Wilmac bandsaw restoration.

[Radio Fixer]

Compressor looks great and the price is right ... You going into business with all this kit

Don't forget the Queens Speech Colin

Gary

[AlanBeckett]

Here's a piece of absolutely useless information; If I collected one of those Compressors it would cost exactly the same as having it shipped
It looks pretty good.

Alan

[Retired]

Hi,

Thanks Gary, no; not going into business but I aim to put the best workshop together I possibly can then enjoy working in it making the most of retirement.

Once the new compressor arrives I'll set everything up for blasting the paint from the bandsaw; it's way over the top to buy the soda blaster then buy the new compressor just to remove paint from this bandsaw but hopefully both bits of kit will earn their keep making life easier for me; I might even attempt to spray paint the bandsaw because fumes from the machinery enamel are not as fierce as fumes from spraying lacquers and given the size of this bandsaw it should be possible to spray within the closed garage?

The new compressor might take a while to arrive because the seller is on holiday but I can do other jobs whilst I wait.

Earlier today I looked through the TV listings and great; Top of the Pops from the sixties so switched on the TV; five minutes later I switched off again; adverts. I also noticed Gone With The Wind; a brilliant movie but on a channel with yet more adverts so Bron and I have just watched our free downloaded Gone With The Wind in total peace with not an advert in sight; bliss and with Bron for company; Bron is now watching Emmerdale then Corrie and at 8:30 we'll watch another downloaded movie; perhaps Sleepless In Seattle or Dirty Dancing. With over 1,000 movies downloaded to DVD we can play our own repeats anytime.

Please be advised I intend to wander into the garage tomorrow so expect atrocious weather once again.

Kind regards, Col.

[pwdrive]

Watched most of that 60's TOTP last night, Supremes, Little Stevie Wonder, Tom Jones, Stones, Righteous Bros. Rod Stewart and the Faces etc etc.

Eastenders tonight.

Lawrence.

[Refugee]

Try this one. We are playing it on a pair of valve mono-blocks in the hope of a sunny day tomorrow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlfQbWB_3Ww

[pwdrive]

Mmm... Osibisa, I bought one of their first albums back in '71, still got it somewhere:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Osibisacover.jpg

Lawrence.

[Refugee]

Ours is only one or two tracks on a compilation CD of 1970s songs.
Albums can sometimes be found for free download if you look hard enough.

[pwdrive]

It wasn't my favourite, quite a lot of my records aren't particularly to my taste, they are from the days when we used to run a mobile disco back in the 60's and early 70's so they were bought to please the local punters requests, the first disco amp was one I built, a couple of 807's running around 500 volts I seem to remember, used to keep my feet warm in drafty WI's and Village Halls etc before the beer took over.

Lawrence.

[Refugee]

It is a shame the beer got at it.

[Radio Fixer]

I saw most of those films once Colin and it would need a lots for me to ever watch them again: that's a prison sentence. Gone with the Wind; Gone with My Brain more likely but each to there own

Watched the Speech, Strictly Dancing for B, Air Crash Investigations, Tank Battles of WW2 (very Christmas material ), Some tennis, Downton for B whilst I played Mind Games on a Tablet and then fell asleep. Tablets are useful, you can squat in the chair and your there but your not there; happiness

So back to some graft today ... I will enjoy it

Hope you all have a fun day, nice weather forecast here Gary