{"id":785,"date":"2017-06-15T10:21:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T10:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/?page_id=785"},"modified":"2026-04-06T07:30:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:30:26","slug":"library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/library\/","title":{"rendered":"The Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WELCOME to the Library. Here you&#8217;ll find documents, instruction manuals, etc. available to download.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click on a document&#8217;s heading or the image to start the download. Most of the documents are PDF files, approx. file sizes are given.<\/p>\n<h6>Search our collection of PDFs using the box below:<\/h6>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/cse.google.com\/cse.js?cx=871aa729872a24221\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"gcse-search\"><\/div>\n<p>Take a look at the Related Pages menu to see what is available.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to know about new documents added to the Library? 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