Workshop startup

[123hotchef]

u could have had 6 of these and change

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bench-Vice-York-150L-/141955053768?hash=item210d2e38c8:g:xvIAAOSwJQdXBR9D

 

[Kent]

They're not the only ones .....sorry mate, I tried my hardest to resist

Can say it can't type it obviously

 

[CLD]

Just finished installing and he approves

 

[brightspark]

Just finished installing and he approves

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wallpaper in the workshop or is it an ornament in sitting room

 

[CLD]

wallpaper in the workshop or is it an ornament in sitting room

Just cleaning up and decorating in the room next door I have for my workshop. Marvellous isn't it

 

[tinman123]

I shudder at what some spend. Even purely for hobby use

umm, you might need a lemon sip for this one then so, I spent just over 1k on a tool last week that probably wont get used more than a half a dozen times a year.

 

[brightspark]

umm, you might need a lemon sip for this one then so, I spent just over 1k on a tool last week that probably wont get used more than a half a dozen times a year.

don't keep us in the dark spill the beans ,what is it and is it tax deductible

 

[tinman123]

don't keep us in the dark spill the beans ,what is it and is it tax deductible

no point in giving it to them, i might as well get the value out of it.
its not really my trade, but it ill have a place here an odd time.
i started out with great gusto on a new hand saw but the gloss went off it after the tenth cut or so, im a bit lazy like that.
and im no fan of de walt either but after a lot of googling it pretty much came out as the best of the best in mitre saws so i made it so.

 

[brightspark]

a nice tool and will serve u well looked if after

 

[tinman123]

cheers hi.
i looked at a few others but in fairness to walt nothing really came close to it.
it will have a handy life here so it should see me out.

 

[brightspark]

the deerest tool for work I bought for work new is a twin wheel diamond wall chaser made by metabo over a few hundred quid . only because I couldn't get a second hand one ive only used it 3 times in 2 years on granite and hard rendering on a wall

 

[the snooper]

Just finished installing and he approves

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no wonder it was that price, it comes with a child

 

[CLD]

no wonder it was that price, it comes with a child

Can't get him off it

 

[Gwil]

Vices cost money. But 840!

God's teeth- I've just worked out that's over a thousand beers at my local bar....

 

[slim_boy_fat]

God's teeth- I've just worked out that's over a thousand beers at my local bar....

You'd only get about a quarter of that here - unless you're talking half pints?

 

[Gwil]

You'd only get about a quarter of that here - unless you're talking half pints?

33cl, so a bit over a half. so you could say the equivalent of £1.75ish a pint. Terrible...

 

[bigegg]

That's a *nice* vice - I'd rather have an "emmert" pattern maker's tho...

 

[CLD]

Just a curiousity point, why does a 'swindens england' vice come with a shipping label that originated in India?

If the firm is in England but it's made abroad they can say swindens England
They can't say mage in England though

They're not the only ones .....sorry mate, I tried my hardest to resist

Good evening gents

An update;
I've just been round to W Taylor and Sons, Feltham and it turns out the previous owner, Gary, made the entire Swindens Range from this facility for a good few years and tomorrow's meeting with the MD of Swindens will confirm that.
I'm glad to be buying British

http://www.wtaylorandsons.co.uk/index.html

 

[Kent]

So why did they send it to India to get it back here?

 

[daleyd]

Could well have reused a box with an old airway bill left on it? to be honest I can't make out where on the picture it actually says it "came" from India.