22-10-2013, 08:27 AM
Hi,
Just before I dash into the garage to apply more paint to the cat bungalow assuming I can find the garage through the gloom and rain?
Thanks Refugee; As Big Al says yes I'm very much aware of "Simply bearings" and most of the other bearing sites. The Graduate bearings are 6010 & 6208. I bought both brand new and both SKF brand through eBay costing a total £14.24 inc P&P. The 6010 only cost £1.49 plus £2.80 P&P; I doubt I would get these much cheaper elsewhere?
I wanted to use Timken bearings but trying to get a price without having to send a request was hard work so I opted for SKF which are a good brand and certainly cheap enough; a company specializing in Graduate restorations who also sell spares quote £46 for a pair of Graduate bearings?
I remember you posting about Simply Bearings Big Al in fact I bookmarked the site and I checked them out before buying. I could have easily visited Huddersfield Bearings but given the cost of fuel; my time and their rather high prices it's much more convenient and cheaper to shop online which is a pity because I would prefer to support local businesses; its not long ago I was standing in a local store with £220 cash in my hand wanting to buy a Fein Multimaster and the store guy said I hadn't enough money so I returned home and bought the same Fein with the same attachments for over £40 cheaper online with free next day delivery; all the guy had to do was dump the Fein on he counter and take my money?
Thanks Gary, over the last 37 years we have always garaged our car to keep it clean and dry and away from thieves but as we now change our car about every three years there is never a rust problem and the car is always under warranty; it's a huge bonus though in being able to use the garage as a full time workshop; in a few minutes I'm going into the garage and I don't need to pull the car out having to open both doors letting the heat out so in effect the garage feels quite pleasant now.
Yes Gary at the moment I only own four lathes which is a come down because I used to own five but once I get the garage set up I might increase my lathe stock because you can't have too many lathes and I've been thinking about a Boxford AUD; I miss my big Colchester Triumph but it was simply too big for the garage but lovely to own.
The little bungalow is for a cat Gary; the cat has tried its best to adopt Bron and me as its parents for over a year but we now have a new neighbour who has adopted him and calls him Max; I'm making the bungalow for the neighbour in the hope Max will eventually settle at the neighbours house; he's such a lovely little chap but after we had our cat Furball put to sleep last year after being quoted up to £1,000 for vet bills to have him tested and scanned etc we will never own another pet; we paid £720 in one go years ago for one of our other cats for vet treatment; financially its a rip off.
I'd better get cracking before another day disappears.
Kind regards, Col.
Just before I dash into the garage to apply more paint to the cat bungalow assuming I can find the garage through the gloom and rain?
Thanks Refugee; As Big Al says yes I'm very much aware of "Simply bearings" and most of the other bearing sites. The Graduate bearings are 6010 & 6208. I bought both brand new and both SKF brand through eBay costing a total £14.24 inc P&P. The 6010 only cost £1.49 plus £2.80 P&P; I doubt I would get these much cheaper elsewhere?
I wanted to use Timken bearings but trying to get a price without having to send a request was hard work so I opted for SKF which are a good brand and certainly cheap enough; a company specializing in Graduate restorations who also sell spares quote £46 for a pair of Graduate bearings?
I remember you posting about Simply Bearings Big Al in fact I bookmarked the site and I checked them out before buying. I could have easily visited Huddersfield Bearings but given the cost of fuel; my time and their rather high prices it's much more convenient and cheaper to shop online which is a pity because I would prefer to support local businesses; its not long ago I was standing in a local store with £220 cash in my hand wanting to buy a Fein Multimaster and the store guy said I hadn't enough money so I returned home and bought the same Fein with the same attachments for over £40 cheaper online with free next day delivery; all the guy had to do was dump the Fein on he counter and take my money?
Thanks Gary, over the last 37 years we have always garaged our car to keep it clean and dry and away from thieves but as we now change our car about every three years there is never a rust problem and the car is always under warranty; it's a huge bonus though in being able to use the garage as a full time workshop; in a few minutes I'm going into the garage and I don't need to pull the car out having to open both doors letting the heat out so in effect the garage feels quite pleasant now.
Yes Gary at the moment I only own four lathes which is a come down because I used to own five but once I get the garage set up I might increase my lathe stock because you can't have too many lathes and I've been thinking about a Boxford AUD; I miss my big Colchester Triumph but it was simply too big for the garage but lovely to own.
The little bungalow is for a cat Gary; the cat has tried its best to adopt Bron and me as its parents for over a year but we now have a new neighbour who has adopted him and calls him Max; I'm making the bungalow for the neighbour in the hope Max will eventually settle at the neighbours house; he's such a lovely little chap but after we had our cat Furball put to sleep last year after being quoted up to £1,000 for vet bills to have him tested and scanned etc we will never own another pet; we paid £720 in one go years ago for one of our other cats for vet treatment; financially its a rip off.
I'd better get cracking before another day disappears.
Kind regards, Col.
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.
