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Offline millwright

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Hello from West Yorkshire
« on: May 09, 2011, 06:13:54 PM »
Hello, from another long time lurker and avid reader who has decided to take the plunge and join the site. I’m an engineer cruising towards retirement worked for the same company for 34 yrs starting as an apprentice. Ours was a heavy engineering company; most of my time there was spent on plant and machine tool maintenance. Then came redundancy and I fancied a change of job. Eventually found one as a mobile service engineer, servicing. … . . . . . . .mmmm machine tools. Well better the devil you know!!!
I came across a very cheap Boxford AUD several yrs ago; I needed my fix of soluble oil and swarf. So there it has been in the garage little used really. Till I found this site and started reading what some people do in there garage, shed or workshop the bug is biting, the skill and knowledge here is amazing, as are the characters. Bogstandard  for  know how and an ability to explain things so they can be understood and the  advice he offers. Da Kengineer (does he find time to ever leave his studio) how can you comment on this guy, amazing and a lot of you think the same by your comments. I could carry on naming names but wont just singled out 2 that I read first. So the lathe has had a spring clean and a bit over make over. First is job making more tooling bits and pieces, hmm quite a list there. Made a few wobblers in the past and a few turbines. Not sure what  the project will be,
 
John

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Re: Hello from West Yorkshire
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2011, 06:16:10 PM »
Hi and welcome  :wave:
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Re: Hello from West Yorkshire
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2011, 06:20:38 PM »
Hi
John
Enjoy your AUD
As well as your time hear  :beer: :beer: :beer:

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Re: Hello from West Yorkshire
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2011, 07:00:10 PM »
Hi there!  :wave:

Welcome to the collective :borg:

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Re: Hello from West Yorkshire
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2011, 07:37:45 PM »
Hi  :wave:

Any pictures of the wobblers and turbines?  :worthless:

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Re: Hello from West Yorkshire
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2011, 01:14:28 AM »
Hello John :wave: welcome to the club.


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Re: Hello from West Yorkshire
« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2011, 03:58:03 AM »
Hi John.
Welcome to the Collective!  :borg:

We're a very mixed bunch here. But, we all like to see what you're up to...... Don't forget the pics!  :thumbup:

West Yorkshire? It was the West Riding, when I lived in Brighouse.... Many years ago!

Join in.... Enjoy!  :D

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Re: Hello from West Yorkshire
« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2011, 06:46:43 AM »
I guess you mean this place:
W.R.S.L.S  the West Riding Small Locomotive Society, btw a very nice club.



I'm there most weekends running my locos.
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Re: Hello from West Yorkshire
« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2011, 09:49:31 AM »
Nice to see some more folk from God's country on the board!  :bow:
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Re: Hello from West Yorkshire
« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2011, 01:48:34 PM »
Nice to see some more folk from God's country on the board!  :bow:


Yorkshire is not a COUNTRY .....  ::)

It's a PUDDING ...  :thumbup:

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Re: Hello from West Yorkshire
« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2011, 01:55:33 PM »
Nice to see some more folk from God's country on the board!  :bow:


Yorkshire is not a COUNTRY .....  ::)

It's a PUDDING ...  :thumbup:

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In that case it must be God's PUDDING :bow: :thumbup:

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Cheers  :beer:

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Re: Hello from West Yorkshire
« Reply #11 on: May 10, 2011, 03:42:33 PM »
Hi John .. Sorry, forgot my manners .. if I ever had any ... Welcome from me too   :thumbup:  :thumbup:

Don .. And God's Pudding or not, Yorkshire is still not a country ....

But I do like it, pudding and county .. Used to have holidays in Bridlington until I was about 13 ..

Trips on the 'Yorkshireman' steamer .. think it was coal fired, not sure. Still there last time I went, 1957 IIRC ( Yes, Don. It was 1957 AD   :lol: )

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Re: Hello from West Yorkshire
« Reply #12 on: May 11, 2011, 01:48:44 AM »
I guess you mean this place:
W.R.S.L.S  the West Riding Small Locomotive Society, btw a very nice club.



I'm there most weekends running my locos.
Johannes

Johannes.
I lived near Brighouse......

Joined the local Model & Experimental Engineers Society in 1958.... (I think)!  ::)

David D

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Re: Hello from West Yorkshire
« Reply #13 on: May 11, 2011, 06:07:26 PM »
Welcome John  :beer:
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