Superb!! Glad you got some tooling too. Let me know if you need any advice etc. I have a whole load of end mills etc if you need any once you get a collet chuck :)
That is very kind of you. :D
I just put it together and put a reflective tape on the chuck and ran it up in both Fwd & Reverse in Hi & Lo gears and my cheap tacho says the speeds are what they should be.
At 150W it might be a bit "gutless", but it's a working mill.
I will upload some pictures of what came with it at some point and perhaps you can decipher what the bits are, because apart from T-bolts a lot of it is a mystery.
But hey!...... I got a mill :D
 
...That the micro-mill has been collected. :)
It is truly a "micro" mill weighing in at only about 56Kg. The model is a Warco Super X1.
Currently sitting in the back of the Rangie in its 2 major halves.
But as I could not park outside the sellers house it meant that I had to lug the 2 halves down the end of the street to my car.
Along with it came a selection of indexed cutters, at least 3 different sized fly-cutters, a range of T-Nuts and hold-down parts.
There are also some V-Blocks and a few items I cannot identify but I think they are spacers of some kind and for some purpose (as yet unknown).
It only has a key-chuck (not a collet chuck) although there is a C-Spanner in the assorted kit.
Most of the tooling is in a smart cantilevered carry-case.
I need to assemble it and test it so pictures later (maybe tomorrow).
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We didn't hear any shouting so 'she' must have accepted it. :)
 
I’m not trying to demonise you. I’m sorry if what I have written leads you to think this. I don’t work for them but do have sympathy for peeps who have a job dealing with customers direct. I thought you had a delay because of decorating but I’m wrong on that.

Cheques are old. My employer needs 4 different signatures on a cheque request form. It’s so much hassle to get one created it’s just not worth it. Especially when there’s limited peeps wo can sign a cheque, and the sig on the cheque has to be different again. All down to security as a cheque is sent to a ‘name’ on it, which could be a scam theft. BACS is available but it wouldn’t surprise me if they limit it to bill paying only like gas, electric, established maintenance contracts etc. That will be locked down to stop mistakes happening as it’s too easily done. It’s always difficult to get accounts in a large company to do anything different to their processes as they heavily reply on process for their tax return and auditing. They audit the process to make sure it work. Transactions used under it are then said to be ok. So I can understand why their options are limited on refund methods.

Where individual staff say one thing then it doesn’t happen, my finking on this is… it would more often than not be down to the member of staff not knowing what alternative options are available. Like offering to refund in a different way only to find it’s not possible. To a tele-handler it’s just a refund via a different method but to accounts I would expect them to want to refund against the original payment, even if it’s a different method. That auto reverses the tax part of the payment which will be key to their processes. Similar could be said for the passport request. I think someone has gone a bit too far in wanting proof of who they’re refunding too.

The best way to search a web site I find is to use google. If you put ‘paypal refund policy days’ into google it will come up with the answer and the link to find it on their site. You still need to check the link in case the web site has updated but google hasn’t noticed. Rare but happens. Google collect ‘copies’ of web sites for its devilish work and scans them. I use the same method for landyzone anorl to search for fings on here. ‘argos nextbase’ is one I used earlier for a camera.
Thank you for clarifying what to us was a mystery.
At the same time, once this happened I looked at all the negative comments on the website and found that nearly all of them were exactly the same as ours, namely failure of customer service to engage and refund.
I think maybe it is my history of dealing with companies when a problem occurs with a product and as I may have already mentioned, they tend to fall into two camps, those who recognise the problem and then put it right quickly, like John Lewis recently who provided us with a brand new induction hob within days of the problem. And those who fight tooth and nail to not pay up, Like Carphone Warehouse, (since bought out, and maybe better now.)
At the time of my problem with them I had a colleague who had exactly the same problem and posted a note on the staff notice board asking for help with sorting it out as she just couldn't sort it.
What you said about the refund and the member of staff not being aware of what could actually be done.... When one said they couldn't do any of the things I asked, I did ask her to put her supervisor on and she refused saying that he/she would just say the same as her. This I think was a mistake on her behalf because she was saying a refund through Paypal was impossible although, as we now know, in the end it was possible.
I am not saying I don't sympathise with the people who have to deal with problems like these. They did agree right at the beginning of the business after delivery about the refund and simply asked for proof, which is fair enough. We supplied this and they picked the item up 3 days later.
So we were happy about this although not happy that it took them 7 months, after payment, to deliver faulty goods. But it took them from the 15th of November to just this week to agree on a refund method, which it would appear they could have done as soon as they got the item back. And we are sure that they only moved on this once the credit card company got involved.
We also were concerned that the time frame for the credit card company would be a problem as we paid for the item so long ago, but they agreed that they could get involved as we had not received the item until 11/11/21.
It's not fun but it is still a learning curve and now we know about manual Paypal refunds, should it prove necessary in the future.
I am glad that equilibrium between us has been reestablished.:):):)

Re using Google to search websites, I often find Google searches Landyzone better than landyzone's search engine. No criticism, it is just the way it is, they don't have the resources to be as sophisticated as Google. :):)
 
Done a few bits n pieces today...replaced 2 x 160 degree hinges for the kitchen corner cupboard
then replaced the dish washer waste hose, before I could finish I had a chap outside wandering
about with a chainsaw. o_O Someone told him I was a wizard with chainsaws & could I get it going
for him. Me = aye ok leave it an I'll look at it in half n oor. Got it going & took it back to him didnt
take anything for doing it. He said he had a tree come down in the garden but had asked a few
tree companys last year they quoted the job but didnt come back, he said its due to one of the trees
being cut down was bad luck something to do with witches.:eek:o_O

Anyhoo he wants loads of work done including 4 roofs on outbuildings & garages, pointing, rendering
& the trees lopped. :)
On our local Neighbourhood thingummy, there was a patrol mower, chainsaw and leaf sucker going fro free.
I din't go for it cos i don't really want a petrol mower and don't need the rest but I have to confess I thort of you!
 
...That the micro-mill has been collected. :)
It is truly a "micro" mill weighing in at only about 56Kg. The model is a Warco Super X1.
Currently sitting in the back of the Rangie in its 2 major halves.
But as I could not park outside the sellers house it meant that I had to lug the 2 halves down the end of the street to my car.
Along with it came a selection of indexed cutters, at least 3 different sized fly-cutters, a range of T-Nuts and hold-down parts.
There are also some V-Blocks and a few items I cannot identify but I think they are spacers of some kind and for some purpose (as yet unknown).
It only has a key-chuck (not a collet chuck) although there is a C-Spanner in the assorted kit.
Most of the tooling is in a smart cantilevered carry-case.
I need to assemble it and test it so pictures later (maybe tomorrow).
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Nice bit of kit :cool:
 
Hopes he int a tyre kicker, they pisses me oft.
Was selling an outboard once was on for 250, that's 250, ok? Bloke turns up, says it's just what he needs, lets me run it up in a bin fulla water, only then does he tell me he's only brought 200 with him. Cheeky cockwomble, fooked him right oft.
Oldest trick in the book, I've done it, pulled the £200 out of me pocket and said, "soz mate that's all I've got"
then was prepared to pull the other £50 out of my pants if I absolutely had to. ;););)
If someone came to me like that, as did a few years ago when I was flogging a Renault 19 turbo diesel, I just said "come back with the dosh in the next 30 minutes and you can have it"
sho nuff, back they came.
They got a damn good car for the money, we just didn't need it any more. :):):)
 
On our local Neighbourhood thingummy, there was a patrol mower, chainsaw and leaf sucker going fro free.
I din't go for it cos i don't really want a petrol mower and don't need the rest but I have to confess I thort of you!

Id have taken that lot ive got a mate who buys all that gear & he always buys my old stuff cause
he knows they have been well maintained. Think I'll get a noo chainsaw now you've mentioned that. :D
 
Too many of em watching the wheeler dealer programmes, can't slag my car off I've done that for them :D looks far better than in the advert so we'll see, not asking much for it and plenty of interest so I'll get what I want and the punter will be happy :)
There was a bloke in Bournemouth a few years ago had a lot with a lot of "dogs" on it, he called himself "Battersea dogs home" and listed all his cars with all, the faults, just like you did. Sort of tongue in cheek.
I went to look once just out of interest. He wasn't joking, they were dogs but they were dead cheap and would have done a job if you were desperate!:):)
Nothing like a bit of reverse psychology linked with humour and honesty!!!:):):)
 
Oldest trick in the book, I've done it, pulled the £200 out of me pocket and said, "soz mate that's all I've got"
then was prepared to pull the other £50 out of my pants if I absolutely had to. ;););)
If someone came to me like that, as did a few years ago when I was flogging a Renault 19 turbo diesel, I just said "come back with the dosh in the next 30 minutes and you can have it"
sho nuff, back they came.
They got a damn good car for the money, we just didn't need it any more. :):):)

Couple of lads done that to me a few years ago with my nova track car. Bought it as a buy now
on bgay then offered me a grand less when they got here. They dove about 6 hours to get it
& I told them to fuck off I was keeping it lol
 
Superb idea, the fire is full ;) too early for rum though. Im off out a wee drive down the loch side
to get out for a while, I need to fuel up for the week. I'll take the puppy she likes being in the landy. :):)
Our doggies, like your's, DO love being in the Landy, even more than the car. I think it's cos they can see out further.
i'm so happy she is really fitting in now with your daily life!!:):):)
 
My God, even as Sasquatch I know how much superstition there is surrounding Rowan trees!

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Using my Dad's spanners, he will be 91 next week :) That is a stubby 1/2" AF Britool ring spanner from the late 60's and is still in pristine condition.
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I've got an even stubbier one 1/2" - 3/8".
Should we have a little beauty contest??
Mine is darker, prolly much older.:):):)
But lovely to see tools being handed down. I have yet to work out who will get mine when I am gone. Only one grandson is interested in mechanics, and him being a trainee vehicle technician with the RAF will prolly have plenty.
Spec it'll be him tho!;)
 
Oldest trick in the book, I've done it, pulled the £200 out of me pocket and said, "soz mate that's all I've got"
then was prepared to pull the other £50 out of my pants if I absolutely had to. ;););)
If someone came to me like that, as did a few years ago when I was flogging a Renault 19 turbo diesel, I just said "come back with the dosh in the next 30 minutes and you can have it"
sho nuff, back they came.
They got a damn good car for the money, we just didn't need it any more. :):):)

Not me. Tole I'm to fook oft back where he came from an I weren't sellin to him at any price. Dick. :D
 

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