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Stuff I want

Including some things I wouldn’t want bought for me

Sections no particular order, approximately cheapest first within sections

Books, CDs and DVDs

back-pack type bass gig bag (example)
Pair of good quality microphones; the Behringer C-2 would be the minimum, I think. Possibly also get an Edirol UA25 as that has mic inputs and does the ADC as well.
BOSS TU-2 tuner or Behringer TU100 Tuner (cheaper!).
Pair of Schaller JBX pickups (black) or, possibly better, a pair of DiMarzio Ultra Jazz pickups.
piezo saddles — and preamp.
Five string fretless bass eg
[Electric] upright bass ($1200&ndash$6000). There are other makes, including
- Shergold (£430)
- bsx $600?
- NS Designs ~£670
- Ergo ~$700
- Aria ~£750
- Dean ~£600
- Bassix £1000up
- Bespoke £1600
Listing of basses at Thomann

backdraft damper eg
deep blue laundry basket
2 Spur strongbeam 350×350mm single-shelf brackets (Spur code 7514, but Spur have stopped manufacture in the UK), white. Or microwave brackets?
three more ASSA 8726 55mm backset Euro door latches (Acorn Architectural Ironmongery can get them), or (cheaper) CES-7700-01-SSS, also from Acorn Architectural Ironmongery
Whole house heat recovery ventilation system or several Vent Axia HR25H
Exterior thermal insulation with rain screen (eg Eisenberg Argeton)

Plate warmer nicer and bigger than the ones I already have. Or maybe make one.
Blender attachment for Kenwood Chef A701 (1970s model)? Machine is old and anyway we have a hand-held blender. Probably better to get a bigger stick blender
Eventually replace mixer with a Kitchenaid K5 or similarly sized Commercial Mixer , and get an Grain mill as well—not suitable for oily or moist grains, so not much use? Still not sure what best replacement mixer would be.
Crumpet rings, if stainless steel
pestle & mortar (all stone/all porcelain, all dishwasher proof) eg except that something much bigger would be better.
black iron baking sheet
200mm/8″ cake tin (stainless steel if such exist), removable base or spring form
Square cross-section glass (Kilner) jars like the ones that Ravenhead used to make. 3litre.
stainless steel cake cooling tray
slicing/carving knife, all metal. Possibly Porsche or with more confidence Wüsthof Trident Culinar. Actually, if a selection of Wüsthof Culinar knives appeared from nowhere I wouldn’t exactly complain about it!
Bourgeat Tradition Plus pans
32cm boiling pot and lid
Falcon Fusion Dominator range.

Pipe deburring tool: pipe reamer
Universal countersink
Sheet metal nibbler; I have one that makes a square cut, but and end nibbler that had one square and one curved corner would be more useful.
Self centering mortise base for routers. Perhaps could make one?
Rotating handle (Part No. 2872) for Bailey Universal drain rods. Possibly clearing wheel (1740) too.
Flexible drive attachment for Dremel.
oil for beard trimmer (sewing machine oil)
BAHCO adjustable spanners — possibly replace current two (small and tiny) so that the adjusters all work in the same direction.
Bosch palm router might be handy for in-situ work. Probably don't need two ¼″ routers, though.
Bench grinder with wet wheel
Router table (to fit Trend T5/T11)
Small metalworking lathe (and somewhere to put it!)

I’m webmaster for Flora garden tours, a small provider of tours of English gardens, I thought I'd provide a link to it here. PJ Brooke has a cool site, too.