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    Following on from Muffers back door, its something I had to do to remove the machines before I knock down the garage, first step to relocate the lean to shed to the other shed I built, then knock out the door way, first machine was the Henry Milnes Miller, not the lightest of machines and just under a metric ton....... then the Boxford lathe and the Pollard drill press, I'm in a world of pain today but all machines landed safely, just the 6' Henry Milnes lathe but that wont be moved until I've made the skates, so it will be under canvas for a few weeks.







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    Blimey Geoff, that's a job and a half mate!

    Up to my neck in it at the moment too.

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    Three down one to go....... the last one is the Henry Milnes Lathe, I've moved this 3 times now, the last time I had it stripped right down, this time its moving as a whole unit, at least this has a lower centre of gravity than the Miller.

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    Now it's about time I pointed you in the right direction, I would have thought you would have twigged to this years ago....
    What you need to do, is paint your red phone box blue, rename it and as the newly revamped TARDIS, all your gear and lots more, will safely fit inside.

    How do you know this you ask, well.... having watched Dr. Who for years and knowing that Britishicon TV is the closest thing to God, it must be real.

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    Hey Muff when I built my retirement shed some Brit friends said the pad was bigger than their house. Having been over there and seen the houses and what they call sheds all I can say is Doll houses and out back Dunnies come to mind. Space they don't have or know about.

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    Bindi2, your not far wrong regarding some of the houses in the UKicon, Its the reason I'm building an extension and new shed, then again I lived in Rockingham WA for a few months and new houses being built at the time weren't that big....... Riding back from Collie at the weekend and on entering the outskirts of Rockingham it was one big building site........

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    rename it and as the newly revamped TARDIS
    Its what the neighbour thought the shed was, due to the amount of boxes that came out of there......

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    Quote Originally Posted by bigduke6 View Post
    Bindi2, your not far wrong regarding some of the houses in the UKicon, Its the reason I'm building an extension and new shed, then again I lived in Rockingham WA for a few months and new houses being built at the time weren't that big....... Riding back from Collie at the weekend and on entering the outskirts of Rockingham it was one big building site........
    Rockingham was built for the POMS that were coming here that's why the houses are small so they felt at home.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bindi2 View Post
    Rockingham was built for the POMS that were coming here that's why the houses are small so they felt at home.
    I worked on the Kwinana strip for some time on plant shutdowns etc, one day it was tools down as the Union was concerned about asbestos so we had a meeting....... The crane driver piped up "whats the big issue, Rockingham is built of the stuff"

    He was spot on, even my flat had sheets of the stuff, the corrugated stuff was everywhere, but mainly fences. My wife plays hell with me for not staying and Looking back I should of took the job offer in one of the mines up north, think it was Pilbara or close to it, but I was holding out for a job in Sydney.

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