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Offline Paddy OFernichur

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Hello from central MA USA
« on: January 28, 2012, 11:12:12 PM »
I'd poked my head in here a few times and liked what I saw. It reminds me of a different site, but seems to actually be friendly.

Anyhow, I'm fiddytwo, and a long-time machinist who shares a little machine shop with my dad. We have a 16x40 lathe, Bridgeport, and 6x14 surface grinder. Lots of tooling too, and I don't mind sharing or giving lessons.

My background is 30 years of working in machine shops, now doing something related but not running machines everyday. I see a lot of people here who I know and know me from other sites. Since I seem to be history at one, I thought I add a new one.

Hellooo!!  :wave:
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Offline bvd1940

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Re: Hello from central MA USA
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2012, 12:48:49 AM »
Welcome aboard fiddytwo, jump right in and join the party   :nrocks:
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Offline Tony Wells

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Re: Hello from central MA USA
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2012, 02:22:05 AM »
Greetings, PF. Good to see you.
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Re: Hello from central MA USA
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2012, 02:27:13 AM »
Well hello Paddy  :wave: A very warm welcome to Madmodder, we're very glad to have you here. Pull up a chair and join in the fun :proj:


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Offline DaveH

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Re: Hello from central MA USA
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2012, 03:57:03 AM »
Hello Ken :wave:

Hello and welcome to MadModder. :thumbup:

Nice to see you here :clap:

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Re: Hello from central MA USA
« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2012, 04:21:59 AM »
Welcome to Madmodder Paddy  :thumbup:

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Re: Hello from central MA USA
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2012, 04:51:44 AM »
Hi end welcome to us  :wave:
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Re: Hello from central MA USA
« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2012, 05:19:47 AM »
Welcome Paddy, the more the merrier.

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Offline Paddy OFernichur

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Re: Hello from central MA USA
« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2012, 08:23:54 AM »
What a nice warm welcome! Thank you all.

If I need help with welding, tin-whacking or other metal forming and fabrication techniques, I now have a good friendly resource.

If on the other hand, you should ever want help with machining metals with HSS, drilliing, milling or carbide insert tooling, you may find me to be a long-winded, egotistical and pompous arse who actually holds a small shred of knowledge and experience with the subject.

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Re: Hello from central MA USA
« Reply #9 on: January 29, 2012, 08:41:20 AM »
Morn'in Toto. You're not in Kansas anymore.  :D

Good to see you again.   :wave:

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Offline mnmetal

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Re: Hello from central MA USA
« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2012, 09:52:05 AM »
Hi Ken.

Welcome to the forum. Good to see some more "familiar faces".  :D

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Re: Hello from central MA USA
« Reply #11 on: January 29, 2012, 10:08:53 AM »
Hi ya Paddy  :wave:

Welcome to the collective :borg:

Sounds like you have a nice collection of tools and experience!

What kind of things do you do in your shop?

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Offline Paddy OFernichur

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Re: Hello from central MA USA
« Reply #12 on: January 29, 2012, 10:41:28 AM »
Quote from: Brass_Machine on January 29, 2012, 10:08:53 AM
Hi ya Paddy  :wave:

Welcome to the collective :borg:

Sounds like you have a nice collection of tools and experience!

What kind of things do you do in your shop?

Eric

What I do mostly is add tooling to it through Craigslist ads, Ebay and other venues. My dad is a retired moldmaker, now approaching 80. The shop is at his home, 7.5 miles from me. I get over there at least once a week, but don't actually have much time for many projects. I'm less interested in making up work now as I am in preparing the shop for what it will be when I retire and either live there or move it to my home.

I do machine whatever may fall in the door. My nephew has a well-tooled shoe repair shop, and we occasionally make replacement parts for his high-end commercial shoe machines. I occasionally alter tooling for my employer to make it work. I fix things that need fixing, but my greatest joy is when a nearby member of a website like this wants to spend a few hours getting general or specific hands-on lessons. I invite people to come and learn for a day or a an hour. In the first ten minutes I share everything I know in my 30+ years of machining, then we spend the remaining hours actually learning together the other things that need explaining. ;)

That about sums up what I do in the home shop!  :)
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Offline Bourne Bill

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Re: Hello from central MA USA
« Reply #13 on: January 29, 2012, 01:24:13 PM »
Hello Paddy, I m from central mass also, Lancaster, where you  from
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Offline Paddy OFernichur

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Re: Hello from central MA USA
« Reply #14 on: January 29, 2012, 05:21:44 PM »
Quote from: Bourne Bill on January 29, 2012, 01:24:13 PM
Hello Paddy, I m from central mass also, Lancaster, where you  from

I'm actually from Worcester (where my mom & dad still live. I now live right over in Spencer. If you ever need any machining help or capacity, just gimme a shout!
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Offline Brass_Machine

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Re: Hello from central MA USA
« Reply #15 on: January 29, 2012, 05:32:02 PM »
Lived in Boston for a short time. Been to Worcester a few times (a friend moved there in the 90s)... Drive through Mass a lot to visit in-laws in NH and my family in Maine (from there).

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Offline pjf134

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Re: Hello from central MA USA
« Reply #16 on: January 30, 2012, 12:23:09 AM »
 Welcome Paddy and ED, good to see you here.
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Re: Hello from central MA USA
« Reply #17 on: January 30, 2012, 06:26:55 AM »
Ok... So, here we go.....

Hi there Mr patio furniture! Who's apparently fifty two and called Ken!!   :lol:    So very unusual to find so many oddities in the first post!

Welcome to the collective, oo's ya face  :borg:   :thumbup: 




When things settle down you'll have to let us know the proper title with which to address you  :)




BTW. I like your style/philosophy...

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but my greatest joy is when a nearby member of a website like this wants to spend a few hours getting general or specific hands-on lessons. I invite people to come and learn for a day or a an hour. In the first ten minutes I share everything I know in my 30+ years of machining, then we spend the remaining hours actually learning together the other things that need explaining. ;)

I know a guy or two like that.... Best way to be IMHO   :clap:   Sadly you're a little too far away for me to take up the offer  :(




Looking forward to seeing what you guys bring to the forum.






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Offline Bourne Bill

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Re: Hello from central MA USA
« Reply #18 on: January 30, 2012, 07:21:57 AM »
Thanks for the offer  Paddy, I d have to holler real loud, I live on Cape Cod now.............
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Re: Hello from central MA USA
« Reply #19 on: February 02, 2012, 06:35:38 PM »
Hi
Paddy
Welcome to mad modders
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Offline krv3000

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Re: Hello from central MA USA
« Reply #20 on: February 12, 2012, 06:43:56 AM »
Welcome from me too.

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