the market for them is huge in the UK compared to NZ. It did used to be that you could pick up a cheap Bentley, RR, high end Merc in the 90s and ship it here to make 2x your money, but those days are over, weirdly it seems to be the other way around now
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I used the battery the other week and loved it
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I got this the other week thrown in with the mill, just got a chance to check it out tonight. All in good working order 
definitely fell on my feet with this one. Narex boring and facing head.
I'll clean it and lube it and source some boring bars for it.
definitely fell on my feet with this one. Narex boring and facing head. I'll clean it and lube it and source some boring bars for it.
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I’ll never have a full set, there’s always another shape to be found. Fortunately I’ve not committed myself to one brand so I just go for whatever looks good.^^ What constitutes a full set?
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Very nice. And with the proper taper shank too. Thats quite a big head a 56. Very nice quality narex though, Czech if I remember correctly.I got this the other week thrown in with the mill, just got a chance to check it out tonight. All in good working order
I'll clean it and lube it and source some boring bars for it.
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Munkul
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Yeah Narex, made in Czechoslovakia. It feels really nice. Makes the 40 taper look tiny!
It takes 25mm bars, so I've got a long and a short one coming and I'll make some sleeves to suit my smaller bars.
It's got the tattiest looking suitcase you ever did see, and it's got no storage insert or OEM markings on it, so I'm verging on buying a nice peli case to store it all in.
