Any Brits in here? - Kreg Owners' Community2024-03-29T15:24:15Zhttps://kregjig.ning.com/forum/topics/any-brits-in-here?commentId=2900167%3AComment%3A265569&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHey I am a brit and I wish I…tag:kregjig.ning.com,2011-06-27:2900167:Comment:2655692011-06-27T19:15:30.259ZJohn Hoskisonhttps://kregjig.ning.com/profile/JohnHoskison
Hey I am a brit and I wish I lived in CA - so could be point of my email after all :-) Woodworkers are brothers no matter what country, colour, class or creed they belong to. Nice to know you.
Hey I am a brit and I wish I lived in CA - so could be point of my email after all :-) Woodworkers are brothers no matter what country, colour, class or creed they belong to. Nice to know you. I'm a brit but i live in CA …tag:kregjig.ning.com,2011-06-27:2900167:Comment:2655662011-06-27T18:27:51.177ZPaul Negushttps://kregjig.ning.com/profile/PaulNegus
I'm a brit but i live in CA :>) probably not the point of your email
I'm a brit but i live in CA :>) probably not the point of your email Hello my friend !
I to am try…tag:kregjig.ning.com,2011-06-26:2900167:Comment:2640892011-06-26T17:30:58.034ZAlastair knighthttps://kregjig.ning.com/profile/Alastairknight
<p>Hello my friend !</p>
<p>I to am trying desperately to get a bosch 4100. it looks so much better than the run of the mill Bosch gts 10 that we get over here. It is very very very frustrating looking at what you cant have.</p>
<p>If you do find one be sure to let be know !!!</p>
<p>Also trying to get a bosch worm saw that the usa have and we dont, whats all that about ?</p>
<p>Good luck on your quest my friend.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Hello my friend !</p>
<p>I to am trying desperately to get a bosch 4100. it looks so much better than the run of the mill Bosch gts 10 that we get over here. It is very very very frustrating looking at what you cant have.</p>
<p>If you do find one be sure to let be know !!!</p>
<p>Also trying to get a bosch worm saw that the usa have and we dont, whats all that about ?</p>
<p>Good luck on your quest my friend.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p> Just trying to decide between…tag:kregjig.ning.com,2011-06-23:2900167:Comment:2625612011-06-23T18:42:31.630ZJohn Hoskisonhttps://kregjig.ning.com/profile/JohnHoskison
Just trying to decide between OR, NY or HI :-)
Just trying to decide between OR, NY or HI :-) Come on over, John. We'll fin…tag:kregjig.ning.com,2011-06-23:2900167:Comment:2618632011-06-23T02:21:12.172ZHugh Clarehttps://kregjig.ning.com/profile/HughClare
Come on over, John. We'll find you some good tool stores. :)
Come on over, John. We'll find you some good tool stores. :) Hope you read the write up on…tag:kregjig.ning.com,2011-06-22:2900167:Comment:2615712011-06-22T22:07:42.783ZJohn Hoskisonhttps://kregjig.ning.com/profile/JohnHoskison
Hope you read the write up on the Times CEO conference today - it actually mirrored what you just said. The day we start acting like Germany where an engineer is respected more than a bank manager is the day we turn the supertanker round ..... mind you the day we start setting realistic expectations in our kids heads - instead of the school filling them full og high ideals most will never aspire to will also be a start. I have a mate who is a chippy [joiner] he has started 4 kids as apprentices…
Hope you read the write up on the Times CEO conference today - it actually mirrored what you just said. The day we start acting like Germany where an engineer is respected more than a bank manager is the day we turn the supertanker round ..... mind you the day we start setting realistic expectations in our kids heads - instead of the school filling them full og high ideals most will never aspire to will also be a start. I have a mate who is a chippy [joiner] he has started 4 kids as apprentices this year not one has lasted more than 2 weeks because they dont like hard work - they mostly belived they should get paid more per month than the boss was actually making. OH well bitch over - I am going to move to USA at least I can get the tools and the timber to enjoy when I reitre One of the main problems we h…tag:kregjig.ning.com,2011-06-22:2900167:Comment:2615672011-06-22T21:07:05.805ZPeter Greenhttps://kregjig.ning.com/profile/PeterGreen
<p>One of the main problems we have in the UK is compatability with American products. I have a Trend T11 Router & Router Table, a Kity 419 Table saw and several other bits and pieces. I would love to add some Kreg and Incra accessories but they have different t-Track sizes to ours. Stand alone pieces like the K4MS (mine arrives tomorrow) are all we have to look forward too.</p>
<p>Prices here are also UK Pound for Dollar and for the French even worse. It is not that we feel like the poor…</p>
<p>One of the main problems we have in the UK is compatability with American products. I have a Trend T11 Router & Router Table, a Kity 419 Table saw and several other bits and pieces. I would love to add some Kreg and Incra accessories but they have different t-Track sizes to ours. Stand alone pieces like the K4MS (mine arrives tomorrow) are all we have to look forward too.</p>
<p>Prices here are also UK Pound for Dollar and for the French even worse. It is not that we feel like the poor relation it is the way the market works. In the US the market is huge so dealers can afford to make less profit, here the market is small so dealers and their suppliers rule. Try to get a discount here and they look at you as if you just stabbed their children.</p>
<p>Due to our wise government there are sadly few top quality engineering firms make the items we want, they allowed the Chinese to sell us cheap goods that killed our own factories. We are now reduced to a service nation where the young men and women, who should be the next generation of scientists and engineers, are now serving flat whites in overprices coffee houses.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>And for the guy on another thread who claims he cannot spell, my keyboard is bewitched and the bloody letters move around when I am not looking.</p> I agree, a Forum as a part of…tag:kregjig.ning.com,2011-03-23:2900167:Comment:1706662011-03-23T21:31:46.849ZRichardhttps://kregjig.ning.com/profile/Richard382
I agree, a Forum as a part of the Axminster website would be a good idea. I notice they are quite active over at UKWorkshop forums but having their own would be very handy and I could have a small moan about their product search engine that can have its off days and bring up everything other than what I'm looking for! :o) Fortunately there are many great websites out there offering free tool jig plans, type it into your favourite search engine and follow the links. Many of those wonderful…
I agree, a Forum as a part of the Axminster website would be a good idea. I notice they are quite active over at UKWorkshop forums but having their own would be very handy and I could have a small moan about their product search engine that can have its off days and bring up everything other than what I'm looking for! :o) Fortunately there are many great websites out there offering free tool jig plans, type it into your favourite search engine and follow the links. Many of those wonderful accessories that the US offers for the router user might not be so easy to make at home but homemade jigs for repeatable cuts/routs etc make all the difference in the workshop. As for H&S, I suppose we invented it here in the UK, rather like other unpleasant ideas such as double yellow lines and traffic wardens, oh well can't always get it right, hopefully we'll come up with lots of good ideas and keep them in this country, make them here and export them abroad, end result others will long to buy what we have on offer and not the other way around as it is now! :o) Axminster are good, I spent s…tag:kregjig.ning.com,2011-03-23:2900167:Comment:1704622011-03-23T20:26:38.076ZJohn Hoskisonhttps://kregjig.ning.com/profile/JohnHoskison
Axminster are good, I spent several hours and many pounds in their Nuneaton shop a few weeks back looking forward to Warrington shop opening in April as it is closer. But still its getting to see things like Incra jigs and fences and the other US based gems. At least I have now found a table saw that has a stacked dado head option - Health and Safety would die if they knew] so thinking of getting taht so I can pretend to be Norm Abrahams in the New Yankee Workshop :-) I reckon Axminster need a…
Axminster are good, I spent several hours and many pounds in their Nuneaton shop a few weeks back looking forward to Warrington shop opening in April as it is closer. But still its getting to see things like Incra jigs and fences and the other US based gems. At least I have now found a table saw that has a stacked dado head option - Health and Safety would die if they knew] so thinking of getting taht so I can pretend to be Norm Abrahams in the New Yankee Workshop :-) I reckon Axminster need a user forum and wish list option to make it better for the user I'm a Brit and proud of it! I…tag:kregjig.ning.com,2011-03-22:2900167:Comment:1699022011-03-22T20:58:57.642ZRichardhttps://kregjig.ning.com/profile/Richard382
I'm a Brit and proud of it! I agree with everything said about great tools being available in the US rather than in the UK. I've been woodworking as a hobby for 10 years and apart from the small selection available from Rutlands, of American tools and accessories, I haven't found many outlets that stock similar without having to import them. Axminster is at least making their own British made tools and accessories and hopefully will expand the range. Why can't we make things here, we've got the…
I'm a Brit and proud of it! I agree with everything said about great tools being available in the US rather than in the UK. I've been woodworking as a hobby for 10 years and apart from the small selection available from Rutlands, of American tools and accessories, I haven't found many outlets that stock similar without having to import them. Axminster is at least making their own British made tools and accessories and hopefully will expand the range. Why can't we make things here, we've got the skills, we've got the workforce, we've got the need so what's the problem I say ?