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Title: Hi Guys,
Post by: BaronJ on December 31, 2013, 05:57:12 AM

I've done a bit of lurking and gleaned a fair bit of useful information from various posts here.  So I thought its about time I joined in and did a little contributing myself.

PS.  I might be old but I'm not really grumpy, though my wife might disagree...

Title: Re: Hi Guys,
Post by: awemawson on December 31, 2013, 06:35:47 AM

Welcome aboard Baron.

No problem being grumpy anyway, these young whippersnappers need keeping in line  :lol:

Tell us a bit about you, where you are, what you do, what you want to do, what machines you've got - you know the sort of thing!

Andrew

Title: Re: Hi Guys,
Post by: Brass_Machine on December 31, 2013, 11:32:12 AM

Hi Baron,

Welcome to the collective :borg:

I may not be old, but I am pretty grumpy!

Eric

Title: Re: Hi Guys,
Post by: krv3000 on December 31, 2013, 02:10:43 PM

Welcome aboard Baron.

as just grumpy

Title: Re: Hi Guys,
Post by: SwarfnStuff on January 01, 2014, 01:07:04 AM

Nah, just smile at em. Makes em wonder what you've been up to. Welcome to the mad mob. er Mad Modders.  :mmr:

Title: Re: Hi Guys,
Post by: AussieJimG on January 01, 2014, 01:28:12 AM

Welcome Baron. What's wrong with being grumpy?

Jim

Title: Re: Hi Guys,
Post by: BaronJ on January 01, 2014, 05:18:58 PM

Hi Guys,
Not too much to tell really.  I have a Myford ML7S that I bought new over twenty years ago.  Long bed, gearbox, power feeds all on a cabinet stand.  A Myford ML8 that came into my possesion a little over a year back.  A Chineese mill that my wife bought me for a wedding aniversary.  A few useful tools for both metal and wood working.

I live near Leeds in the north of England.  Not done anything over Christmas other than relax and enjoy a beer or three.

I'm currently researching information on stationary steam engines with a view to building one from ideas picked up.  I also have made one or two tools and have a simple tool grinder under development.

Indeed now I have started to write things down here, I have realised that there are a number of things in some partially constructed state.  New Years Resolution:-  Finish what I start.  :-)

Anyway,  Happy New Year to all.  Lets make 2014 a good one.

Title: Re: Hi Guys,
Post by: awemawson on January 01, 2014, 05:29:56 PM

hey, another Leodiensian  :ddb: :ddb: :ddb: :ddb:, but it's many years since I left Leeds

Andrew

Title: Re: Hi Guys,
Post by: BaronJ on January 04, 2014, 08:48:55 AM

Hi Andrew,

You probably would'nt recognise Leeds if you visited now !  The road layout has changed, one way systems all over the place, paved zones, buskers on most street corners.  All the old surplus supply places gone.  Dark arches now a big car park for the trendy apartment dwellers.  The new "Trinity" centre.  Basically an enormous covered area that used to be Bond street.  You can stand and look down on the Church from the higher floors.  About the only thing still familier is the bus station and markets.  Even that is slowly morphing into another shopping centre.

Progress I suppose...  Everything seems to be speeding up,  I,m just getting slower. ;-)

Title: Re: Hi Guys,
Post by: awemawson on January 04, 2014, 09:29:10 AM

Baron

I used to walk from the Grammer School past the Town Hall, and down the Headrow to the Quarry Hill flats where I took the tram to Roundhay, thereby saving a 6 penny bus fare. The added advantage to a school boy was that the route went past City Varieties, recently home of 'The Good Old Days' music hall TV programs, but then it was a strip club with saucy pictures outside  :ddb:

The market was always worth walking through - incidentally it was where Mr Marks & Mr Spencer came together and formed their famous company.

In a visit a few years back I saw that they had demolished the Quarry Hill flats - at the time they were the biggest public housing block in the world !

Andrew

Title: Re: Hi Guys,
Post by: Meldonmech on January 04, 2014, 04:34:13 PM

Hi Baron

                  Happy New Year and welcome to MadModder

                                                                                     Cheers David

Title: Re: Hi Guys,
Post by: Stilldrillin on January 04, 2014, 05:01:34 PM

Hi Baron!  :wave:

Welcome to the Collective.  :borg:

Leeds, eh! I grew up, near Brighouse. Your Headrow traffic lights used to be a pain, as we passed through.....  :(

Used to frequent a cafe, on Gelderd Road. Now, I'm remembering many high speed, night time burnups!  :thumbup:

Grumpy? You'll do!

David D

Title: Re: Hi Guys,
Post by: tom osselton on January 04, 2014, 05:19:51 PM

Wish I was grumpy Snowhite was hot!  :D

Title: Re: Hi Guys,
Post by: Stilldrillin on January 04, 2014, 05:35:11 PM

Quote from: tom osselton on January 04, 2014, 05:19:51 PM

Wish I was grumpy Snowhite was hot!  :D

 :lol: :lol: :clap: :clap:

Nice one Tom!  :thumbup:

David D

Title: Re: Hi Guys,
Post by: BaronJ on January 05, 2014, 09:48:01 AM

Hi All,

Yes I liked the "Snowwhite" comment as well.

Re Leeds.  The old Quarry Hill site is now the social services HQ and still looks as ugly !

City Varieties is in the throws of being done up again.  I fondly remember when it used to be televised.

Thanks for all your good wishes.  Lets hope 2014 is better than last year.

Title: Re: Hi Guys,
Post by: mechman48 on January 07, 2014, 08:37:59 AM

Welcome Baron  :wave:

My wife has likened me to Victor Meldrew so I  s'pose I could be called grumpy  :scratch:

Enjoy our collective

George.

Title: Re: Hi Guys,
Post by: BaronJ on January 08, 2014, 03:36:58 PM

I think that is where my SHMBO got it from...