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| klank:
Following the good example of TFL/Floyd, since I too have posted a bit, I should say hello. Ex. Church surveyor and ardent curry cooker and Sci.Fi. reader, living in East Devon. Since being "retired early" - back injurys - I have been able to take up this grand hobby of model engineering (previously done RC planes and boats) and indulge a bit with a lathe/mill - always wanted these since schooldays but never had the chance until about 18 months ago. Very much a newbie at this - cannot really contribute much. Built a Stirling engine that refuses to run (I will beat it one day - much kind help and advice proffered from this forum following my first post), a Stuart 10H (which does) and now struggling to build a Wenceslas boiler plus all the trimmings (Tubal Cain recipe) to power it. Learned a lot from making tooling for the lathe/mill. Much gleaned also from books by TC, Harold Hall and Stan Bray. Like Floyd said, a steep learning curve - knowlege and theory being gleaned from books and forums - some (like this), better than others. Bogstandard, like Floyd - I too must say thanks for always and unfailingly being there for help/advice - seen you on many threads around the net - my wife (very supportive in this hobby, thank goodness) thinks you have "much to answer for" as I have often quoted you and your lovely builds as inspirational. My other "help" has been Circlip (known to you Boggy? as he calls you) - who turned up here in bucolic Devon, on his way back to Bradford, with a load of old ME mags to "get me going" and a lot of blunt Yorkshire advice (long story). He also seduced me into Skype so I can speak to him at length when in need of "How do I do this?" help. Anyway, what a gentle, laid back group with so much help and experience freely shared. Thanks for providing such a forum. |
| Bernd:
klank, Welcome to the collective as we like to call it. :borg: As has been mentioned before all subjects can be disscussed here, just find the appropriate place and post. Regards, Bernd |
| Brass_Machine:
Welcome to the collective :borg: klank! Sci-fi huh? Gonna go :offtopic: I am a huge fan of both sci-fi and fantasy (nerd alert!) Who do you like to read? Eric |
| sbwhart:
Welcome aboard the cube :borg: John has got a lot to answer for, I'm lucky to live very close to John and every time I visit I come back with ideas on how to improve my kit, he did it again last night when he explained how to convert my lathe to take a Myford screw mount chuck I think he must be a carrier of :proj: Please do join in the advice the ribbing and the fun Stew |
| Stilldrillin:
Big Derbyshire welcome to you, Klank. This is a crackin` forum. :thumbup: Enjoy....... Oh! You are doing, already....... :D David D |
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