Hello from new (and old member)

Hello everyone. I was a member (though an infrequent poster) on here years ago but that account appears to have been removed.

I've made a new account and hope to get more involved in the discussions.

I've been a subscriber to the magazine on and off for years. I tend tend to spend my workshop time pottering about making tools, jigs and fixtures for projects that never get done.

I forgot to say, I'm based in north Leicestershire, though I'm originally from South Yorkshire.

Hello Dog on Wheels and welcome back. I'm not too far from you near Mansfield, Notts.

What sort of projects do you get involved with?

Brian

Hello Brian,

Mostly just playing. I enjoy making tooling and other bits more than anything. I did have a set of castings for a Stuart No.7 vertical steam engine but I ended up selling them because I realised that I would never get around to building it myself. Besides, I really hate machining cast iron.

I have a rotary broach underway at the moment. It is my own design but is heavily influenced by pictures that I've seen of the Hemmingway kit. I have no immediate use for such a tool but what does that matter! Next on the list is some sort of squareness comparator.

Hi, D o W, welcome, I also like making tooling for the machines at the Helicopter Museum at Weston Super Mare where I help out as a volunteer.