Hi chaps
I'm Jerry, I do metalwork now and then. I can handle it…

...at least, I thought I could...

Trouble is, you start off on the easy stuff, a bench, a four-inch Record, something to bash and cut with, a few files, but soon it's not enough, you've got to have a pillar drill, a grinder, and before you know it you're wandering the streets looking for the hard stuff, talking swing and the distance between centres, making deals for ancient bits of machinery that long preceeded the remote control and the mobile!
So yes, I have an ancient ML7 (c.1949) with ways that would make a real engineer sob into his mic case, a 7x12 mini lathe that for one reason and another I've had under a bench from new for two years without touching (other than a CLA) but am now itching to make chips with, a huge (well, huge in my half-garage workshop) compressor, a mig welder and various bits and pieces (but never enough

).
What do I like? Land Rovers (currently a 1970 late SIIa 2.25 diesel), old motorbikes (a 1971 Harley Davidson ServiCar -- factory trike used by traffic cops and the like) and at the other end of the scale, a 25cc BSA Winged Wheel (currently in pieces but one day...), stationary engines (various but nothing especially rare or interesting) and...well, all the usual stuff! I also repair old Russian rangefinder cameras (Zorkis mainly).
Greast site. Love the insights, the helpful postings, the glimpses into other enthusiast's workshops. Hopefully, will make my own contribution as and when...
Thank you.