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| mattinker:
Introduction, I'm an ex pat Brit, I've lived in France for over thirty years and just outside Paris for over twenty-five. Curiously, I have quite a lot of "imperial" machinery, as the UK market is much better than the French one. In the order that I bought them more or less:- Bench grinders Elliot M10 Shaper Tig Mig Plasma Ancient Pan brake, will take 2.05m x 2mm steel Clark 4x6 band saw. 1944 Colchester Master (6 1/2" UK swing, 13" US swing, x 36") Undergoing a very slow ELS (Electronic Lead Screw conversion) H.Ernault Somua Universal Mill. Clarkson T&G Elu 30cm Wood band-saw usually fitted with a narrow fine blade. Denbigh "Camel back" Pillar drill, a splendid beast that can easily cope with 50mm bitd. (This replaced at similar cost a Chinese high run-out CM2 pillar drill) Dewalt radial arm saw. Metabo mitre saw 50cm wood band saw, a gift! Fitted most of the time with a rough-cut wood blade. Emco compact eight, a gift missing it's motor, in progress. Largish Fly press, as yet un-installed! I also have accumulated quite a lot of miscellaneous tooling. I have a large assortment of wood and metal hand tools. I am fortunate in that I have a friend who works for a UK based international transporter, so I get "special" rates on machine transport. I have built a home foundry, so far only Al, more coming! A forge, Anvil etc. "in progress", a "hot spot", a large hood(2m x 2m) with a chimney. A gas fired kiln to fire ceramics and de-wax "lost wax" moulds is in the pipeline. I use my machines in my work as a set and machinery builder for television, theatre and the Cinema. I am more than a little over whelmed by work, and the fact that I moved into an unfinished home/workshop six years ago, the light is at the end of the tunnel but I'm still not there yet! Regards, Matthew |
| spuddevans:
Hi there Matthew :wave: Welcome to the club, pull up a chair and join in the fun. Tim |
| saw:
Hi and welcome :wave: |
| DaveH:
Mathew, :wave: It's a hello and welcome from me. :beer: DaveH |
| Brass_Machine:
Hiya Matt :wave: Welcome to the collective :borg: Sounds like you have a nice tool collection. :headbang: Set and machinery builder? That has got to be some neat stuff... do tell? Eric |
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