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Title: New member from Manchester, England
Post by: garym on January 25, 2013, 09:11:32 AM

Hi,

Just joined the forum. I only started model engineering about a year ago and joined the Model Engineer Magazine forum. Next bit is copied straight from my profile on there.

"First played around with my dad's lathe in my teens. This was a Drummond of about 1908 vintage. Then did an engineering apprenticeship. Then a few years later I was made redundant. Then a period of thirty years elapsed when I did virtually no engineering apart from DIY and car maintenance. I've retained a passing interest in things mechanical since with visits to industrial heritage sites, preserved railways  and the odd steam rally. Then at the end of 2011 I regained an interest in model engineering and bought a mini-lathe. First project was a simple oscillating engine like the one described on Steve's Workshop. Now onto next project which is a Stuart S50."

Anyway, as I was building my first little engine with lots of useful help from the members of that forum I started looking around for other forums to read especially as I'm interested in home workshop stuff generally. This one seemed popular and had lots of interesting topics and also I recognised some of the contributors from the ME forum. So here I am. Don't know much at the moment but I'm a keen learner and usually say too much rather than not enough. Oh, and I've just bought myself a milling machine but need to make a bench for it before I can try it. Very impressed with Ilia's electric chopper project.

Gary

Title: Re: New member from Manchester, England
Post by: andyf on January 25, 2013, 09:20:14 AM

Hello, Gary  :wave: and welcome to the asylum.

Andy
(near to you, in Sale)

Title: Re: New member from Manchester, England
Post by: saw on January 25, 2013, 09:22:04 AM

Hi and welcomme to us.  :ddb:

Title: Re: New member from Manchester, England
Post by: DavidA on January 25, 2013, 11:57:38 AM

Hi ,  You under snow yet ?

Dave.

Title: Re: New member from Manchester, England
Post by: Brass_Machine on January 25, 2013, 12:47:57 PM

Hi Gary!

Welcome to the collective :borg:

Eric

Title: Re: New member from Manchester, England
Post by: garym on January 25, 2013, 01:37:18 PM

Thanks for the welcome, guys.

Andy - I'd spotted quite a few folk from the north west.
Dave - Not been much snow in Manchester at all so far this winter.

Gary

Title: Re: New member from Manchester, England
Post by: Deko on January 25, 2013, 02:18:34 PM

Hi Gary,
            I am from Blackley myself, but left there 61 years ago when i was age 11.  I now live in Crewe, the land of "bogs" and "Stew" so if you ever feel like a trip out to learn from the masters pop over here and they will inform, ME,  i will most likly show you how not to do owt. :loco:     Welcome to the madhouse. :med:

Cheers Dek. :thumbup:

Title: Re: New member from Manchester, England
Post by: krv3000 on January 25, 2013, 04:15:00 PM

hi and welcome

Title: Re: New member from Manchester, England
Post by: Fredbare on January 25, 2013, 05:41:36 PM

Hi and welcome Gary.

John