So disappointed there is no 'how do I get this planer from my Astra' thread!!!Nice old Wadkin planer from @My Old Landy thanks very much, fitted a treat in the back of the little Astra! shame I forgot the motor
Its now out and stashed
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Removal was the reverse of installation!So disappointed there is no 'how do I get this planer from my Astra' thread!!!
It was good to see you again my friend, you are welcome anytime
likewise and you know where I am if need anything 
Nice, we have that splitter, my 7 yo daughter is a whizz with it, leaving me the splitting axe!Some firewood, full on log goblin mode as a Neighbour had a couple of trees chopped. 80ft high poplar which will at least burn when dry - as well as being free! Plus a 40ft Oak tree which is perfect! Obviously the top bits all got chipped/shredded but the entire trunks are now with me.
I couldn't find a mug so used a Nissan Qashqai for scale...
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Then I went to screwfix and acquired a
Titan TTB762LSP Corded Brushless 37cm Log Splitter 1.5kW - Screwfix
Order online at Screwfix.com. Powerful electric log splitter, perfect for residential use. Torsion-resistant steel construction. Easy to move with conveniently located handle and durable wheels. Automatically returning ram makes jobs easy for single person use, returning to the starting position...www.screwfix.com
As much as I love hitting wood with my axe collection and have 12 year old Son who likes to help, I reckon this is just too much!
Far be it from me to comment upon their interactions with their mortal coils....Hopefully for the three blind mice so photos are not required
I wish I'd bought another tbh. I'd have it in the camper van - ideal for washing down the MTB after a muddy ride (I've a pressure trigger pump in the rear of the van for bike washing)
She has been married and charged her name since I last saw her about 30 years ago, thought she looked vaguely familiar when I pulled into the drive!!
I think the term used is "economically inactive".
Don't be surprised if they hit you with the we can't because of H&S/ its a liability issue. When I was doing my course we often used a computer suite across from the machining room. Full of all sorts, 12 Colchester students, several Bridgeport's, a couple horizontal mills and 5 or 6 cnc lathes. Asked about starting a machining/workshop club but was told the only way to use them was to sign up for the night class (for a couple £££) that was only 10 lessons long (20 hours total) and had a curriculum so you couldn't go in and make whatever you fancied. Even offered to arrange indemnity insurance for the club but they wouldn't have it.
If it's anything like my local college they will have a load of courses that they run but don't actually advertise anywhere. I recently did an evening course in CAD which the college want you to take before you can sign up to the CAM course, hoping to do that this year if they get the numbers to run it so I can play on the CNC machines. Whilst talking with the tutor I found out they run a manual machining course and others that aren't on the website or course guide. I've tried emailing the the person who is meant to oversee the running of the engineering courses to find out more and all she has done is forward my enquiry on to the relevant tutors rather than telling me which courses are actually running this term. Hopefully the tutors will get back to me.
You are also being economically active with your Tig course….what happened to part 2?
Dont hold your breath governments will always find a way to make you pay more tax if they want too. Perhaps if so much wasn't wasted by incompetence and inefficiency we would pay less!
Saw some news item where BTeC funding is still up in the air, so colleges don't know if they have the funding to run courses, who will teach them, who will be able to take them - apparently being reviewed, results in December . . .
The first one looks like Parwin greenhouse heater, made in Wales in the 70's 80's. I have one which we bought 76 ish. which has never had a replacement element in all those years, not that I think spare parts are still available as Parwin folded early this century.
