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Home Base => Introductions => Topic started by: Mr blindbird on July 04, 2009, 02:35:14 PM
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Hi all,greetings from belgium
Let me introduce myself;
My real name is Danny,living in belgium at age 37,single.
I found this site via some vids from Mr divided head on youtube where i was looking around for some visual info about lathes.
i've gone tru several difrent kinds of metalwork from school till now,there was always some microbe lurking under my skin wanting to do for hobby what i started right after school;metal working with lathe and millingmachines.
Every now and then the toughts of owning my own lathe and millingmachine popt up but by lack of decent powersuply and above all,time,italways got tukt away.
Till resently,wondering around on the internet again,hoping to find a nice 2ndhand lathe,i came across a bussines that sells 2nd hand AND new machines.
dint take me to long to go test some..and..
retuned home with a smile from ear to ear :)...i finaly got my baby :D.
Ill post some pics later on the forum,for now i would like to say,having watched your site here,i was very impressed how much craftmanship there still exists in the world.
At start i probably gonne have to ask more then i can help,needing to catch up again with the trade since it's been 14 years now that i last handled a lathe/millingmachine.
By the way,If i spell something wrong,dont hold back pointing me out thx :zap:
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Hi Danny,welcome to the forum...
I used a lathe/milling machine when I did my apprenticeship 34 years ago...
It was only from the last three/four years that I got back into it...Bought a lathe, then a mill...spend lots of money on tooling..Becomes expensive!
Still I have the means to keep me busy when I retire...(sooner rather than later I hope :clap: )
Hope you enjoy it here.. :thumbup:
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Spell something wrong.....!!!, doing better than me and I only speak the one language.... :lol:
Welcome to the forum, sounds like a place that would suit you to hang out.....
Questions are welcome...we like questions and too many are afraid to speak up..... :thumbup:
Have fun and lets see those pictures...... :)
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Wow,stunning...reply by lightspeed lol,thx for the quick and warm welcome.
well,i hope i get it right with posting the pics,i tend to get it wrong with pc stuff easely.
Thes are from a simmilar model/showroommodel,mine still is in a wooden box in a cold dark storageroom...poor thing will be happy to see my shop...
And yes it's a......eeeeeh aaaa...foreighn made...there,i said it,it's a foreign made lathe,hope i dont get punished for that :wack:
ok,lets give it a try...aaaaand ...nothing,well,that's a surprise lol,ok,here i go already,how do i put some pics onhere? :scratch:
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Welcome aboard the cube Mr Bird
:borg:
Best way to post pics is to open an account with http://s431.photobucket.com its free to host your picture, load the pictures you want to copy on photobucket then copy and paste them from their to the forum, their is a more detailed explanation some ware on madmodder but I can't find it. :bang:
Posting pics is a good thing to get to grips with as :worthless:
:lol:
We like helping each other on here so just ask as many question you like, and I hope you get to grips with our strange sence of humor. :hammer:
Have fun
Stew
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This might help http://madmodder.net/index.php?topic=607.0 :thumbup:
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thx for the help already,now lets try it out,uploaded some pics on this photobucket already,hope i get them onhere next...
(http://)(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz168/Mrblindbird/LC_310x910-2_005.jpg)
and we have a winnerrrrr this was easyer than i expected,lets add some more then,here they come:
(http://)(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz168/Mrblindbird/crimac_018.jpg)
(http://)(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz168/Mrblindbird/LC_310x910-2_012.jpg)
(http://)(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz168/Mrblindbird/crimac_017.jpg)
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That worked great Mr Bird
That looks a real nice lathe I think its the same as John Bogs and John Hill's. :nrocks:
Cheers
:beer:
Stew
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Hope to get it delivered soon,about the expensive tooling,as said byJohn Rudd;indeed,i nearly payed as much for the tooling as i did for the lathe itself.
Abouth the humor sbwhart;there can never be to much humor i think,that's what keeps life interesting :headbang:
O,and about the Mr infront of my tag,nobody needs to call me Mr,just call me Danny,i just had to place it there as the plane'Blindbird'tag was allready taken on youtube lol.
Danny
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Hi Danny, welcome to the friendliest forum on the interweb.
So glad to see some pics, as you will find out, every thread is :worthless:
Tim
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OK Danny it is :thumbup:
Stew
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Hi Danny,
And yes it's a......eeeeeh aaaa...foreighn made...there,i said it,it's a foreign made lathe,hope i dont get punished for that
Why should you be punished for having a foreign machine, what about our US cousins who have Myfords?, that machine is foreign to them, and we sure wouldn't want to punish them.
NEVER be ashamed of what you have, it was your choice and yours alone. If it is good enough for you, then everyone else can swivel.
In fact I think yours is the same as mine, just a different outfit retailing it.
Don't worry about your spelling, you are doing just fine, as long as we know roughly what you are on about, then you are welcome to join in anything you see on here.
All we ask is that you do join in, and you do enjoy yourself while you are here.
Bogs
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Hi Danny!
Welcome to the collective :borg:
Nice looking lathe. Can't wait to see what you do with it.
Eric
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Big welcome to the collective Danny! :thumbup:
By `ek! You`ve had a flying start to the hobby! :bugeye:
Join in. Ask questions. Add comments to other postings. Show pics.....
ENJOY! :mmr:
David D
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A belated welcome Danny. Was on vacation and just got back.
So welcome to the collective and have fun. :borg:
Bernd
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Hi Danny :wave: A very belated welcome to the :borg:
I haven't been on as much as usual..... Summer fun and all :ddb:
Glad to know my little adverts are still working on youtube :)
Looks like you will be able to make some fine things on that lathe..... It's huge compared to mine (I've used Boggies lathe once..... Those huge chucks are quite intimidating!!)
Many of us have had long gaps between learning to use and then finally owning/using lathes and mill's. My gap was around the 14 year mark..... a bit over 2 years back in and I can make a few bits accurately..... The rest are just "made to fit" :dremel:
Spelling.... I thought you were talking like one of the next generation...... ::) Have you tried to decypher one of those texts? :lol:
It sounds like you are going to have yourself some fun..... Just remember all of the safety you were taught..... It's good to have eyes, fingers, hands etc to really get the best from your machinery!!
Now all that said..... :mmr: Enjoy yourself :ddb:
Ralph.
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Hi Danny
Just spotted you ..
Another belated 'Hello', I'm not too quick witted .. ::)
Been to Belgium several times for work. One time, spent an afternoon looking at the Sloping Lock at Ronquieres.
November 1978 or so, freezing cold, but fascinating.
http://services-techniques.met.wallonie.be/en/waterways/the_inclined_plane_of_ron/
Somebody is bound to want to know ..
Dave BC
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Welcome Danny, good to have you with us.
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