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May be able to help you out with these.

In my phone dyno Rod holmes ?, See the oil baron JR (Trigger) is arse kissing you again.What a pair you 2 make for fooks sake and make little and large look a pair of old school boys in the comedy game. ? I am still out milling as it goes but will upload for you as soon as eggs boyo.

In that condition between £800-1200. Without seeing how it functions and the quality of the item in general its hard to say but sold as seen the price above will be there or there abouts No doubt some of the so called experts will be along to say different (trigger and eggs) ? WADKIN 12 X 7 PLANER THICKNESSER (3 PHASE)

Can someone see it running ? What make is it as looks like a wilson or domain from the photo

Why ?? With the lock down work gone slow ?

Single or 3 phase ? What size bed as looks 10" or 12 " x 8

Pretty much the same as i have steve. Yours is to cleaner than mine though ?

See the milling thread i posted last week steve (ash) Over there later this week and have got a couple of blanks you are welcome to.

Its very easy to set the blades john and i mean very easy.I have a 12x8 machine in my shop that would suit you perfect but its a 3 phase.I have acquired a larger wadkin with the milling side of things so needed a bigger one.You will be paying through the nose from a dealer for a decent planer like we are mentioning.What sort of budget are you at ?? £1500-2200 should get you there. 3k for a top end one refurbished plus the dreaded vat.

Look for an older wadkin or sedgwick single phase (bomb proof) Cast iron quality but you will struggle on the self setting cutters though. Look for a triple blade cutting block as i only have a double and the extra cutter makes a big difference. What area are you john as i am on another forum more dedicated to this sort of thing and could ask on there for you.

I am popping out for an hour over my mates. Will take a photo of the oak porch i made 4 years ago with the stairs in the back ground ?

In the last 12 years around 6 of us (tradesmen buddies) have all done massive self builds and every stair case in them i have done but know nothing on the subject ? Not a kind of chap who just buys a sawmill and lets go and have a bash like some on here ?

Point being that steel can be picked up in what ever sizes and spec required for a fraction of the cost of new. (Fact) Only a few years back they spent 4 years taking down a massive steel works and there is still a abundance of it about all within a mile or two of me.

A one minute search on the bay and guy selling enough u section on there which will do the strings for you on 2 stairs. 30 metres for around £300-350 which is about the same as salvaged steel rates. Size 225x75mm which will be perfect for you ? Mild Steel CHANNEL U Section

Will i am,Firms going bust left right and centre around here and not good to see. Lovely part of the world your live buddy.

I did not have to get a bouncy back loan Big john (homes) Keep the pecker up son ?

An example of how i work.I did a deal on the big ash below and this is the one you see in the photo on the first post being milled.The slab on the same post i sold this afternoon has all but paid for the whole tree and 2 hours work at most. 20+ more slabs to come out of it next week if all goes to plan ? 6 slabs on order ready ?

Spot on comment. Spoils a nice place to me as the stairs tend to be the main focus of an open plan room like that.Looks more suited to a commercial building like an office or bank.

Do not talk bollocks.I quoted 2k as a starting point and you have turned it on its head and sound like andy trigger now.You asked and i told you how i operate. My mills cost me thousands to buy and i can make money and have no need to borrow off anyone. Business methods work in many ways so i will explain how i would quote that job. I quote to do a take down of an oak or ash tree ect and make sure i am the lowest on condition i keep all the lumber. Works well i can promise you that. I more than cover my labour costs for both myself and john my chippy/helper to take down process/and mill the whole tree. Profit i get is my milled timber. 1st part done. Out of that particular tree i will have around 4-6 hundred pounds in un seasoned logs. Wages to cover 2 days milling for 2 men. Part 2 done . Timber comes to the yard to cut for the salvage people so 2 days wages in the bank to cover that cost. I either invoice my labour (paid within 30 days) Or which i have done many time is to take payment for materials on sale in their yard (all invoiced) to add. Part 3 done. The coded welders as you say are 2 of the best in steel i have ever seen and charge me per job. No need for site visit as you put it because i measure it all having 30+ years as a joiner ( To shot blast and coat a small staircase is minimal work. Looking at that stairs its around 16 metres of 225x1100x35mm . Works out around 4 stair stings which i have a fair amount of seasoned and cut. To run those through the planer/sander and fit is around 4 hours work for 2 men at most with the machines i have in my workshop. Part 5 done. Now you quote for that stairs and then i quote for the same job. The customer could not give a toss how/what/why as long as what is supplied is the real high quality item they desire. Look at my location (HEADS OF THE VALLEYS) Very poor area in the uk and to have a nice big place to live people have real resolve around here. Nearly all me best mates are tradesmen and most have done self builds.

Sure martin lewis (money saving expert forum) Did something on this a while back,Either him or money box on radio 4 and you can appeal if its a problem steve.

Just phoned steve my fabricator buddy out of curiosity and he wold supply me that same style stairs for £1500 cash dropped off locally to. Without the timber side to add.

There is men and there is boys ? Its called wheeling and dealing

I fell and mill 90% of my own stuff and get well paid for it . Timber costs me next to zero apart from my cutting time and fuel/chain wear and tear ect. A great mate of mine is big into salvage and reclamation and sends stuff down for us to saw up every coupe of weeks which is normally around a days work.Its my own saws and my own time and if i wanted he would give me the steel i needed to make the same stairs as payment for my services. Labour on that for the 2 fabricators is around £500. 1 days work for me and john to run out and fit all the timber to the stairs £300 cost. JOB DONE Profit £1000 and the post says 2k plus so that is not the exact cost but a ball part figure.

Why ?? I said i could get that done for 2k all day long. I supply 2 lads local with all the timber for the steel stairs they manufacture (fabricators) I am trade remember and can get any amount of steel at cost prices.

I could not care less if its worth 10 million quid.It was not a comment made to offend someone but i stated that it would not have been my choice of style in a thousand years.I am only going from a photo and cannot see the whole look and feel of the place. Believe me i could get that stairs made for 2k and that is a fact Mr johnsond ?