Johnsond
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She has no right nor democratic mandate with just over a third of the electorate voting SNP. The government is backed up by the greens too to sustain many of the policies or decisions it makes. Truth is if she had made a cracking job of running Scotland then maybe I or others could turn around and say yeah these lot might just be able to pull this off. But SNP governance has not shone through as an unbridled success at all. All that they focus on is indyref 2 to the detriment of everything else.
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About 7-8 years ago I was bumped on Xmas eve for just under 10 grand a good portion of which I had laid out in expenses etc. About 6 of us got the news on the ferry back from Dublin to Holyhead, not wanting to be pessimistic but very few got anything back that they were owed and those that did it was only a fraction of the total bill. We all received a breakdown of the debts and costs incurred, if I remember rightly the fees the solicitor in charge of the whole debacle were astronomical. The final kick in the balls was the guy running the company was back up and running weeks later in exactly the same guise.
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Any Second Hand SRT Gear for Sale in UK?
Johnsond replied to Treespasser's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
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Id avoid the converters, A 6Kva 3 phase genny ain’t a big lump of a thing and won’t eat much red at all. Might be worth keeping an eye out for an ex stby unit etc with low hrs. Having that on site will open up the opportunity for other 3 phase kit which can often be found for a lot less than the single phase equivalent.
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Interesting and very disappointing fact J
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Owned a HW97K another great weihrauch underlever, sold it a few years back and often kick myself for doing so. As much as I disagree with J at times ref German manufacturing excellence vs the UK etc I do have to admit they make some fine rifles. I’ve owned an Anschutz 1427 since 2000 which I bought for pennies second hand at the time, it’s a fantastically well made and accurate tool with a trigger second to none.
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HW80 all day. Getting a spring gun to behave at FAC levels is by all accounts not easy, hence the plethora of PCP stuff as opposed to spring. I’ve a superten in 22 on FAC and love it. Great for vermin with a cheap photon set up on. At same time I see the attraction of spring as I often just grab a BSA Lightning to plink with the kids, quite good to go old school at times.
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Probably true but if it’s a once or twice a year job then justifying any other options is quite hard.
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Agreed in some respects but it’s the way it is. Most rigging is contained with lofts or containers so tends not to be exposed to the elements until required but the key thing is the visual inspection!!! (Which cannot see inside the outer cover in many cases) If anything ever went tits up the blame game is horrendous and take it from me we do live in a blame culture contrary to what is often said. Less hassle and safer to replace and use new certified dedicated stuff on every new job that can include everything from a 1ton strop to a skip full of chain pulls and lever hoists etc etc.
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Crazy thing is Andy I reckon you would be a very rich man if you had the access to the content of each skip in the onshore bases or yards in Aberdeen or any other offshore support area. Rigging and lifting eqpt alone with a single immersion policy it’s once in the water then skipped. Not so easy on choppers but it makes for rich pickings on the boats at demob ?unofficially of course.
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Possibly initially yeah but what starts off as a good clean straight slab is not necessarily the same after a couple of years drying, The woodpecker kit is defo on the way too pricey for me side hence knocking up the ones in Ali. Hopefully they will be reasonably robust and do what’s required of them.
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Nothing flash Andy but strong and should do the job. Tried a few options for router base and to be honest either the plastic or Ali cut on the plasma moved well enough on the sled. Guess it’s not like it’s flying up and down all day. Plates are cut with a 60mm centre but no router mounting holes as I guess it depends on what machines gonna go on. The 60 mm aperture should accommodate the larger flattening bits no probs. Plan is to use some box section or straight timbers to crate the rails for the sled to run on. Any table or saw horses etc like the ones I see you have will take rails. I don’t have the luxury of being able to leave whatever I build set up so it will be put together when needed and stored if not.
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Had the chance to spend a day at a mates working on the ideas and fab for the flatteners. Plasma was great for making the router plates. Pics are in no particular order apologies for that
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Try Adrian Flux Andy my ifor is through them and price is very fair. Can you post a couple of pics of how the mill is secured to the rails during transit I’ve a few ideas of my own but it’s good to see how others have done it.
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Andy I’ve got a domino 700 bud. Very easy to use and produced really good strong tight joints joints., if no glue is used they can be eased apart. There are other options ie mechanical connections that would enable assembly/ disassembly as required maybe a combination of or something similar to the attached pictures.
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Lol yeah I looked at that and some old posts on here that mentioned 10 amps as a requirement, hence asking if anyone had actually bought something that does the job.
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Not necessarily on milling itself and this question is out there to anyone whom might know. Rather than running the Granberg sharpener off a battery does anyone know of a 240v -12v transformer that would fit the bill.
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What kind of vehicle you thinking of ??
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Attached to top of guard Andy ran off the onboard 12v system, got that pic off the inter web but something similar. Not much daylight in Aberdeenshire at the moment lol. Beams are for a split level drive and pathway set up at the lads house, they will be laid flat and used to keep two different levels of gravel apart and be morticed out to have uprights for a fence fitted into them.
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Nothing exciting, just knocking out some 10x4 DF beams. Might try some LED spots on at some point as ran out of daylight sharpish today.
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Makita LS 1219 is what I use, 315 mm blade will do a 100mm cut over a decent run.
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Agreed The larger mitre saws once set up can deliver really accurate cuts. I’d avoid the bigger circular saws for doing precision work. I’ve a Makita 0600 270 mm model and to be honest it was a wasted purchase, I used it once to cut some 8x8 beams and did not like it at all. I got better results with a handsaw and patience.
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Agreed , Rock Venom represents decent value for money. Ok some of welds are not pretty to say least but they do the job. I’ve the 35ton model and it’s pulled out as and when required with zero tlc in between and up to now after 4 years it’s never missed a beat.
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Probs not as much as you think if you can mill some of the timber yourself and don’t go too crazy with the spec etc
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Mark when I switched to the ripper blades I found they were slightly longer and had to reset the whole tracking/tensioning wheel a good bit further out. It’s a bit of a head f///k to get it right but once I’d watched it on YouTube a couple of times and actually took a look at the whole concept of how it works it’s not too bad. You got the original manual??. Basically you need the wheel to hit true just as you hit the required torque setting. Mind you I’ve ran plus or minis a couple of nm either side with no ill effects. Possibly you have goosed the existing blade too,
