Bro. Lataxe et al.
I only found the dog at Axminster tool UK. part #202394 on sale no less for 27.14 pounds the pair less VAT and the shipping was TBA. The email that followed on Sat.) indicated that shipping was 20 pounds, eeek!!!!
I figured that this was the only game in town (or on the planet) and said OK. A second look today shows that they processed (they used another strange English word) the order on 2/5 or in their lingo 05/02 and it finally revealed that the method of shippng was AIR. Why didn’t they give me a choice in shipping as these are not life saving drugs and I would pick a slower cheaper boat. Why can’t they be a little more up front with the cost , I can’t be the first colonial who bought from them?
So these two puppys are costing me 47.14 pounds(sorry for the words but I don’t know where to find those cute upper case L’s ) how much is that in the coin of MY turf? Paddy
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At todays exchange rate I calculate $92.72 .
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Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
dg, thanks, under $50 each whichI can tolerate if they are as stoutly built as they appear in the photos, Paddy
I was thinking myself that it seemed pretty reasonable.------------------------------------
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Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
dg, as a follow up(see the other post) they are super strong and have much more potential than just end bench dogs on an end vise if they could be acquired with out such a shipping cost. Paddy
Eeeech!! Your pocket book has been ripped at.
Of course, they don't call it "Rip-off Britain" for nothing. We poor little UK consumers are bled dry by the Evil Legions of Retailing Middlemen.
The absence of that dog thang within your domestic market is surely an opportunity for an Amurykan machinist entrepreneur. Also, I can imagine a wooden version........and you lot are all jig-mad, incha........? :-)
Lataxe.
I am agast at the obvious crude customer be dammed attitude. Are all of your major vendors of this ilk? I did review their offerings an I am delighted to report that I saw nothing that generated the slightest intrest, in fact I thought it a very self serving collection of poor choices.(major international brands excluded)
If you happen to run into Mr. Ax or Mr. Minster in church or at The Club , be sure to tell them that "da hat" said "see ya" . Paddy
Sir Lataxe, I am dazed and amazed that there was a foot square x 5" box at my door this AM. filled with pillow bags and a 3x3x11" box wrapped in bubble that contained more pillow bags and two york bench dogs. Considering that it was "dispatched" (that was the funny english word that I failed to remember*) on Monday this was yeoman service, but at a heavy price of £20.
The dogs ARE very, very robust steel all around and I see a great future for them. I am delighted and would if I could avoid that shipping cost have at least 4 more to facilitate edge of bench stops avoiding the drilling of many 3/4" holes on the bench edges for both horizontal and vertical extension of the dog. Much thanks for your pics and assistance. Paddy
*Dispatched to us is different than "shipped" as in given to a carrier to be shipped rather than I dispatched that racoon that was eating my garden with my 22 cal. with the Leopould scope.pfh
Paddy,
I am relieved that you are a happy dog-vise-thang purchaser, especially at the price. Do you know, I got mine for £12.56 ($25) as it was on offer. :-)
Still, you have lots of nice bubble stuff to pop when you are frustrated, thwarted, annoyed or otherwise wishing to rampage and only held back by the social niceties. I like to stamp on them big bags, as they go off like a shot and the local doves take off en masse.
By the bye, there are more pics of the dog-vise-thang in 33300.56.
As to your despatching (or even dispatching) of an innocent and loveable raccoon, I am sending the ladywife to remonstrate with you. Her view is that you should now make a Special Garden just for the racoons, which should be filled (at your expense) with succulent vittals and also play things to amuse the creatures when they are full-to-bustin' with plants and fruits.
She believes you should content yourself with making "bangs" only with bubble wrap packaging.
She won't let me get a .22 even to keep the coney out of her allotment asparagus.
Lataxe, an ex-veggie who always did enjoy rabbit pie and would like to again, with buttered asparagus to the side.
Paddy
Hold down the alt key and type 0163 and the £ should magicaly appear.
The Professional Termite
£ sommna bich it works! Thanks tn, I have been told that at least a dozen times but WHO remembers? I use it once a year - maybe- so I guess I now have to write it on the bloody wall. All the best, Paddy £.
Edited 2/8/2007 8:46 pm ET by PADDYDAHAT
What the heck are you guys talking about????
Jug, on some of the very old turn of the century wood benches there was a cast iron fixture at the right end that ,if you advanced a post , had a toothed blade that would stick straight out to catch a door/board/case between the post and the vise along the left front of the bench, thus acting like an adjustible -retractible- bench dog.
I (Sir. Lataxe announced it available in the UK) bought two at @$92 delivered from the bandit woodworking supply house in the UK (THEY DIDN'T EVEN WEAR A BLACK MASK) and we now wait to see if they are worth the price. News at 11:00 please stay tuned. Paddy
jug, I got them and they are great, but the shipping is a killer. See the other posts. I should have told you to look up Lataxe's post 33822.137 and look at his pic for the end bench, It's that black mound with the adjustable post mounted on the outside of the vise face. Paddy
The picture helped alot. Looks well-made. Does seem a bit pricey, though. Let us know how it performs.
Dan
Dan, This thing is built like the great wall of china but I will use it in late March when I treck to my new digs in East TN. It's base price is reasonable but the shipping is a killer. I will work on that. Paddy
Paddy,
See my post "Some shavings you might enjoy" - General Discussion. It has several useful symbols for everyone. Copy/Paste into a document and then put it on your desktop as wallpaper.
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
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