Hello from Edinburgh, Scotland

I’m Archie and new to the world of mechanical engineering. I have been retired a few years now – my past life was electrical engineering – and thought I needed a new challenge. It’s turning out to be very challenging indeed but great fun. The first thing I thought I would get is a lathe and was lucky enough to see one advertised on the ME classified page. I say lucky because I live in Edinburgh and the lathe was in Glasgow. It’s a 1958/60 vintage Myford Super 7 on an Industrial stand and is in very good mechanical condition. I’ve turned my summerhouse from a junk store to a workshop, created a concrete plinth for my lathe and have spent last winter dismantling cleaning, painting and rebuilding my pride and joy. I’ve recently been trying my hand at tool making - I think it is a skill still to be acquired, but I’m working on it – and been reading up on jigs. I have been doing lots of reading and found the Workshop Practice Series really helpful along with Ian Bradley’s ‘Myford Series 7 Manual’. My plan is to complete the projects in Harold Halls ‘Lathework a Complete Course’ – so that should keep me busy over this winter.

Other interests: I play bagpipes in a local pipe band – Haddington Pipe Band – and I’m a member of The Astronomical Society of Edinburgh. I have a small observatory (shed with a roll off roof) at the bottom of my garden so I’m hoping to make some useful bits for my telescope when I’ve completed my apprenticeship.

Welcome, Archie

... Your photo album is a useful point of reference already.

MichaelG.

Thanks for that MichaelG

Welcome Archie, you'll find a great bunch of helpers on here, some of us are still learning, sometimes the hard way.

Bernard.

Hi Bernard thanks - I may be back with lots of questions for you.

Hi Bernard, welcome to the forum. I'm sure Neil will be having a lot to chat to you about astronomy.

George.

ps. some pics of your refurbed Myford would be nice.

Edited By mechman48 on 15/08/2016 21:48:34

Hi George thanks - I'll pop some up tomorrow.

Hi George - pics are now up there - enjoy.

Archie