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Posted by John Stevenson on February 9, 2008, 1:18 pm
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On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:50:46 +0000, Mark Rand
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>>Peter Neill Wrote:
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>>> Did you take out a small mortgage to buy the bearings?
>>> I've heard that the Gamet prices are enough to give apoplexy <G>.
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>>:D
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>>The first quote I got was for almost £1000 :eek: :eek: :eek:
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>>:censored: me! How much?
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>>Shopping around dropped this to £470ish. Then I happened to mention
>>what I needed to my neighbour who happens to be a tool maker and who
>>works for a company that makes bearings. Through him, I got them for
>>£250 inc VAT :)
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>>Not cheap, but the lathe is in very good condition and, I felt, well
>>worth spending the money on. I make small drive sets for model
>>powerboats, so I need the machine as accurate as possible.
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>>Paul
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>If you must post usenet messages from that bloody rcgroups website. Please
>avoid the use of forum commands. It's annoying and rude.
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>Mark Rand
>RTFM
Mark,
Just use *@rcgroups* as a filter and they are no more.
If they are too lazy to find Usenet them I'm too lazy to read the
whining.
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>Peter Neill Wrote: