Today in the workshop .....

[Cato]

All excellent suggestions, however at £19:00 for 25l delivered to my door anything else is far too much like hard work or getting organised.

 

[Bullet2012]

Few layers of CSM 600 do quite an effort to get it to the right point, black dye in the last layer, will flat back tomorrow and add a final layer or two of woven to it

 

[Bullet2012]

First coat of gel to the underside

 

[Cato]

First coat of gel to the underside
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So many customers underestimate the amount of work involved in properly repairing something like that.

 

[Cato]

Received another 5 star review on Google from the bloke with the 3TA.

I do find it slightly surprising that so many of the reviews mention "good communication" though. It's not hard and doesn't take long to keep customers in the loop. You'd think it'd be normal to do so?

 

[Greeves246]

or rain water caught in a plastic tub from plastic gutters, just not if the roof is tin sheets. not fully deironized < spell but almost there if just very slightly acidic.
( cant spell for sh 1 t today)

As long as you can spell Keynsham all is not lost.

 

[roofman]

As long as you can spell Keynsham all is not lost.

now i am lost Keynsham ??

 

[Greeves246]

now i am lost Keynsham ??

I thought you were old enough to remember Horace Batchelor on Radio Luxembourg, Keynsham spelt K E Y N S H A M, Bristol.

 

[Cobbler]

I thought you were old enough to remember Horace Batchelor on Radio Luxembourg, Keynsham spelt K E Y N S H A M, Bristol.

With an emphasis on the N—-N as I recall. 208 radio Luxembourg & 49metres short wave as well if I recall. I’m a mine of useless information, but can’t recall what I had for breakfast

 

[Turbo]

but can’t recall what I had for breakfast

I find that looking at the front of ones t-shirt gives you a clue.

 

[Cato]

Just had a bloke ring up who has an accessory junction box that he wants to be powered by an ignition on feed. He said it's got a datatool alarm and his mechanic didn't want to do it in case he cut the wrong wire.

It's a motorbike not a nuclear warhead, what did he think was going to happen?

 

[RichardM]

If in doubt always cut the red one..... or was it the black one.

 

[Cato]

If in doubt always cut the red one..... or was it the black one.

The blue always seems a popular choice in films.

 

[Cato]

Custom loom for a trike underway, lots of splice action on this one.

 

[bricol]

Received another 5 star review on Google from the bloke with the 3TA.

I do find it slightly surprising that so many of the reviews mention "good communication" though. It's not hard and doesn't take long to keep customers in the loop. You'd think it'd be normal to do so?

You would think so.

I work for a big international company - and it's a big bug bear of mine - keep the customer updated so they know what is happening and can plan.

But we still seem to wait until they've set off from the other side of the world to tell them their millions of quid of machines aren't quite ready yet...

 

[Cato]

You would think so.

I work for a big international company - and it's a big bug bear of mine - keep the customer updated so they know what is happening and can plan.

But we still seem to wait until they've set off from the other side of the world to tell them their millions of quid of machines aren't quite ready yet...

It's not just about being polite/helpful, it has a very practical benefit too. The more stuff that's in writing, including "as per our telephone conversation ...." and pictures the less opportunity there is for misunderstandings, arguments about prices, time expectations being way off, people thinking a service means a full restoration etc etc.