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by sy_woodworking
Wed 05 Feb, 2025 8:22 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: Mounting a ZX Spectrum.
Replies: 6
Views: 579

Re: Mounting a ZX Spectrum.

The worst bit is it wasn’t even my first computer 🤣
by sy_woodworking
Wed 05 Feb, 2025 2:34 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: Mounting a ZX Spectrum.
Replies: 6
Views: 579

Re: Mounting a ZX Spectrum.

Cool, they're both good ideas. The back is removable so the melinex wrap method would work, and as far as I know the device does still work so I would like it to be reversible ideally but they're quite a common item and it's not exactly in pristine condition now so something like removing the rubber...
by sy_woodworking
Wed 05 Feb, 2025 10:42 am
Forum: Help!
Topic: Mounting a ZX Spectrum.
Replies: 6
Views: 579

Mounting a ZX Spectrum.

I'm working on a shadow box and a search of the forum reveals very little if I search for ZX Spectrum, the search ignores ZX so I just get Spectrum & they're all about the light spectrum :-) So, here's what I'm thinking. The Speccy itself is relatively heavy, I'm not sure the mylar straps would ...
by sy_woodworking
Tue 21 Jan, 2025 6:48 pm
Forum: Adverts/Sales/Wants
Topic: WANTED: Blade sharpening in Sheffield.
Replies: 0
Views: 1217

WANTED: Blade sharpening in Sheffield.

I’m after a place to get my Morso blades sharpened and living in Sheffield you’d think that would be the perfect place to get them done.

Are there any places you’d recommend locally?
by sy_woodworking
Sat 28 Dec, 2024 11:25 am
Forum: Help!
Topic: I’m struggling right now.
Replies: 13
Views: 4615

Re: I’m struggling right now.

Does the temperature of the room and blades make any difference?
by sy_woodworking
Tue 24 Dec, 2024 7:46 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: I’m struggling right now.
Replies: 13
Views: 4615

Re: I’m struggling right now.

Here’s a photo of the blades. They were stored unused for years in a basement and a garage.

There’s a lot of what looks like staining on the blades that the white spirit, steel wool and scotch pads couldn’t shift.

Is it worth having them sharpened or just skip straight to a new pair?
by sy_woodworking
Mon 23 Dec, 2024 5:32 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: I’m struggling right now.
Replies: 13
Views: 4615

Re: I’m struggling right now.

Thanks for all the replies, I'm definitely going to do a more in depth course at some point when I have the money. After inesting in a couple of machines to make things easier the whole thing needs to wash it's own face as it were, anything I buy has to come out of the money I make from making frame...
by sy_woodworking
Sat 21 Dec, 2024 3:02 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: I’m struggling right now.
Replies: 13
Views: 4615

I’m struggling right now.

I’ve only been making frames since September, and only as a “side hustle” for family and friends right now and I started off on a high, tight corners, sharp edges… I felt like King Frames of Framistan! But now I’m struggling. I’ve hit a bit of a trough where nothing I make is up to the standard I wo...
by sy_woodworking
Mon 16 Dec, 2024 12:06 pm
Forum: Business Matters
Topic: Social Media and Advertising
Replies: 8
Views: 20779

Re: Social Media and Advertising

That's my take too, if you sell online then you can add tracking that lets you see which sales came from which adverts or social media posts, but once the interaction crosses over into the real world you lose any of that, same for magazine, TV & radio ads etc, it's always a gut feel isn't it.
by sy_woodworking
Fri 13 Dec, 2024 8:32 am
Forum: Help!
Topic: FramR - unable to subscibe
Replies: 4
Views: 2132

Re: FramR - unable to subscibe

50Mb is plenty fast enough. I have that at home and stream to multiple tvs simultaneously and play online games, it should be able to handle updating your subscription 😁
by sy_woodworking
Fri 06 Dec, 2024 1:42 pm
Forum: Adverts/Sales/Wants
Topic: WANTED: The Complete Guide To Shadowboxes by Jim Miller
Replies: 5
Views: 1299

Re: WANTED: The Complete Guide To Shadowboxes by Jim Miller

I think I'm going to have to go that route, but it's hard to gift wrap :SD
by sy_woodworking
Thu 05 Dec, 2024 10:29 am
Forum: Adverts/Sales/Wants
Topic: WANTED: The Complete Guide To Shadowboxes by Jim Miller
Replies: 5
Views: 1299

WANTED: The Complete Guide To Shadowboxes by Jim Miller

Lion have a paper copy in stock but I'm not planning on making any more orders till the new year and I'd really like a copy of this book for Christmas, does anyone have a copy for sale, or know of an alternate supplier that can just post regular 1st class mail?
by sy_woodworking
Mon 25 Nov, 2024 11:52 am
Forum: Business Matters
Topic: Social Media and Advertising
Replies: 8
Views: 20779

Re: Social Media and Advertising

Do you measure how many sales you get via each channel actively, or just ask clients where they found you?
by sy_woodworking
Sun 17 Nov, 2024 9:52 pm
Forum: After Hours
Topic: Pronunciation
Replies: 4
Views: 3690

Re: Pronunciation

Zhee-klay!!! That’s not even a pronunciation that had crossed my mind.
by sy_woodworking
Sun 17 Nov, 2024 9:41 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: Misfiring point driver.
Replies: 0
Views: 3096

Misfiring point driver.

I’ve had a Fletcher FrameMaster for a while, and today while finishing a job off it jammed. I took it to bits and I jammed it but now it’s not firing … until it does and then again 2 or 3 come shooting out. What could be causing this? I made a video here https://youtube.com/shorts/eaM1ZHXgSDg?si=JDT...
by sy_woodworking
Sun 17 Nov, 2024 5:37 pm
Forum: After Hours
Topic: Pronunciation
Replies: 4
Views: 3690

Pronunciation

I want to go and get a print done of an old football program so I can frame it.

A couple of question ...

1) Is a giclee what I want?

2) How the heck do I pronounce it? :D Is it gishlee, gicklee, gishlay? Some mixture of all 3? I don't want to look like an idiot when I go into my local printer ;-)
by sy_woodworking
Thu 14 Nov, 2024 10:56 am
Forum: Business Matters
Topic: Social Media and Advertising
Replies: 8
Views: 20779

Social Media and Advertising

There's a big upheavel going on on social media at the moment, lots of people switching from one platform to another so if you use social media as part of your advertising and marketing then it's going to be an interesting time. Traditionally you have Facebook, Instagram & X but others have join...
by sy_woodworking
Mon 11 Nov, 2024 2:53 pm
Forum: After Hours
Topic: AI/ChatGpt
Replies: 20
Views: 77041

Re: AI/ChatGpt

I work in IT and I wrote a bit on AI and where we could/should be using it. I think the title tells you what I think about it though ;-)

https://www.stuartgrimshaw.co.uk/2024/1 ... fun-stuff/
by sy_woodworking
Sat 05 Oct, 2024 8:47 am
Forum: Help!
Topic: How long to glass cutters last?
Replies: 12
Views: 5110

Re: How long to glass cutters last?

Great tip about the lubricant, I don’t have that at the moment but I will add it to my toolkit! I honestly don’t mind the glass cleaning to be honest, for me it’s the almost that final piece of the puzzle and much like the old cooling towers next to the M1 at Sheffield, it means I’m nearly home and ...
by sy_woodworking
Thu 03 Oct, 2024 1:31 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: How long to glass cutters last?
Replies: 12
Views: 5110

How long to glass cutters last?

Title says it all really, how long to glass cutters tend to last, just the standard ones you get off Amazon.

I'm assuming the cutting disk goes blunt after cutting a certain amount of glass?