sometimewoodworker

2 hours ago, gamb00ler said:

It takes a while to search through all the stuff Häfele sells.  I couldn't find anything for glass shelving after going through several catalogs.

My Häfele Fu must be significant better than yours as it just took me about 30 seconds to go to the catalog “Furniture Fittings” the another 30 seconds to locate the section starting at 2.94 to 2.103 where there are probably around 26 different options up to 40kg. Typing this reply probably took twice as long as the search.

EDIT 

in the current catalog it’s from 2.85 to 2.91, I didn’t check how many

11 minutes ago, Elkski said:

May I ask what floor spiderman is dangling from?  Or more importantly how far down till the hard objects stop the acceleration? 

What’s the problem? The Japanese use the same system cleaning windows on their buildings and they are far higher than any Thai condo.

8 minutes ago, samtam said:

 

Thank you. I have passed the information on. They have certainly tried turps, washed with soap and water, window cleaner etc. This cleaned the window of it's paint, but after rain, streaking marks were left, which never happened previously.

Turps is an oily solvent so is likely not to work well. Washing with soap and water or window cleaner is unlikely to be strong enough a degreaser so again is likely to be effective.

Bite the bullet and use a real degreaser as posted above.

The oil is captured by the frosted glass and needs proper degreasing. 

Try Häfele they almost certainly have a suitable product. Or of course AliExpress 

3 hours ago, degrub said:

The woodworking lathes that i have experience with, have a set of stacked pulleys to change the rotational speed of the work rather than messing with the motor. Is that not true for this case ?

 

There are lathes that use graded pulleys, these tend to be the cheaper ones, but electronic/electrical controls have far greater control and are virtually infinitely variable. These are more commonly found on 3 phase motors and the setup is more compact and less complex.

2 hours ago, samtam said:

My kitchen window which was newly installed in 2020 had some paint dripping on it during the repainting of the condo. The outside is sandblasted, and the company cleaned with turpentine, so that now when it rains it leaves streaks.

 

Need to replace glass (and frame).

No need to do that. Before going to all that bother you should try various other cleaning agents on the windows. The agents are, in general order of aggressiveness, pure alcohol (easily and cheaply available), acetone  (easily and cheaply available from pharmacies), AAA thinner, one of the other thinners for oil based paints . One of these is likely to clean the oily residue of the windows.

2 hours ago, sometimewoodworker said:

I agree on the quality of hitachi and have a couple myself.

Although they are the not the highest quality that I have, they are good enough for the job they do.

The best tool for the job is dependant on your needs and the needs of the job.

FWIW I have a couple of angle grinders from Hitachi from before the name and quality change, I also have 3 Hory grinders that all together cost half the price of the cheapest Hitachi or ฿258 each. They are cheap but for the job (grinding down and polishing welds) they are perfectly adequate and if they fail it’s a no brainier to replace them, there is no point in having  2 tools 

When you can have 4 and don’t need to change grinding wheels, if I were using them all day every day the answers could easily be different, but I’m not.

Is the Hitachi a better tool? Of course it is. Is it better enough for the job? Absolutely not, the cheap Hory grinders do the same job for about 1/10 the cost.

For an SCMS I have a Makita that was ⅓  the cost of the alternative and does an adequate job to excellent, while I could have afforded the ฿70,000+ for the better tool I didn’t have a need for the light weight and precision that the higher price got me.

12 hours ago, Liquorice said:

Indeed, you did, the problem being that price is merely for the drill, without any batteries or charger, and you really require those as well.

To quote yourself, look again. The price I quoted included a battery and charger @ 23,000 the price for the tool alone is 21,830.

However there are many who want the tool only as the already have batteries and chargers.

I agree on the quality of hitachi and have a couple myself.

1 hour ago, Liquorice said:

Try searching for similar in Thailand.

I gave you a link to a Thai supplier of the tool you mentioned so I don’t see the problem. I agree that searching in English isn’t the easiest but I have used the supplier I linked to as well as a few others for quality tools. The search function is made more complicated by the propensity of tool makers to change the names of tools in different regions so you have to investigate carefully to ensure that you get the tool you want. 

6 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I think most professional shops don't sell over Lazada or something like that.

There are a few that do, but you are correct that most don’t.

22 minutes ago, Liquorice said:

Look again, it was £££££££'s as in English pounds.
Equivalent to 32,000 BHT thereabouts.

There is little point in comparing sterling prices as the prices in the U.K. are always much higher than in other countries.

However that doesn’t address the point that the tool you are referring to is about 135% more expensive in the U.K. and is reasonably easily available from quality suppliers in Thailand by mail order and probably in person in Hardware House HQ

47 minutes ago, Liquorice said:

I prefer professional tools and not the DIY type you posted.
You obviously don't know the difference.

 

I've used Bosch, DeWalt, Makita, none of which proved up to the job or were reliable.
Once I discovered Hitachi professional tools, I never looked back.

 

Another generic link to a tool site, but not a direct link to the products you posted.

 

This is an example of what I mean by Professional tools, and it's a Bosch.

 

 

That's equivalent to 32,000 BHT, probably more than the whole kit you posted.

 

The price for the tool you post is ฿23,000 which is slightly less than the equivalent exchange rate for $700 

https://itoolmart.com/product/89mz9/BOSCHGBH18V34CF18V

so your quoted 32,000 is rather fantastic 

all the professional tools you want are available from a few suppliers. However the majority of buyers here want cheap tools or moderately priced better quality ones, very few want to pay the prices for the premium quality tools but they are available if you look hard enough.

Buy an angle grinder for 300 baht, if it fails, none of mine have, buy another one.

then spend reasonable money on a circular saw as that needs to be good quality to do a good job

On 3/21/2024 at 6:17 AM, wozzlegummich said:

Does anyone know of an english speaking sparky in the Bua Yai / Korat / Chaiyaphum or Khon Kaen areas I can talk to and hopefully get to do some work. 

If you read your PMs you will find a reply

2 hours ago, mikecha said:

samsung 24 ultra  dual sim +electronic sim 3xok

But only 2 active numbers 

6 minutes ago, scorecard said:

one exposed wall (with double glass sliding doors, double glass) get full on sun from about 09.00 am. The other exposed wall with 2 double glazed large windows from 10.00 am.

For the glass you need reflective blinds

like these. They cut the heat being transmitted into the room by around 90%

2 hours ago, renegade2000 said:

 

My bedroom in Thailand is very hot and I want to have air conditioning installed, but first, I am considering putting insulation panels on the ceiling. My room is 12 square meters. What do you advise me?

Insulate it will save money and allow a faster cool down 

3 hours ago, Gknrd said:

Mine used to change about half the time I got an extension. Crazy. Never asked and never understood why.  Usually only by a few days or on one occasion three weeks. After sitting at immigration and then watching them move the rubber in the 10-25 stamps I didn't care really.  Never thought calling them on it would be in my best interest.

That’s the second confirmed instance of dates changing. Which office was it? 
 

from the other report I can speculate as to the reason why there was no consistency, but as speculation it has no significant benefit.

Also just accepting the changes without questions is not a bad policy, but it’s very useful to know that it may happen. Up to now I and almost everyone has assumed that it never does so your report is a valuable datum point

58 minutes ago, kimamey said:

 

That was something I was looking at. Unfortunately I won't be here 45 days before.

There is an option for 60 days (I am using that this time), though that is probably not necessary as you will be back before you need to put the application in.

1 minute ago, DrJoy said:

That is true, if you are inside Thailand.

 

If outside Thailand and dont return by the last day of the under consideration stamp, your extension is gone.

However if you are outside Thailand during the under consideration period you will also have a reentry permit that will be limited to the under consideration report back date. I am well aware of this as the IO who stamped me in the time before last was extremely surprised that they were stamping me into Thailand for 3 days and was concerned that I might not get to Udon immigration in time.

3 minutes ago, dick turpin said:

Think his wife may be more concerned about him getting

back in time, returning on May 27 he will only have a short

window to get to immigration before June 6, assuming

he is not held up in the UK.

@kimamey  That is plenty of time, as long as you get all of your paperwork ready to go on your return.

The application must be in before the extension finishes. You will get an under consideration stamp when you make your application, the consideration stamp is equivalent to an extension of your permission to stay. You can even go into immigration a couple of days after the report back date a there will be no problem. So please reassure SWMBO that there is no problem, apart from the English weather of course.

6 hours ago, sometimewoodworker said:

However there is 1 stated claim of a different result + one applicant who applied to a different office who is likely to have received an incorrect stamp from the IO who is checking now or will shortly check.

The second poster who got 13 months has confirmed that it was an IO stamp error and his date has been fixed 

4 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Good question...  I didn't have 3 active connections at the same time....

But, whenever I needed an OTP to my Thai number, it was a simple 'flick' of a (digital) switch on the phone. 

 

Does anyone need 3 cell connections running concurrently ? (or just the option to conveniently switch)

So far I haven’t had any need or desire for more than 2 and only 1 eSIM at once. I will in a few weeks have the opportunity to have 2 eSIMs active on my phone (Apple assures me this is an option) I will have my current AIS eSIM a GiffGaff physical or eSIM and possibly an Airalo eSIM. Time will tell

5 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

anomaly

Quite possibly, or restricted to a single immigration office. 
 

I would guess that there are not many on a spouse extension in the far south and fewer, if any, of them are posting on TV

54 minutes ago, Liquorice said:

By the way, your Reddit link opens multi general posts.
After 10 minutes scrolling through, I still couldn't find the post you were referring to.
A direct link would help.

The poster is https://www.reddit.com/user/Wrong-Response5324/

54 minutes ago, Liquorice said:

Unless he is prepared to post his stamps, I'd take his report with a pinch of salt.

You are welcome to ask more questions.

a previous post he said

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Last year in the songkhla they did this and maybe in two weeks they will do the same (13 months). I will ask my new officer about this. I had no issues; everything checked out when I renewed after that 1 month plus 12 month visa.

54 minutes ago, Liquorice said:

Once approved, new extension stamps are always backdated to the previous extension date.

That is the experience of virtually every other user and applicant I know of. And the reason for the question.

However there is 1 stated claim of a different result + one applicant who applied to a different office who is likely to have received an incorrect stamp from the IO who is checking now or will shortly check.

FWIW he is also adamant that he has a visa that he is extending and can’t seem to understand that an extension of stay isn’t a visa