[modeleng] Re: request for info on book.
- From: Patrick Coppens <sb286643@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 19:56:33 +0200
I will take a note of this number, but would it make such a difference
with the UK prices?
The only problem is the US, I do not pay duty on anything comming from
the UK (EEC)
I prefer to deal with the English (as a Fleming) ordering stuff in
France is kind off "against my religion"... ;-)
Patrick
Allen Messer wrote:
>Patrick, Traver's Tools has a branch office in
>Otelo-Conflans, France. Phone Number is: 33 1 39 72
>16 00. Would this help your ordering situation?
>
>Al Messer
>
>
>--- Patrick Coppens <sb286643@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>>Thanks for the input Jesse,
>>Their is a problem,with ordering from the States;
>>that is to say with
>>belgian customs.
>>They always want cash, so it is easier and (in the
>>end) just as
>>cheap/expensive to order in Britain....
>>
>>Patrick
>>
>>JESSE LIVINGSTON wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Patrick me lad,
>>>
>>>"Machinery's Handbook" is a wealth of information
>>>
>>>
>>on any sort of thing a
>>
>>
>>>machinist needs to know and I highly recommend it,
>>>
>>>
>>but that 60 GBP sounds a
>>
>>
>>>bit steep when converted into 'Murrican money. I
>>>
>>>
>>think I paid 15 $US for
>>
>>
>>>mine back in the 1950s and I didn't know they were
>>>
>>>
>>that expensive now. The
>>
>>
>>>information in the older books is still viable and
>>>
>>>
>>I seriously doubt that
>>
>>
>>>much has been added or changed so if I were you I
>>>
>>>
>>would see what I could get
>>
>>
>>>a used version for. Ebay or Amazon.com perhaps?
>>>
>>>
>>There is a wealth of
>>
>>
>>>information in the book that you will never need,
>>>
>>>
>>but it is there if you
>>
>>
>>>need it. I had to take my copy to the local
>>>
>>>
>>hardware store because the
>>
>>
>>>bloke who owned it kept saying that a #6 screw was
>>>
>>>
>>1/8". I had told him
>>
>>
>>>that a #5 was correctly a 1/8" , but it took the
>>>
>>>
>>book to prove it.
>>
>>
>>>Jesse in Tennessee
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>2) An "OT" (On Toppic) issue now.
>>>>I am about to order "Machinery Handbook 27th
>>>>
>>>>
>>Edition" ( at 90 Euro's or
>>
>>
>>>>60 GBP) and I was wondering if any of you had any
>>>>
>>>>
>>thoughts on that book
>>
>>
>>>>(before I spend my hard earned penny's)
>>>>
>>>>Patrick
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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