Metalworkingfun forum

[Chuck in E. TN]

Anyone know what's up with metalworkingfun.com forum? Has it had a crash, update gone wrong?

Chuck

[Manxmodder]

Chuck,I tried to log in a couple of times yesterday and got a message saying I wasn't allowed access to the site.

ETA: this message appears.
Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /index.php on this server.

Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

[ozzie46]

there was a banner message saying the site would be down to wrk on it as his time permitted this weekend.


 Ron

[Chuck in E. TN]

Thanks, Ron. Missed the banner...
Chuck
 

[mnmetal]

Hey guys,

Are you still having problems getting onto the metalworkingfun forum? I updated the software yesterday but there are still some issues but you should be able to log on and post. They moved the forum to new servers and in the process hosed it up pretty good. I'm slowly working out the kinks but nobody has visited it in a couple of days so I was wondering if people can access it yet. If you could let me know I'd appreciate it.

Ed

[John Swift]

Hi Ed

some thing has changed in the last hour
I'm not a member but can now visit http://metalworkingfun.com/ without receiving error 403

 John

[mnmetal]

Thanks John. I figured out the error thing. I had it set so only I could access the forum while I was working on it. There's a file I needed to delete to get rid of that setting so everyone could access it. I found the file shortly after reading this thread and deleted it.   

There are still issues with the forum but it's at least usable now.

Ed

[awemawson]

Yes - able to log on - good to see the forum back on line 

[hermetic]

anybody else having problems with Metalworkingfun forum , last few days it has been appearing at about half size on my screen, and impossible to read ! Woss goin on?
Phil

[awemawson]

Working ok for me 

[Rubes]

Is metalworkingfun.com down again? or is it just me. its been a few weeks. It is now 1/7/2025.
just checking because I had email issues too after 12/31/24.
this is the message I get on a plain white screen (cant attach a pic for some reason)

Service Unavailable
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.

[awemawson]

I get the same response

[ddmckee54]

rleete posted this on HMEM earlier today:

I just wanted to get the message out that the Metalworkingfun forum is done and probably will not be back.

This is due to the fact that the forum admin, and frequent poster Vinny has died. May he rest in peace."

Here's the link that he posted to the obit: https://www.lynchandsonsoxford.com/obituaries/Vincent-Vielhaber-Jr?obId=34185860


Don

[Rubes]

Sorry to hear of his passing.
Condolences to his family and friends.