Sorry Tel, The string mines got closed down 15 years ago, major job losses!!!!!!! These days you have trouble finding decent string, ask the locals and all you get is " sorry... fraid knot ". ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Lane" <tel@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 10:34 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: Shim Stock Ah yes John, but you are close to the famous string mines at Tamworth. > I have been known to use string to compress one ring at a time to and push > the piston into place. Slow but effective. > > Regards to all > > John > > > 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. > 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. 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.