new member from Sheffield

[Dominic GreenParticipant @dominicgreen71596]

Hi everyone

I have just joined out of curiosity having a number of old modelling projects that my sons and I have on the shelf. I'm keen to learn.

thanks

D

[Dominic GreenParticipant @dominicgreen71596]

introduction

[Brian HParticipant @brianh50089]

Hello Dominic and welcome. Do you have access to any machinery?

Brian

[Mike HurleyParticipant @mikehurley60381]

Welcome Dominic. Loads of useful hints, tips & info here, plus quite a few thought provoking discussions and chuckles. enjoy!

bit more info on what sort of modelling projects you have on the shelf would be interesting.

All the best Mike

[David George 1Participant @davidgeorge1]

Hi Dominic welcome to the forum. What sort of projects are you interested in. There are loads of helpful members and you only have to ask.

David

[peak4Participant @peak4]

Hello and welcome.
Was S10-Crookes until I retired, and now moved to Buxton.

Bill

[Harry WilkesParticipant @harrywilkes58467]

Welcome to the forum

H

[Dominic GreenParticipant @dominicgreen71596]

Thanks very much

I currently have very little of my own equipment. I can access a lathe but on a somewhat ad hoc basis.
as much as anything I am quite interested in using some of the skills and techniques in my working life as a teacher in cinematography and film making.
Thanks to David, Harry, Bill and George for your kind welcome.
Bill, I imagine that Buxton is a very pleasant spot to retire, a little bit more peaceful than S10, which is looking up a bit these days, we have a couple more cafes now on Crookes main street and a few less empty shop fronts!

David, I have a couple of restoration projects, a model aircraft engine of my son’s and a toy sewing machine. I have a particular fascination with automata.

I’m anticipating a purchase of a lathe soon which might be something that I can use to make very simple coupling rings and extension tubes for optics as much as for any other purposes!

[peak4Participant @peak4]

Posted by Dominic Green on 12/05/2021 09:59:42:

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Bill, I imagine that Buxton is a very pleasant spot to retire, a little bit more peaceful than S10, which is looking up a bit these days, we have a couple more cafes now on Crookes main street and a few less empty shop fronts!

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I’m anticipating a purchase of a lathe soon which might be something that I can use to make very simple coupling rings and extension tubes for optics as much as for any other purposes!

I was just opposite The Princess Royal so quite pleasant there; I'm due back soon for a post lockdown haircut from Denise.
It might be worth callingthe folk down at McAnearney Machine tools to see if they have anything smaller arriving from a workshop clearance.
https://www.pjmachines.com/

Bill

[Dominic GreenParticipant @dominicgreen71596]

Hi Bill

I'm just down the hill from the Princess Royal myself! Great that you still pop over to Denise's!

I'll have a word with McAnearney machine, I drove past them recently and just assumed they dealt with much heavier duty stuff than I could accommodate in the corner of my cellar! Thanks for the tip!

Dom

[Dominic GreenParticipant @dominicgreen71596]

As an update, I have found a minor tr1 lathe/mill that wasn't too pricey. I understand that it isn't the most rigid lathe but I hear that it is quite accurate. It looks a bit like an emco compact that I saw (but a lot cheaper). I did consider a unimat 3 but they are quite pricey and I realised that being able to cut threads that are compatible with the filter ring on lenses is going to be very useful.

I have it here and I will take a bit of time to look at everything that comes with it, try a tentative first attempt and put some questions on a new thread.

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