I just wanted to say thanks for all the feedback, I'm about 500 pairs in now and its has been pretty hard work to get to this point but the positivity from ukB has helped loads.
I know I've not totally sussed it yet, not all shoes are as easy to do as others and i'm not totally free of de-laminations (but then I don't think any re-soler is)but I feel its going in the right direction. What I am happy with is keeping the downturn and hollow in shoes, which seems pretty easy, what I find hard is keeping the shape in a shoe where the upper/rands have gone really soft and baggy.
You are keeping me busy which is great but reflected in longer turnaround times, its hard to predict, some days 20 pairs turn up, other days none. (I currently say 3-10 working days plus postage for turnaround).
Oh, normally I can resole a shoe that has been done before, however I've decided that I don't want to re-do any that have been done by CheshireShoeRepairs as he does things so differently that its hard to go over his work, and I never feel happy with the results. I'd suggest sending them back to him instead.