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Hi yep just a quick box I knocked up it’s going to have rope handles quite chuffed with it ,we are at a wood fair this weekend so hopefully it will sell but as with most things I make putting a price on it is difficult ant thoughts on what’s it worth 

Cheers Mark 

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4 hours ago, gobbypunk said:

Hi yep just a quick box I knocked up it’s going to have rope handles quite chuffed with it ,we are at a wood fair this weekend so hopefully it will sell but as with most things I make putting a price on it is difficult ant thoughts on what’s it worth 

Cheers Mark 

Mark,
Hourly rate x time taken.
Then multiply it by how creative you feel you've been, on a scale of 1 - 5.
 

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Hi Roy’s yep I used a microwave transformer,but I am on the lookout for a transformer from oil burning central heating as I have been told they are safer the neon transformers there are 2 types and only the one type is any good but can’t remember what one sorry.

Cheers Mark 

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The neon transformer you need is one that supports an open circuit I made the mistake of buying one which is "too" safe and will not put out the voltage in the desired manner. I ended up importing one of these

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about as safe as 12,000 volts can be :scared1:

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On 24/08/2019 at 08:36, gobbypunk said:

Hi Roy’s yep I used a microwave transformer,but I am on the lookout for a transformer from oil burning central heating as I have been told they are safer the neon transformers there are 2 types and only the one type is any good but can’t remember what one sorry.

Cheers Mark 

Hi Mark cheers for that, was under the impression that neon sign transformers were safer than microwave transformers as the neon ones were a lot more limiting on the current while still supplying loads of voltage causing the tracking on the wood.

i am sure I saw Big Clive do a YouTube vid on this explaining the differences.

Can’t comment on the oil burner transformers as I am not sure of their characteristics.

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10 hours ago, roys said:

Hi Mark cheers for that, was under the impression that neon sign transformers were safer than microwave transformers as the neon ones were a lot more limiting on the current while still supplying loads of voltage to causing the tracking on the wood.

i am sure I saw Big Clive do a YouTube vid on this explaining the differences.

Cant comment on the oil burner transformers as I am not sure of their characteristics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E12nnpWc5c

 

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