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Serveta150:
Greetings from (Old) York, (Old) England.

My official name is Paul, but Mrs. L. prefers to use terms such as, "selfish, self-centred, thoughtless and inconsiderate", on account of all the Engineering equipment I am always procuring and giving up ("our") valuable time and money for.

I have spent all my working life to date in Engineering, leaving school in 1973 and serving a 4-year Indentured Apprenticeship, City & Guilds, General Mechanical Eng', as a Fitter/Machinist, followed by a 5th year as a Trainee Draughtsman (Drawing-board) and have worked in various Design Offices and disciplines since.

I am an advocate of S.I. Units. The company I served my time with officially adopted metrication in 1976 and I immediately realized it's superiority over the imperial system of measurement (Comments on a post card please)

Graduating from a drawing-board to AutoCAD 2D (1990) was easy - it was just a drawing-board on a screen. But 3D catches me out a bit. "You can't teach old dogs new tricks" as the saying goes, and now all the the young dudes (that I used to boss around) are teaching me a thing or 2000. AutoCAD "Mechanical" was a disaster (in my opinion) and I do not feel that "Inventor" is as good as "SolidWorks".

I have passions for Willys MB 38's, Honda Pan-European ST1100's, Gibson SG's, Lambretta's and Miniature Railway Live-steam Loco's in 3.5", 5" & 7.25" gauges. Unfortunately, I do not own either of the first 3 items on my shopping list (yet) but my Scooter has a pretty good tuned engine (as far as Scooters go) and is in the process of being totally rebuilt (again) I have two 5" & two 7" loco's under design/construction and a very sorry 3.5" Rob Roy rescued from a hammer & chisel merchant. I also enjoy renovating and repairing Machine Tools - it is very satisfying.

My interest in Miniature Steam Loco's led me to set-up a workshop with an old Harrison L5 and an Adcock Shipley 1ESG (Bridgeport M-head) + the usual Bench/drill/grinder etc, some years ago. Moving house recently, my Harrison was damaged and when Chester Machine Tools (UK) offered their Conquest Lathe & Mill at reduced prices, I took the plunge (more grief from she who must be obeyed) This led me to the Chester forum which in turn , led me to this one - which looks AOK

Hopefully, I'll get some photo's of my workshop together this weekend and post them on. I know I always enjoy an insight into the El Dorado's of others, without being nosey - there's always something you see that makes you think, "that's a good idea".

This site is very inspirational from what I have read and seen and long may it continue to be/do so.

Best regards, Paul, York, North Yorkshire England (On Ilkley bar t'at, On Ilkley bar t'at, On Ilkley bar t'aat, etc)

Brass_Machine:
Hey Paul!

Welcome to the collective  :borg: . Gotta get some pictures up! That is a good list of things to be into. A co worker of mine has 2 willys he is restoring. Love the Lambrettas... Had a lambretta Jet for about a month!

Eric

Bernd:
Hey Paul,

Welcome to the collective of diverse interests.  :borg:

I am into live steam also, 1 1/2" or 7.25" gauge.

I also have one of those SWMBO. Unfortunatley she is also CFO (Cheif Finacial Officer) :(

But do I listen to her? NO.  :lol:

Bernd

SPiN Racing:
Hey Paul welcome to the forum!

I am as new as they come to the whole thing.. but Im making shavings!

My brother who just got his MFA(Masters of Fine Arts) has been a guitar player his whole life.. (hes 49) and he actually taught me to play when I was in high school in the early 80s. (I know)
THing is..
I had this Nice telecaster guitar I bought from him at a brother only price... 50 bucks USD. And I got really pretty good with it.

But whenever WE played I could never sound as good as him.

His axe?

1969 SG.  :doh:

Its some sort of reddish cherry color.. and I gather worth a country.  BUT I do have to say.. it sounds like nothing else... as you obviously know. Very nice sounding guitar..

Shortly after coming to the realisation I couldnt afford to get one... nor anything that sounded as nice.. I sorta lost interest in playing.

After a few years of karate, and broken fingers/hands I didnt bother trying to play. :(


Thankfully you need a delicate touch with a mill/lathe, but not ultra dextrous fingers :)

Sounds like you have some great experience and hobbies! Look forward to hearing about/seeing some of the toys!

bogstandard:
Hi Paul,

Glad you made your way over.

When you are ready, just open up and we will read or help as much as we can. No one is forced to do anything here, well you might get a little  :poke: from time to time, just enjoy the experience of being amongst a group of enthusiastic people, who enjoy sharing their experiences and dreams. :zap:

We have a couple of active members from around your neck of the woods, so you are not alone  :borg:. I am sure they will give you a good welcome, once they wake up. :med:

But what you mustn't forget, this is mainly an American based site, and reverting to your native UK northern banter can confuse the locals somewhat.
:lol:

John

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