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Etched Pixels

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  1. Yay Dead Snow on tv tonight

  2. yorkshire pudding and laverbread food heaven

  3. yorkshire pudding and laverbread, food heaven

  4. I wanted to 3D print a saint but his halo kept snapping

    1. RJS1977

      RJS1977

      Try 3D printing his Volvo instead...

  5. I wanted to 3D print a saint but his halo kept snapping...

  6. I wanted to 3D print a saint but his halo kept snapping...

  7. Letter from Precision Micro/Chempix. All etching costs going up 4%, minimum order to

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    2. coachmann

      coachmann

      sounds like they have brought in an academic. Interlink and CityLink threw all their old customers away and the GPO benefitted. PPD, PEC and othere are still etching.

    3. Etched Pixels

      Etched Pixels

      Likewise I think all my artwork will be moving north. All the newer stuff is already with PPD.

       

    4. davefrk

      davefrk

      No please not everyone, they usually turn my stuff round in a week. Soon it will be like the others 4-6 weeks.

  8. listens to the tap tap of water through the roof into the room below, this is going to be expensive

    1. SHMD

      SHMD

      Temporary/cheap/broken roofs are best listened too by a multitude of randomly drafted cups, mugs, pots and pans!

       

  9. Nothing like a bit of warm crumpet for lunch

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    2. Etched Pixels

      Etched Pixels

      Crumpet while thinking at least. And with proper jam (the sutff whose main ingredient list isn't glucose syrup and then a chemistry set) but starts Strawberries...

       

    3. steve22

      steve22

      Funny how after a while you get to know which people might well make comments in which column among these postings. Hi there Debs!

    4. Debs.

      Debs.

      I tried biting my (metaphorical) lip; but I just couldn`t resist. :-)

  10. Either its Kareoke night or the band in the pub over the road today are truely terrible

  11. line ponds not coaches

  12. is debating how to paint a T gauge clayhood

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    2. cromptonnut

      cromptonnut

      ... and with a very small brush, I guess?

    3. Etched Pixels

      Etched Pixels

      I'm just dreading the decals

       

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      *facepalm*

  13. 54 N scale torpedo vents fitted to coaches, 4 to the carpet, and another 21 to go, time for ice cream

    1. nick_bastable

      nick_bastable

      only 4 a true 2mm modeller would have placed 4 and dropped 54

  14. is back from Prague, there and back by train, much fun and the Dresden - Prague route is beautiful. Now where did I put the spare Z scale track...

  15. what is it about paint and telephones ? How come the mere act of beginning to paint something gets you two calls in five minutes

    1. RJS1977

      RJS1977

      I knw the feeling! Had once all-but finished painting a spark arrestor and was holding it while it dried wen the postman came with something for me to sign for!

    2. coachmann

      coachmann

      Our phone is activated by one of the floorboards in the bog...

    3. martin_wynne

      martin_wynne

      Mixing 5-minute epoxy adhesive is a good way to test your doorbell.

  16. what is it about paint and telephones ? How come the mere act of beginning to paint something geta you two calls in five minutes

  17. tis done.. last piece of work for my degree course submitted and in. Now I can catch up on other stuff, look forward to Wales v Australia in the Rugby World Cup final and possibly get slightly drunk

  18. head hurts. Writing software to produce 3D meshes for 3D printing systems is worse than school geometry lessons

  19. main boards finally in place, join 'adjusted', points in the post

  20. here comes the rain...

    1. Wizard of the Moor

      Wizard of the Moor

      Here she comes again

    2. Russ (mines a pint)

      Russ (mines a pint)

      wondering whether the weather 'doom & gloom' is for real or just the usual hype?

    3. NGT6 1315
  21. a happy day banging and screwing ! three baseboards cut and screwed together ready to test it all fits properly then glue anf varnish. One to go

  22. ah the rain has arrived - a day late but in style

    1. Padishar Creel

      Padishar Creel

      we're expecting it in 4 or 5 hours from now in SW-BaWü

  23. decadence is eating the insides of your creme egg by dipping a flake in it

    1. bcnPete

      bcnPete

      For sure...I have used a small spoon before...but that is just scratching the surface...sounds very sickly!

    2. Horsetan
    3. Andy Siddall

      Andy Siddall

      Hmmmm,

      Cream egg for breakfast with Kit-kat for soldiers.....

  24. has just put his foot through the floor and discovered we have at least one dodgy board

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    2. Etched Pixels

      Etched Pixels

      Thankfully not - the crappy chipboard flooring gave but didn't disintegrate entirely

       

    3. ozzyo

      ozzyo

      If your going to replace the whole of the floor get the waterproof chipboard from one of your local building suppliers. It has a sort of green colour to it and has tongue and grooved edges to it all round.

    4. Etched Pixels

      Etched Pixels

      I hope we can patch it as it goes under at least one internal wall

       

      I shall talk to the chippy and see what says, good chance to see if while he's doing one job he'll do another 'small one' and do my baseboard bracing 8)

       

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