Mr Postman
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Re: Mr Postman
Nothing like a good bit of flange Cookie.
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Re: Mr Postman
Kate used to make mosaic items, one of which was very popular was a mirror.Blade wrote:We sent a mirror back last week as it was damaged.
This week 2 replacements have turned up and guess what.. .....both damaged
Not one postal service/courier insures mirror/glass. So everytime something arrived broke, she had to make a new one by hand and resend it.
In the end it became too risky. Which is a shame as it was something she enjoyed doing and brought a good amount of money in.
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Re: Mr Postman
Tools. Firstly a set of E torx sockets, (not torx bits), we’ve started using them in critical areas and nothing else fits properly. Also got a 750mm 1/2 drive breaker/knuckle bar, my old one failed a week or so back, it’s not done bad though, i bought it as an apprentice in 1978, I have a feeling this one may throw the towel in way before 40yrs is up.
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That’s a good run on a bit of tooling that is used in anger a lot I’m guessing!Deegee wrote:Tools. Firstly a set of E torx sockets, (not torx bits), we’ve started using them in critical areas and nothing else fits properly. Also got a 750mm 1/2 drive breaker/knuckle bar, my old one failed a week or so back, it’s not done bad though, i bought it as an apprentice in 1978, I have a feeling this one may throw the towel in way before 40yrs is up.
The only time I’ve seen them fail is when someone has used a torque multiplier... aka scaffold tube or similar
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To be fair to it, I’ve abused it mightily for years, inevitably it had to fail at some point. I’ve got a 3/4” knuckle bar that’s bent about 20° out of true due to 3 metres of scaff tube on the end and two of us hanging off it, I’m guessing that’ll be the next on the shopping list.
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You can always bent it straight tightening something up with a scaff tube, lets say for a troublesome clientDeegee wrote:To be fair to it, I’ve abused it mightily for years, inevitably it had to fail at some point. I’ve got a 3/4” knuckle bar that’s bent about 20° out of true due to 3 metres of scaff tube on the end and two of us hanging off it, I’m guessing that’ll be the next on the shopping list.
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A book we ordered for MiniGee’s birthday, it’s called “Tacopedia”, it’s a a bit of a giggle, but as Tacos are his favourite meal we thought he’d appreciate it.
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