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    Labelling system

    I’ve used the Brother type systems which are really goo, there is occasionally plastic surface they don’t stick well to in which case I use https://uk.onlinelabels.com/products/eu30086gl These labels and a computer printer, they are specifically designed for “low energy plastics” which are the...
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    Workshop construction advice

    My challenge is the timbers required to handle a 12m span at a 15degree pitch. All the tables I can find end up with the equivalent of multiple braced modern trusses. I was hoping to do something like a traditional king post design, so plenty of space for long awkward things! But this requires...
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    Workshop construction advice

    There’s no need to be jealous! 😂 This is my retirement plan to finally have space for everything I’d like to do and for storing all my agricultural and cycling stuff as well!
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    Workshop construction advice

    23m long - that’s what I’ve used as the basis for my 5 bay 6 frame estimate-23m x 12m was the biggest footprint I could get planning for!
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    Workshop construction advice

    Hi, I am looking for some practical advice on the "best" (Some subjective balance between cost and strength) way of constructing my new workshop. It will have a 12m horizontal span with a 15 degree roof slope so just over 6.2m from ridge to wall. I am considering four main options (there may be...
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    Birch ply alternatives

    Does anyone have any experience of this type of lternative to Birch ply? FSC® Certified Meyer Commercial Euca Faced Poplar Core Plywood CE2+ - EN314-2 Class 2. EN636-2. E1 It would be great to hear from anyone who has used this, or any other Euca/Poplar Ply Quote Reply Report Edit
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    Plywood for Paulk bench

    hasd anyone had any expereince of this ply (as it seems to be impossible to get Baltic Birch)? FSC® Certified Meyer Commercial Euca Faced Poplar Core Plywood CE2+ - EN314-2 Class 2. EN636-2. E1
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    Moving a 20ft container

    You can get wheels that fit into the twist lock fittings but you need it off the ground to fit them but the best way would be a delivery truck with a hiab crane fitted - pretty standard for container delivery company, no more space than the truck itself so long as you have headroom Bigger issue...
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    How much should a gymnasium roof cost?

    So roughly how big is the roof? We had to overlay a timber frame then board with Osb and then stick down EDPM rubber membrane £200k for a 20,000 sq ft building about 5 years ago. Had to do it that way because of several previously overlaid levels of asbestos and the removal cost was huge roof...
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    multico help

    Hi I’ve got the manual now thanks but the fact that you are stripping for parts is interesting. Where in Dorset are you and what would you want for the machines complete? Failing that I would be interested in the cutter blocks (if that’s the right description) and all tbe rollers from the...
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    Semi-circular stave ends

    Thanks Recipio, I’ll give it a try!
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    Semi-circular stave ends

    I'm sure I'm being thick - no comments necessary! I am trying to build some new gates to match a number of existing ones. The main "Face" of the gates is a series of staves that are approximately 45mm wide, 25mm tick and range around a metre or so long. Each stave is finsihed with a neat...
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    multico help

    Sorry I don't think I replied at the right point in the thread, this manual is great, just what I was after, thank you very much, much appreciated Deadeye, regards Jon
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    multico help

    thanks Deema, I'll check it out,
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    multico help

    this is absolutely brilliant, thank you very much Jon
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    multico help

    Hi Deema thanks for this, I’d never come across this before, definitely interesting, do you find that it all stays adjusted once you’ve set it up?
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    multico help

    thanks for the offer of help - much appreciated! I was trying to get hold of the maual to understand in adsvance what I might be letting myself in for - and whether I'm competent enough! As an aside, do you know if anyone makes a Tersa block that would fit a 12" Multico?
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    multico help

    Hi does anyone have a manual and/parts catalogue for a Mutico TH1 Thicknesser and / or a Multico S1 surface planer? I ave recently acquired one of each machine and they need some TLC and a manual would be a godsend. Happy to pay or amke a donation to your favourite charity thanks
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    Square or rectangular? (Workshop design)

    I am about to apply for planning permission to build a 2,500 sq ft workshop and so I am trying to finalise the design. I was wondering is there any particular school of thought over whether a rectangualr or a square shape gives the optimal layout. I appreciate that evryone is different and has...
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    Their "big box stores" and ours!

    Where are you? I may need to move!
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