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From: Champ on 23 Oct 2009 04:04 On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:29:18 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: >[3] Spelling correctly is a bonus, but I'm not going to pull you up on >that. <breathes sigh of relief> -- Champ ZX10R (road), ZX10R (race; breaking), GPz750 turbo (classic) Hayabusa (touring) To email me, neal at my domain should work.
From: Beav on 23 Oct 2009 12:28 "Chas" <Me(a)Home> wrote in message news:ddednaRhWZHDdX3XnZ2dnUVZ8hIAAAAA(a)brightview.co.uk... > > "eatmorepies" <jspamn(a)olineone.net> wrote in message > news:7kbprrF38gkdgU1(a)mid.individual.net... > >> I've ordered 25kg of those very glass beads - my aluminium will look >> splendid. >> >> John > > Excellant choice,and hopefully you'll get to live a long & healthy life. > > Please don't put anything in that cabinet that you want to keep untill > you've > done an exhausting session of tests with differant grades at varying > pressures, > you can blast it off but you can't blast it back on. Do you suffer from Parkinson's by any chance? -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19
From: geoff on 23 Oct 2009 19:22 In message <7kc4foF36feneU1(a)mid.individual.net>, eatmorepies <jspamn(a)olineone.net> writes > >>>> >>>>My new sandblast cabinet has arrived but the black grit I bought at the >>>>Stafford Show is too aggressive for aluminium. A friend suggested very >>>>dry >>>>sea sand instead. >>>> >>>>Any thoughts? >>>> >>>Are you willing to pay for the right stuff ? >>> >>>Glass beads is what IWHT you want >>> >>>I use 150-250 grade glass beads for cleaning up aluminium >>> >>>The company I used to use has gone out of business, I'll have to look up >>>the new company I use tomorrow, but I buy 60kg at a time - its going to >>>cost more than a tenner > >My 25 kg bag of glass beads is �32 delivered to Mid Wales (next day delivery >with excellent comms from an eBay blokey in Bilston) - I make that about 40 >hours blasting which will do my KLE 500 several times over. > I think I pay about �25 / 20kg bag, so sounds a fair price -- geoff
From: zymurgy on 24 Oct 2009 07:13 On Oct 23, 5:28 pm, "Beav" <beavis.origi...(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote: > "Chas" <Me(a)Home> wrote in message > > > > "eatmorepies" <jsp...(a)olineone.net> wrote > > >> I've ordered 25kg of those very glass beads - my aluminium will look splendid. > > > Excellant choice,and hopefully you'll get to live a long & healthy life.. > > > Please don't put anything in that cabinet that you want to keep untill you've > > done an exhausting session of tests with differant grades at varying > > pressures, you can blast it off but you can't blast it back on. > > Do you suffer from Parkinson's by any chance? It's tiring, this bead blasting ;-) Paul.
From: Lady Nina on 1 Nov 2009 14:49
On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:08:30 +0100, "Chas" <Me(a)Home> wrote: > >"Lady Nina" <spamtrap2(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message >news:13d1e555p8dua8q25tkfb2pvk24njv2bb0(a)4ax.com... >> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:11:53 +0100, "Chas" <Me(a)Home> wrote: >> >>>Take it in deep, you need to >>>really feel that sillicosis take hold. >> >> He's hardly mining for gold. >You've done a quick search on sillicosis & discovered that it mainly affects >gold miners? No, I was quoting the song which includes the lyrics '2 years and the sillicosis takes hold' -- Lady Nina |