Hello from West Yorkshire

Hello from West Yorkshire. I have just bought myself a new to me Lathe & joined this forum as there seems to be a wealth of knowledge here.

Hi Steven

I too am based in West Yorkshire, Silsden actually, which area do you live in ?

You could do a lot worse than join a model engineering club, I can recommend the Bradford one as they are a very friendly and helpful bunch with a very diverse range of interests and talents.

I have the same lathe as you by the way.

Phil

Welcome Steven. What are you hoping to do with your lathe?

Any questions, you know where to come.

Brian

Welcome along Steven, any questions and someone on here will have an answer.

Thanks for all the welcomes. I live near Garforth. My initial intentions are to get used to a bit of basic turning. I used to have a Boxford many years ago. Have been pressing coin rings , so maybe the lathe may come in handy there. Also some stainless mandrills for ring making as they are very expensive to buy. I know a lot of members are into the steam engines/ traction engines as quite a few of my friends are. I bought a ac/dc tig welder & a new bandsaw + other bits to sort of complete my workshop. I have not spent enough time in the workshop so intend to do so now. Fully retired so plenty of free time.

Welcome Steven. You might be in for a shock. When you retire there is no such thing as plenty of free time. Always something to do in the garden, in the house, in the shed, round the neighbours, away to the doctors, help the family out on numerous things, the list goes on and on and gets longer as time goes by. I for one and probably many more on here do not know how they made the time to go to work fulltime. Enjoy your workshop I hope you find an interesting project you can get stuck into.

regards

Welcome to the forum, Steven,

Neil