Hi All: I am a retired Engineer with more time to spend on various engineering projects. I stared out as a Mechanical Tech Apprentice and Production Engineer for a major electronics company. I then joined the petro chemical industry as a designer finishing up working in various roles on offshore support contracts.

I have a double garage with access to a Clarke Lathe with O/H mill attachment. floor mounted pillar drill, metal chop saw, Fabricator MIG and stick welder, plasma cutter, compressor and range of engineering hand tools. For woodwork I have a table saw and planer thicknesser plus all the normal hand tools. A lot of these have been collected new and second hand over time from various sources.

I always have several projects on the go and more waiting. Currently I am having a bit of a clear out and rationalisation as I will never get around to finishing them or using the stuff I have horded over the years. One of the reasons for joining the forum is to find out more about some of the bits and pieces I have accumulated before either finding a home for them or just weighing them in for scrap.

First up will be the Denham lathe that has been sat around for at least ten years since I acquired it. I will post more on this on the Machinery section.