Derek

And now a public service announcement what do we all want under the tree for
christmas ?
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if we run a line of------ under the messages it can be highlighted printed
out and hidden somewhere where it can be found by the 'sponsors' less this
bit of course.Oi and no world peace or the big piece out of the Corrs -
neither are available at machine mart

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I could really use an air nibbler after cutting a 28 inch long plate of 1.2
mm steel with a hand jo* er handtool its just too much to do unpowered I
may never play the piano again.
Derek

Tom Woods

On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 21:29:48 GMT, "Derek"
<del.wattsnospambaby@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>I could really use an air nibbler after cutting a 28 inch long plate of 1.2
>mm steel with a hand jo* er handtool its just too much to do unpowered I
>may never play the piano again.

If you cant stretch to an air nibbler then the nibblers that go in the
end of a drill are an improvement over the manual cutting methods.

Lee_D

"Derek" <del.wattsnospambaby@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> And now a public service announcement what do we all want under the tree
> for christmas ?
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> if we run a line of------ under the messages it can be highlighted
> printed out and hidden somewhere where it can be found by the 'sponsors'
> less this bit of course.Oi and no world peace or the big piece out of the
> Corrs - neither are available at machine mart
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> I could really use an air nibbler after cutting a 28 inch long plate of
> 1.2 mm steel with a hand jo* er handtool its just too much to do
> unpowered I may never play the piano again.
> Derek

Drill nibbler works well though I forget the max depth nibble. I've used
mine many a time....

http://www.lrproject.com/percy/safar...es/image9.html

I'd like some books I think, that one a while ago I mentioned and perhaphs a
Ray Mears stylie one.
Toys wise something like some nice meters, Water Temp, Oil Temp for Morph.
That would see me a happy pixie for luxury desires.

Some Spud Cannon materials... I'd really like to build a feck off spud
cannon, mount it on Morph and take it down the range and show the boys at
work what a real gun looks like....

http://corin.com/bill/paintball/aircannon/

course.. I got my 101 at Chrimbo so it's only fair that anyone trying to
resist any such temptation should not look at this for instance...
http://makeashorterlink.com/?R2EF2473C


Lee D
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www.lrproject.com

Derek

"Tom Woods" <tomarse_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 21:29:48 GMT, "Derek"
> <del.wattsnospambaby@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>I could really use an air nibbler after cutting a 28 inch long plate of
>>1.2
>>mm steel with a hand jo* er handtool its just too much to do unpowered I
>>may never play the piano again.
>
> If you cant stretch to an air nibbler then the nibblers that go in the
> end of a drill are an improvement over the manual cutting methods.

No worries in that respect I know where I can get a verrry nice nibbler for
about 18 squid, not top of the range but good enough for my purposes almost
identical to http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=000310390 excepting
the sticker.Odd the drill end ones are more expensive at MM, although they
cut thicker gauge metal they look ugly and frail I suppose I could even get
a shear.
Trouble is I get toybox syndrome when I get near a dealer the 'Snap On' and
'Mac' tool vans give me a rash around the wallet area . For example I have
an airline tyre inflator but its too short to go inside the wheel trim on
the scooby it annoys the hell out of me. I really want one like I had at the
garage http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=000310350
which is plain daft for home use so I compromised and (tonite) bought an
adapter which either screws onto my gauge or I have to cannabalise the lot
http://i9.ebayimg.com/01/i/04/e6/44/88_1_b.JPG
Derek
(still no snow in Timperley)

90ninety

"Derek" <del.wattsnospambaby@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Tom Woods" <tomarse_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:bu1fo154gug0vrllq7e8jfi918lihg7m53@4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 21:29:48 GMT, "Derek"
>> <del.wattsnospambaby@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>
>>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>I could really use an air nibbler after cutting a 28 inch long plate of
>>>1.2
>>>mm steel with a hand jo* er handtool its just too much to do unpowered I
>>>may never play the piano again.
>>
>> If you cant stretch to an air nibbler then the nibblers that go in the
>> end of a drill are an improvement over the manual cutting methods.
>
> No worries in that respect I know where I can get a verrry nice nibbler
> for about 18 squid, not top of the range but good enough for my purposes
> almost identical to http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=000310390
> excepting the sticker.Odd the drill end ones are more expensive at MM,
> although they cut thicker gauge metal they look ugly and frail I suppose I
> could even get a shear.
> Trouble is I get toybox syndrome when I get near a dealer the 'Snap On'
> and 'Mac' tool vans give me a rash around the wallet area . For example I
> have an airline tyre inflator but its too short to go inside the wheel
> trim on the scooby it annoys the hell out of me. I really want one like I
> had at the garage http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=000310350
> which is plain daft for home use so I compromised and (tonite) bought an
> adapter which either screws onto my gauge or I have to cannabalise the lot
> http://i9.ebayimg.com/01/i/04/e6/44/88_1_b.JPG
> Derek
> (still no snow in Timperley)
>
You could try this one. It's cheap enough and looks quite good.

http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?productID=8015

--
1990 Ninety 2.5 n/a D (Jasmine) - the off-road toy
Ex- Freelander Td4 5dr owner - the worst vehicle I have ever had!!!
New Jeep Cherokee Ltd 2.8CRD Auto - freelander replacement.

Tom Woods

On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 07:53:07 -0000, "90ninety"
<spector_stew@yahoo.co.uk.no.spam.please> wrote:

>You could try this one. It's cheap enough and looks quite good.
>
>http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?productID=8015

In my experience the machine mart ones are stronger (I broke the die
on my frost one almost straight away)

wayne@lardrover.co.uk

On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 21:29:48 GMT, "Derek"
<del.wattsnospambaby@ntlworld.com> made me spill my meths when he
wrote:

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>I could really use an air nibbler after cutting a 28 inch long plate of 1.2
>mm steel with a hand jo* er handtool its just too much to do unpowered I
>may never play the piano again.

I'll vouch for the nibbler, 1.2 is on the limit of some though. I've
noticed different max guages stated on different cutters.

I got one from Machine Mart and it works fine. Worked better with a
slow speed and good battery in the drill though :) I'd have used
mains drill but was cutting circles and cord got in way. Machine Mart
one came with spare cutters as well. Helped me to have assistant to
add some oil I cut. I also got some drill holders so the whole lot can
be clamped in vice and the metal fed into the cutter.

I was chatting with trade stands at Classic Car show at NEC about
them. Apparently some cut on the pull stroke and some cut on the push.
Not unknown for the "push" ones to snap off. I think that the ones
that push can snap the mandrel guide and make the whole thing useless
whereas the ones that cut on the pull may snap the cutter, not so bad
if you get spare cutters. I haven;t broken anything... yet

All the best

--
Wayne Davies - Mobile 07989 556213 - Harrogate, N.Yorks, UK

Tom Woods

On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 09:07:02 GMT, wayne@lardrover.co.uk wrote:

>I was chatting with trade stands at Classic Car show at NEC about
>them. Apparently some cut on the pull stroke and some cut on the push.
>Not unknown for the "push" ones to snap off. I think that the ones
>that push can snap the mandrel guide and make the whole thing useless
>whereas the ones that cut on the pull may snap the cutter, not so bad
>if you get spare cutters. I haven;t broken anything... yet
>
>All the best

perhaps thats the difference between the machine mart and frost ones
which explains why i broke the die on the frost one straight away?

They both came with spare cutters.

Nige

Derek wrote:
> And now a public service announcement what do we all want under the
> tree for christmas ?


I want the plane to be on time as we are feckin' off to Barbados on Christmas day for a week!!!

;~)

wayne@lardrover.co.uk

On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 09:25:25 +0000, Tom Woods <tomarse_@hotmail.com>
made me spill my meths when he wrote:

>perhaps thats the difference between the machine mart and frost ones
>which explains why i broke the die on the frost one straight away?

It was a couple of years back at the NEC, nice to chat with the guys
doing the demo's and the trade stands. Pity they can't always offer
good discounts, bit like Billing etc. The prices nare hardly better
than normal. Must be the fee they have to pay to display.

The Motorcycle Show was on in other halls so got to have a mooch
there. It was sponsored by The Sun so you can imagine the target
audience :)

Girls on the Kawasaki stand were nice though, mined ewe, we had a some
eye candy of our own on the EMLRA stand:
http://forum.emlra.org/viewtopic.php?t=538

All the best
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Wayne Davies - Mobile 07989 556213 - Harrogate, N.Yorks, UK