Wilfred said: >could it be you spend to much last time? No, but I may have to restrain her spending! When I weny to buy my lathe, she cme along and insisted on getting a bigger one than I'd planned - and she insisted on buying the milling machine at the same time, rather than later! I do need to make a shopping list though, and I think I need to look carefully at replacing some of my files - some of them really are worn - I think one or two belonged to my grandfather, and he's been dead over 60years! Let the wife loose and she'll probably replace the lot! Peter Chadwick (usually Swindon, but in a rather cold Stockholm this week) MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.