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Postby Graham Haydon » 25 Jul 2014, 20:42

Nice to see this back again, seems like the same bunch which is cool. Thanks to those who made time to bring this back from the dead. Looking forward to seeing WH2 doing well.

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Postby 9fingers » 25 Jul 2014, 20:56

Welcome Graham, thanks for joining in.

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Postby Woodbloke » 25 Jul 2014, 21:00

Hi Graham, thanks for joining - Rob
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Postby TrimTheKing » 25 Jul 2014, 21:23

Heyyyy, Thank for coming back Graham.

Can't wait to see your videos of your bench build etc again! :D

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Postby Robert » 25 Jul 2014, 21:23

Hello :)
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Postby Graham Haydon » 25 Jul 2014, 23:19

Cheers chaps

TTK, that was a fun way to cut my teeth. I have more recently tried to do more youtubery which can be found here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJtvqQ ... N6dlbXU0mw . The vids for my bench build are still about but I removed the listing as most were a bit crude :oops: . Hope some of the content comes back. Paul's projects, along with many others, were always a big draw for me.
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Postby Peter Gee » 26 Jul 2014, 14:16

Just a very brief message from me to say hello. I wish you well with the new forum.

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Postby 9fingers » 26 Jul 2014, 14:55

Welcome along Peter.

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Postby Andyp » 26 Jul 2014, 19:03

Welcome back Graham

And welcome to Peter too. Are you an ex-pat or a real Italian?
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Postby Peter Gee » 30 Jul 2014, 08:10

Andyp wrote:And welcome to Peter too. Are you an ex-pat or a real Italian?


Interesting distinction :)

I don't see myself as an "expat" at all, as I live with my (Italian) wife exactly where I want to live, with no hankerings to "return" to anywhere else. The differences between Italy and the UK are far less than you might think, with only the brand names (not, note, the manufacturers) being different in 'our' line of work. I still buy some things from the UK from time to time, but Germany holds far more interest for small tools and tooling, with larger items from local manufacturers here in Italy - still actually being manufactured here, in fact.
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Postby Andyp » 30 Jul 2014, 08:36

Peter Gee wrote:
Andyp wrote:And welcome to Peter too. Are you an ex-pat or a real Italian?


Interesting distinction :)

I don't see myself as an "expat" at all, as I live with my (Italian) wife exactly where I want to live, with no hankerings to "return" to anywhere else. The differences between Italy and the UK are far less than you might think, with only the brand names (not, note, the manufacturers) being different in 'our' line of work. I still buy some things from the UK from time to time, but Germany holds far more interest for small tools and tooling, with larger items from local manufacturers here in Italy - still actually being manufactured here, in fact.


I agree with your sentiments for the word "expat" and I too married a locally and see no need to return.

What about the cost of woodie items in Italy and mail order? Here in France I find just about everything 20-30% more expensive and sometimes even hard to source. Buying secondhand equipment is also near impossible as ebay/leboncoin etc seem to have just large lumps of cast iron or tat.
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Postby Rod » 30 Jul 2014, 08:57

Welcome Graham and Peter

Italy - one of my favourite countries and Italian food - yum yum!

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Postby Peter Gee » 30 Jul 2014, 09:06

Andyp wrote:What about the cost of woodie items in Italy and mail order? Here in France I find just about everything 20-30% more expensive and sometimes even hard to source. Buying secondhand equipment is also near impossible as ebay/leboncoin etc seem to have just large lumps of cast iron or tat.


Yes, there are differences in the trading methodology, just as between the USA and the UK. Probably the main difference is that there is a very small DIY sector here (and in France too), so the second hand market is very much either for "collectors" or for artisans, so the 'gadget' market really doesn't exist here as it does in the UK (or USA come to that). So, if you want a 3mt slider or toupie, you can find them easily enough - at a price, of course. If you are looking for a DIY machine, you will have to either go cheap Chinese at Leroy Merlin or any of the Brico stores, or find the more specialised suppliers for Mafell or Festool equipment. I have to admit that prices in France do seem to be rather above average though, so just buy from the German suppliers, as I do. As you will be told often enough, I'm sure, German traders are, in my experience, very efficient and extremely customer aware, so Schmid, Dictum, Sauter, etc are waiting your business!

If you are struggling to find what you want, Google images is a real help - just do an image search and then work through the links till you nail down the search words in your local language - which are often quite different to the dictionary translations!
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Postby Woodbloke » 30 Jul 2014, 22:18

Don't forget that Axminster will deliver to the Continent and Scandinavia - Rob
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Postby Andyp » 31 Jul 2014, 06:52

Oh I haven't Rob, don't worry. But a young skinflint likes me wants "free" P&P so orders have to coincide with a trip back to the UK. Currently waiting to find out if an out of stock item can be shifted from the Axi store (available for click and collect) to the mail order depot which I assume is quite close.
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Postby fred » 31 Jul 2014, 10:37

Hello Graham, nice to see you here.
What part of Devon are you in? I did my Art Diploma at Plymouth back in 1995/6, and made a lot of friends in Plymouth, Tavistock, Sidmouth, Totnes, Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, and Exeter (used to love going to the Double Locks Inn). Got many a lovely memory from back then, especially up on Dartmoor.

E ciao Peter! Are you anywhere near Sicily? I love watching Inspector Montalbano, It's currently on BBC4 on saturdays 9pm. They're showing all the episodes from the start (were upto episode 5/10 of series 1). It's like Bergerac, but so much more sexier! ;) Those women! :shock:

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Postby Rod » 31 Jul 2014, 11:10

We love Monty too - watched them all before but now watching them again. If you google the show they were filmed over many years so it's interesting to see the actors getting older. Also his girlfriends voice is dubbed for some strange reason?
We were booked to go to Sicily in June but had to cancel :(

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Postby fred » 31 Jul 2014, 12:44

We love Monty too - watched them all before but now watching them again

Me too mate! Easy to watch again. I find them quite capitvating - the scenery, the characters, the story, the ladies! I would love to go to Sicily too, especially Ibla, Ragusa in Val di Noto, where it's filmed. It's a Unesco World Heritage site. There's a Montalbano tour you can take and visit all those places you see in the films: http://www.sicilytourguides.net/Montalb ... s-tour.htm

Hope you get to go to Sicily again Rod.

Have you seen the Young Montalbano series as well?

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Postby Rod » 31 Jul 2014, 14:25

Yes and the one about the police inspector at the end of WWII.
We watch most of the foreign series! :)

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Postby fred » 31 Jul 2014, 15:07

We watch most of the foreign series!


Please let me know what they are! I'm only familar with Montalbano. Are there any others in the same vein?

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Postby Rod » 31 Jul 2014, 15:59

Series last year on Bbc4 "Inspector Da Luca" sure to be repeated.
Set in and around Bologna during the tumultuous years of Mussolini’s dictatorship, the series follows Inspector Da Luca, an uncompromising man whose love of women lands him in trouble.
A bit more serious than Montalbano but quite interesting with a more historical slant?
Then there's The Killing, The Bridge, Borgen, Wallander, Spiral etc etc

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Postby fred » 31 Jul 2014, 16:38

an uncompromising man whose love of women lands him in trouble.

So unlike an Italian man....

I've seen some of the Wallander series, both the original Swedish and english versions. Very dark, profound and brooding. Good stuff. I'll make a note of the others and check them out. Thanks Rod.

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Postby Graham Haydon » 31 Jul 2014, 22:50

Hi Fred

I'm in the North Devon area, South Molton to be accurate. Devon is a nice place to be. I struggle with busy places. Living a quite life makes me very happy :)
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Postby fred » 01 Aug 2014, 08:46

South Molton in North Devon? Potentially confusing that! Does that mean there's a North Molton in South Devon?! :? ;)

I know what you mean by living the quiet life, especially after living in London for 12 years. It's a lot quieter and slower paced back here in Jersey, but not quiet enough. Far too many people on this little rock. Every year or so I go to Sark, an even smaller rock that's north of here, that doesn't have any cars or motorbikes; just horses, bicycles and a couple of tractors (one of the tractors is the ambulance). No tarmac, just dirt tracks. No street lighting either. It's fantastic at night, you can see all the stars. Well worth a visit if you haven't been.

I'm hoping to retire to France when the time comes, a small rural hamlet in the middle of nowhere. Nice and quiet. Except for when I fire up the band saw, table saw, router, planer, sander etc. :) :lol:

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Postby Andyp » 01 Aug 2014, 09:17

I haven't been back to Jersey since the late 80s we used to have a great lads weekend on the Weymouth - St Helier ferry, stock up duty frees and laze around on the beech all day.

Must get back there soon as the crossing from Normandy is a lot shorter
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