Hello from Sussex

Hi, my name is Ian. I am in the process of installing an old Boxford CUD lathe in my workshop.

I'm not strictly a model engineer, my brother and I restore I/C stationary engines and show them locally rallies. We are both in the process of setting up workshops to hopefully earn a little money on top of our hobby.

I studied engineering after I left school and worked for a short time in engineering after that but drifted away from it. Now after a break of nearly 20 years, nearly 15 years of that running a gardening business, I've decided to get back into it.

I've been searching the net trying to find out more about my Boxford and seem to keep ending up here so I thought I'd join up.

Thanks for reading.

Have you had a look at the Yahoo Boxford discussion group? **LINK** It is fairly active and there are a lot of helpful people who contribute, plus of course all the photos and files available.

whereabouts in Sussex? My workshop is not far from Gatwick

There is some stuff in my albums for Boxford's, what do you need to know, ask away. I have a late AUD 5" metric so know the machine fairly well. There is also this **LINK**

Bob

Thanks Steve, yep I joined the yahoo group even if I'm not quite sure how to use it. I did manage to find some good files there though. I'm the other end of Sussex from you, nearer Hastings. I seem to end up around those parts quite often when my brother and I are picking up engines, although we've both been warned not to buy any more until we've moved a few projects on, sometimes a deal comes up that's just too good to miss

Thanks for the link Bob, I've been reading through that one for a while now and even ordered myself a copy of "How to Run a Lathe" by the South Bend latheworks. I think I'll start a new thread for my Boxford questions, don't want to upset any moderators

There is a lot of information on this site, if you use the search function towards the top of the page you'll get all sorts.

Bob

Welcome to the forum Ian.

Neil