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That's how my living room is looking at moment changing van on Friday , so all my gear in house till then , sod kittens shel have panthers when she gets home in 12min , god help me !
 
ffs , grow a pair.

or at least come to the amazing realization that being a bachelor means every room in the house can become a workshop without fear of nagging.

again , grow a pair.

;-)
 
Kate , the misses had a go at me the other week for something I did in her dream .

Tel you don't like the transit connect other than body issues they go for ever . My firm has had a lot of bother with transporters well all vans really except the tranies
 
you would if you were at my house...
breakers n dis-boards, cable and sleaving, screws and bits in every corner and loaded on top of 2 tables...
been like it for months but you daren`t throw owt away...

Sounds like my place - except my junk is mainly gas fitting junk .............. :whatchutalkingabout
 
thing is..what happens when you sling it all...
you just know that phone will ring with someone needing something doing..then when you get there it`l be `oh well i had one of them just last week`...
no, cant throw owt me..
i`v still got old test gear thats no use to anyone...but i cant bear to part with it...
its comforting to have familiar things around you....and everyone needs to feel wanted...
 
I do that too!!! If I dream that the bfs being a tw4t I blame him all the next day...hes learnt to make me a cuppa and order me to have a nap...then im fine again :)

Im a horder too...but not for electricals. I have more clothes than a department store. And dvds. And cds. Still had EVERY letter since 2002 until I finally dumped them all last year.
 
thing is..what happens when you sling it all...
you just know that phone will ring with someone needing something doing..then when you get there it`l be `oh well i had one of them just last week`...
no, cant throw owt me..
i`v still got old test gear thats no use to anyone...but i cant bear to part with it...
its comforting to have familiar things around you....and everyone needs to feel wanted...

Nail on the head Glen .. Nail on the head.

I remember I once had a coarse-pitch left-handed thrupple nut - that's the one that has a thread on the inside and it continues on the outside, so when you screw the bolt in it comes back to you on the outside of the nut. I kept it on my mantelpiece and Wor Lass ( as was ) was always complaining about it cos every time she dusted the mantelpiece (usually every Christmas) the clumsy bitch knocked it off and it cracked the tiles on the hearth, so I reluctantly hoyed it oot.

Would you believe the very next week a bloke who made film projectors for showing continuous films came knocking at the door wanting to buy it!
 
I said to Wor Lass last night; "Pet ... How would ye like to be what's under wor carpet?"

She sez: "Dunno Geordie .. what under wor carpet like?"

Aah sez: "Felt pet .. come here !!"
 
Nail on the head Glen .. Nail on the head.

I remember I once had a coarse-pitch left-handed thrupple nut - that's the one that has a thread on the inside and it continues on the outside, so when you screw the bolt in it comes back to you on the outside of the nut. I kept it on my mantelpiece and Wor Lass ( as was ) was always complaining about it cos every time she dusted the mantelpiece (usually every Christmas) the clumsy bitch knocked it off and it cracked the tiles on the hearth, so I reluctantly hoyed it oot.

Would you believe the very next week a bloke who made film projectors for showing continuous films came knocking at the door wanting to buy it!
give her a crash course on threadcutting...then set her to...
 
place i used to work at used to do it on some stanleys they had..

then there were some ward 7s set up with roller boxes & die boxes..
they had some emi-mecs as well..

I sometimes used to set capstans, but NEVER operated them - I have completely the wrong temperament for repetition work and wouldn't last more than half an hour on a capstan.

Centre lathes were my thing, and the one I used was one that the boss took me to choose for myself so I got it with all the toys - rapid threading attachment, hydraulic copier, six way stop bar on the saddle quick-change tool holders and a full set of Sandvik T-max tooling + various bits & pieces. That little lot cost him close on £10k which was a lot of money back then, but I produced some good work for him with it and it paid for itself.
 

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