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johnuk6
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Hi from Birmingham UK
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June 20, 2010, 06:04:20 AM »
Hi all just joined the forum today my name is John and I’m 58 years old I live in Birmingham UK been working in engineering since I left school and now I’m retired. I have built up a small machine shop at home and try to spend as much time in it as I can. I build Morse keys as a hobby out of brass (just love working with brass) but interested in all forms of engineering. Spent about an hour looking around your forum and from what I seen so far I think it’s a great, full of information on all forms of engineering fun.
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Artie
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Re: Hi from Birmingham UK
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June 20, 2010, 06:57:40 AM »
Gday mate, welcome Im sure you'll find a lot of useful info here and also meet a heap of nice people.... its a great place...
Cheers Rob T
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Brass_Machine
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Re: Hi from Birmingham UK
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June 20, 2010, 09:25:52 AM »
Hiya John
Welcome to the collective
Brass is wonderful! Love working with the stuff myself. Morse keys themselves are pretty cool... got some pictures? (you know i had to ask)
Eric
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spuddevans
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Re: Hi from Birmingham UK
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June 20, 2010, 01:14:54 PM »
Hi there John
welcome to the club, pull up a chair and join in the fun.
Tim
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dsquire
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Re: Hi from Birmingham UK
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June 20, 2010, 01:42:06 PM »
Johnuk6
Hi John and welcome to MadModder. I am glad to see that you have already had a bit of a look around and like what you saw. There is a lot more there hidden away in the older posts that don't seem to pop out at you. There is many hours of reading and tips available on many subjects if you are ever looking for some reading material. When you get a chance it would be nice to see some pictures of your shop and some of your projects.
Cheers
Don
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Re: Hi from Birmingham UK
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June 20, 2010, 04:39:51 PM »
John, you have an excellent website and I very much like your morse keys. I could have done with seeing this before I began my morse key build project a few weeks ago. The key I have started is a straight paddle, similar to a few of yours as it was also based on the Kent Straight Key but it has been put on hold for a while since I have a few other projects to finish. You have inspired me to come back to it and finish it off, there are only a few hours work left in it now...
Also, super video`s on youtube of the process! Nice one
Chris
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johnuk6
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June 21, 2010, 06:08:22 PM »
Thanks all for the warm welcome, and thank Craynerd for what you said about my website and I’ll try to get some pictures up when I work out how to do it.
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dsquire
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Re: Hi from Birmingham UK
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June 21, 2010, 06:16:23 PM »
John
I have had a chance to visit your website and view some of the keys that you have made. They certainly are beautiful and show the mark of a true craftsman. Excellent job
Cheers
Don
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johnuk6
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Re: Hi from Birmingham UK
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June 22, 2010, 12:14:02 PM »
thanks Don it's very nice of you to say that.
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