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  • 22 September 2017 at 19:26 #318146
    Pierre Kotze
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      @pierrekotze18365

      Good day, members.

      I am retired wink, 78 years old, and live in Canada. My interests are all things mechanical, although I have never practised this in my career.

      I started off with a little Emco lathe, and now I have a Taig micro lathe with cross-slide milling attachment.

      My latest effort is in the Stationary Engine topic.

      Pierre

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      22 September 2017 at 19:26 #40167
      Pierre Kotze
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        22 September 2017 at 19:51 #318147
        Vic
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          @vic

          Welcome to the forum Pierre.

          22 September 2017 at 21:35 #318160
          Neil Wyatt
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            @neilwyatt

            Welcome Pierre,

            I thought being cold was compulsory for Canucks?

            Neil

            22 September 2017 at 22:09 #318166
            Pierre Kotze
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              @pierrekotze18365

              Hi Neil,

              My blood is still warm from having lived in South Africa for 60 years. Fortunately my tiny workshop is situated in the boiler room of our house – nice and snug.

              Pierre

              23 September 2017 at 00:21 #318187
              Muzzer
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                @muzzer

                Boiler room or furnace room? Where are you? I was in Vancouver until 2014.

                Murray

                23 September 2017 at 05:51 #318195
                Pierre Kotze
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                  @pierrekotze18365

                  Hi Murray

                  My family call them either, But is actually where the central heating unit and hot water boiler are situated.

                  I reside in Nanaimo, Vancouver Island.

                  Pierre

                  23 September 2017 at 09:43 #318215
                  Muzzer
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                    @muzzer

                    Aha, we passed through Nanaimo a few times on the way to Cotez Island, Tofino etc. I recall a bad smell and lots of feral rabbits? Was a big coal mining centre and helped to drive the gold rush, IIRC.

                    Really miss Canada but there again, we really missed the UK!

                    Best wishes

                    Murray

                    23 September 2017 at 11:04 #318227
                    I.M. OUTAHERE
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                      @i-m-outahere

                      So from South Africa to canuckistan – now thats a lifestyle change i ever there was one !

                      Neil , i heard it only snows for six months a year in Canada , the rest of the time it is under ice !

                      23 September 2017 at 17:36 #318270
                      larry Phelan
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                        @larryphelan54019

                        Hi Pierre,

                        I tried to retire several times,never really got it to work,so I gave it up and just had a "change of direction",it worked !

                        Now is the time to do what you want to do, good luck ! have fun.

                        23 September 2017 at 18:48 #318277
                        Pierre Kotze
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                          @pierrekotze18365

                          Murray,

                          The bad smell was from the composting of saw dust from the saw mills as you enter the town. It is localized and never reaches the residential areas.

                          Larry,

                          That is exactly how I feel.

                          Pierre

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