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INTRO
« on: January 06, 2009, 02:09:35 PM »
Hello everyone I am new using this sort of communication so please forgive me if I make mistakes. I am new to lathe work but hope to learn. I am not even certain if this is going to the right place. :scratch:

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Re: INTRO
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2009, 02:15:17 PM »
Welcome Boxford-Boy, a real name would be good.

New to lathe work, new to forums as well?

Well yep I would hav to say that this would be a great place to start and hang out....many newbies here, inc me, as well as some very easy going old hands only too happy to share.

Talking of lathes, have you any idea yet as to what you'd like to make?

Don't forget, it's not just a lathe place, almost any modifying or machine work is welcome here.... :thumbup:
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Re: INTRO
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2009, 02:18:56 PM »
1st welcome to the site.

You posted up in the correct board. Once you hang out for a bit, using a message board will become second nature. So you are new to using a lathe? No big deal, I am sure you will learn a lot from here. Of course, we are not all about machine tools here...

What are you interested in? Have you made or modified anything before?

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Re: INTRO
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2009, 02:19:27 PM »
Hi Boxford-boy, welcome to Madmodder.

Your in the right place if you have interest in anything. The guys here are more than happy to help in any way they can. And there are NO stupid questions, stupid answers maybe, but no stupid questions.  :)

There are several of us here that are some what capable to very capable in using a lathe. So any questions at all, fire away and somebody will pipe up and try to give an answer.  :wave:

Hey  :mmr: Welcome aboard.

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Re: INTRO
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2009, 02:45:19 PM »
Hello Boxford Boy and welcome

I am a newbie here myself but I am sure like me you will feel very much at home in double quick time. You will find everyone is friendly and only too keen to help and advise you on your projects. I have only been a member here for two or three weeks but have learnt so much already. It certainly is true that the only foolish questions are the ones you don't ask !

I shall look forward to reading your future posts.

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Re: INTRO
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2009, 05:21:27 PM »
Hi Mr Boxford

Welcome aboard  :D I don't know if you realise it but Boxford is a make of lathe, is that where you got your user name from. :scratch:

What ever your interest.

you must have fun

Cheers :wave:

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Re: INTRO
« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2009, 07:35:17 PM »
Well.... What can I add??? 

Firstly... BB, welcome to the most interesting and diverse modifying forum ever (I'm sure that's true!)   :mmr:    :D


Secondly .....you need nothing but a willingness to share, an inquisitive mind and a good sense of humour  :thumbup:  The rest just falls into place  :)


Finally.... Enjoy yourself and "play" safe  :dremel:


And as has already kinda been asked... What are you into?



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Re: INTRO
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2009, 05:28:45 AM »
Welcome,

And don't be afraid, we were all beginners at one time, so know exactly how you feel.

There are a lot of other sites, some very technical, but I think you will find that this is one of the most easy going and helpful sites you will find, and as previously stated, we have experts on here as well, and not just in machining.

We are all experts in helping people achieve what they want to do. Even yourself if you wannabe.

Bogs

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Re: THANK YOU ALL
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2009, 08:27:09 AM »
Hello all,
               My name is Anthony (Tony) Thank You all for the messages of welcome and support. I am 55, and just retired from the chemical industry after 33 years service as a plant operator. My main interest is motorcycling. I have a Suzuki 1250 Bandit.  I also have just acquired a nice 5" Boxford AUD lathe with a screw cutting gearbox. I would include pics if I knew how. I have spent the last 30 years adapting and modding things to my needs. I still don't now whether this will go in the right place. Anyway by for now. :wave:
                                                 
                                                             Tony

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Re: INTRO
« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2009, 09:32:48 AM »
Tony,

Your doing fine.

For pictures you'll need a digital camera. The pictures can then be downloaded to a site such as "photobucket" or you can download directly here to the site. I have my own web site so I download my pictures to that and then create a link so the picture shows up here.

When you have something you'd like to post about you motorcycle all you need to do is pick the approperiate board that it would fit on. For example a picture of your motorcycle would go in the "Gallery,Projects and General". If you have a picture of your shop that you would like to show off it would go in the Shop section. Maybe you have made a tool to work on your motorcyle, that would go in the Tools section under The Shop.

When your ready to post a pic just give us a holler and we'll see what we can do.

Oh, bye the way, there are several motorcycle guys on here. I'm sure you already know that by looking through the site.

Well, enjoy and hope to see some pics of your motorcycle sometime.

Regards,
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Re: INTRO
« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2009, 09:48:22 AM »
Hi Tony!
I`m very new on here too. It`s a nice friendly forum.

Just back inside after a perrishing cold lathe session.
I`m relearning and downsizing all the tips etc I`ve forgotten over last 50yrs.........

I remembered, when nearing "size", take off only half of what`s left.
Can`t machine undersize then.....

It WORKS!!  :clap:
David.

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Still modifying bits of metal... Occasionally, making an improvement!

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Re: INTRO
« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2009, 10:22:12 AM »
Hi Tony and others,

As our American friends speak a "funny" English :lol: I'll add some language conversions for those that may be a little confused... :scratch:

American/English

Shop/workshop or garage
Store/shop

Hope that helps, the term "shop" threw me for a while til the penny dropped. There are of course many more of these sometimes confusing terms.
e.g Fag came up recently but we'll not go there.... :thumbup:

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Re: INTRO
« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2009, 01:10:23 PM »
Hi Tony

As far as I am concerned you are doubly welcome as a motorcyclist. Had a Bandit (no John not one with a waggly tail) - the highlight was a fabulous solo two week camping trip thro' France and Spain. My last bike, before hanging up my leathers, was a BMW 850 again my transport for a holiday touring thro the Pyrenese and France - oh happy days !  It's also good to see you are on the 'right side of the pennines'. Anyway welcome to the site.

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Re: INTRO
« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2009, 06:13:48 PM »
Welcome to the forum Tony.

Look through the gallery if you have not already.. lot of projects and things people have done. Will surely spark things for you to do tyou may not have thought of.

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Re: INTRO
« Reply #14 on: January 08, 2009, 01:02:35 AM »
John,

How did you find out where Tony came from, and I hope it is from my side (the best side of the Pennines).

Tony,

My little plaything, the sofa on wheels. Just restoring it to its former glory, after it was festooned with more lights than a local carnival. Everywhere I look, I find more of the damned things.



Being able to ride it is another thing (about 20 hours since last June).

Bogs

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Re: INTRO
« Reply #15 on: January 08, 2009, 03:25:40 AM »
John,

How did you find out where Tony came from, and I hope it is from my side (the best side of the Pennines).

John, your`s is the best side of the Pennines....... It shelters my side from all that orrible weather!  :lol:

Crackin` bike, by the way.  :thumbup:
David.

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Re:HI Me again
« Reply #16 on: January 08, 2009, 02:34:17 PM »
Well I will try again' no another failure I shall wait till my son can show me. I live in Teesside. Nice Honda Wot's it like towing a traller on a bike' Both sides of the pennines have there merits. If I keep doing this I will learn and maybe get it right. I have a Nikon D40 so no problem there I've just got to get the pic's from Picasa 3

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Re: INTRO
« Reply #17 on: January 08, 2009, 03:44:39 PM »
So Tony, you are on the cold side of the Pennines. On the Cheshire plain where I live, we have a sort of micro climate, and never seem to get the extremes of anything.

The short journey I had when the bike was picked up, towed the fully loaded trailer, and didn't even know it was there. The chap who had it before had been with it all over the continent and had no trouble with it. The ball joint is fully rotatable, so the trailer stays level, even though the bike is leaning at all angles.

It will be finished one day.

Once you get the hang of posting pics, there will be no stopping you. I had great difficulty when I first started, and got all sorts of wierd results.

John

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Re: INTRO
« Reply #18 on: January 09, 2009, 03:56:31 PM »
Tony,

I've just finished a help guide to posting pic's in the "gallery" section.

http://madmodder.net/index.php?topic=607.0

Hope it helps? .... That's why I spent a few hours doing it!!!! not that it should have taken that long... I'm just slow!!  :)





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Re: INTRO
« Reply #19 on: January 10, 2009, 12:51:00 PM »
Another try at pictures:





My boxford Lathe Above




My previous bike

Tony

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Re: INTRO
« Reply #20 on: January 10, 2009, 12:59:37 PM »
Ok tony.... Well it works thats for sure....


I can see an old curvy lathe (Bog's will like it!)

And 2 bikes, is yours the front one of the 2... the Blue one?  :scratch:      :lol:



They come through a little small but clearly visible  :thumbup:



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Re: INTRO
« Reply #21 on: January 10, 2009, 01:09:10 PM »
I couldn't see the pics, so I went in and fixed it, Tony.

This is the code you want to use:

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[img]http://lh6.ggpht.com/_MoKRksX0daI/SWjdIGQtm1I/AAAAAAAAADM/0VAxueb7R7/s288/DSC_0001.JPG[/img]
I used one of your pictures as an example.

I hope that helps.

Cool Bandit!

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Re: INTRO
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Re: INTRO
« Reply #23 on: January 10, 2009, 01:29:52 PM »
Almost. What do you use for a browser? Internet Explorer or Firefox?

That link that you posted... You only want to use a section of it:

this one:

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_MoKRksX0daI/SWjdIGQtm1I/AAAAAAAAADM/0VAxueb7R7Q/s400/DSC_0001.JPG

then you will add this tag to the front
Code: [Select]
[img]And this one to the back
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So it will look like this

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[img]http://lh6.ggpht.com/_MoKRksX0daI/SWjdIGQtm1I/AAAAAAAAADM/0VAxueb7R7Q/s400/DSC_0001.JPG[/img]
When you are composing your post. Then when you submit your post, this will appear:



Does that help? If not, myself or Ralph will help you more.

Eric
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Re: INTRO
« Reply #24 on: January 10, 2009, 02:26:55 PM »
Thank's Mine is the one in front I have just removed the stabilizers.  My son was helping me but now he has gone.  :(
And I am not very good with the computer  :hammer:  Right I am using Internet Explorer.
Now I shall try again



Does this look right
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