New member in Aberdeenshire

Hi

I am a recent lurker who has been reading lots of great posts from many of the long standing members of this forum and it was time to introduce myself.

I live and work in Aberdeenshire, I have owned a 4 1/2" Boxford for over 15 years and usually get involved in making bits and pieces for fly fishing and fly tying.

I mainly work on small diameter work in non ferrous materials and have a love hate relationship with Titanium, very slow to work on my Boxford but is is a fantastic material to handle when finished. I am working on a travel fly tying vice at the moment and will try to upload a few photos when I get it finished.

I will be looking for a milling machine in the near future and may pester the members for advice on possible options.

regards

Kevin.

Welcome to the forum Kevin,

Neil

Hi Kevin, Welcome to the forum. I'm in the "Granite City " so we are in the same shire. You will get plenty of help/advice on here. [ just don't mention ER collets ]

Another in Scotland ! At this rate we could start a club and get a boiler certified without having to travel hundreds of miles !. I'm north of Aberdeen.

Hi Gordon W, As a certain Mr Marx [ Groucho ] said... "I don't want to belong to any club that will accept people like me as a member " or something like that. . I think there are a few others from our neck of the woods on the forum.

cheers.

Edited By Raymond Anderson on 31/12/2016 11:33:44

Raymond- I agree with you, and Mr Marks. It was just that many years ago I wanted to build a traction engine, but gave up when I realised the impossibility of being able to use it in public. Distance is relative, 2 hrs driving is fairly normal.

I agree that 2 hours driving can be pretty much par for the course up here. That said, most clubs of this nature would most likely meet in the evenings, and a 2 hour drive there and back doesn't leave much time for meeting, and that after possibly being at work all day. That was the point I was trying to make.

I'm in what the local council tells me is Moray, but I still prefer to call it Banffshire.

Hi Guys, thanks for the warm welcome.

On checking last night I noticed that I had already registered many months ago but often watch from the sidelines on most of the fishing forums, I will try to post when I feel I have something worth adding to a thread in the forum.

A recent advert in the classifieds forced me into getting back on the forum.

Ach, we are all in the Grampian region as I prefer to call it.

Ex Silver City toonser.

And welcome to the madhouse

Edited By Dod on 01/01/2017 21:30:33

I should have welcomed Kevin to the forum rather than get involved in discussions on the area we call home..... Welcome, and Happy New Year!

Welcome Kevin and a good new year to you .Very helpful members on and welcoming .

I'm in Nairn

Sean

Anything Fortis please