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21st Jun 2020, 10:27 AM #1New Member
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New to all this. Located in Campbells Creek
Hi all,
I'm very very new to metal working machines. I've relocated to Campbells Creek in Central Victoria and bought myself an old lathe (Colchester Student) and a mill (Pacific/Lagun FU-2).
At the moment the main thing I make are old fashioned pocket knives, which so far hardly tests the capacities of my machines (I make washers on the lathe and hope to cut my nail nicks on the mill). I'm planning on kicking off a few random projects to learn to use the machines.
I'm having some trouble with my mill which I'll ask about in a seperate post.
Cheers,
Tris.
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21st Jun 2020, 01:28 PM #2Senior Member
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Welcome to the forum Tris.
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21st Jun 2020, 02:31 PM #3Senior Member
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Welcome!
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22nd Jun 2020, 08:13 PM #4
Gday Tris
Welcome to the Metalwork Forums.
It is good to have another traditional pocket knife bloke here on the MetalWork Forums. I am sure there are more traditional pocket knife blokes lurking who have not identified them selves as yet.
There is no knife forum here ,yet!. That will have to be changed.
We have a great bunch of people here all with something to offer.
So you can look about and see what we have, goto the the top LH corner of the page and click the FORUM box with the down arrow.
That will display a drop down menu with Forum Home on the top of the list. Click Forum Home and a scroll down page will come up.
Scroll down the page and the various help pages and sun forums shall be shown.
Please read the Terms of Use on the very top of the scroll down page - they are our rules.
Please post your questions for the machinery in the general MetalWork forum. There are plenty of members who can help. I would like to send you PM to talk pocket knives.
Again, welcome to our forums.
Grahame
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22nd Jun 2020, 08:16 PM #5New Member
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Thanks. Will do!
Get in touch. Always keen to talk pocket knives.
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25th Jun 2020, 02:14 AM #6
Welcome to the forum Tris.
I'm near Bendigo and another member or two are in Castlemaine and Newstead.
Send me a PM with your phone number if you feel like a chat or a visit.Cheers, Joe
retired - less energy, more time to contemplate projects and more shed time....
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25th Jun 2020, 02:13 PM #7Senior Member
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Welcome to the Forum.Tris.
A great bunch of Guys.
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12th Jul 2020, 11:18 PM #8New Member
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Gday tris
See your located Campbell's creek. I grew up there and now live in castlemaine
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13th Jul 2020, 09:24 AM #9New Member
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17th Aug 2020, 11:26 AM #10New Member
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- Jul 2012
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- East Bendigo. Victoria, Austrlia
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East Bendigo
Welcome local central Vic Swarf makers,
I am just east of Bendigo. Have a Hercus ATM 260.
Also like to catch up with other 'Swarf makers' in the area...when we are allowed to.
I have a good source of really good roundish 'scrap' as well as alloy and brass rod and bar to learn on with the lathe.
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