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  1. #1
    Join Date
    Nov 2021
    Location
    Brisbane Qld
    Posts
    11

    Default Hi Everyone! From Nanango in Qld!

    Hi everyone!, I"m Levi and I'm from the small township of Nanango in Qld,
    A little about me..
    I have a small workshop at my home where i fabricate, repair and plasma cut and powder coat Art, signage, car parts and other items.
    my facebook page is PlasmaCutByLevi and i do lots of monograms and steel signage for people as well as repairs to most things from mower blades , Aluminium welding repairs to anything that needs fixing really.

    I'm completely self taught,(my work background is in telecommunications- fibre optics) taught myself CAD and how to TIG weld and powdercoat, built my own Cnc plasma table, Powdercoat ovens (x2), workshop Press, bending brake and not forgetting.. I built my workshop too among other projects.

    My passions in life are making things, Rottweilers and Music.. but not necessarily in that order..lol.
    I'm currently rebuilding an old Mars Lathe i purchased from a guy on facebook, and its proving to be quite the project, I picked it up off a farm out the back of Gayndah, the driveway alone was 7klm long!! the Lathe seems to be in reasonable shape, he bought it from a deceased estate down the road many years back and had upgraded to a larger new lathe.
    A fair deal was struck and he and his offsider helped me load it into my van with a very large articulated crane/ loader. due to it being complete on its pedestals it was very top heavy, which made for a long slow trip home.
    We made it home safely and it was right about then that i realised i had a 700 odd kilo lathe in the back of my van and no way of getting it out.. lol .. talk about first world problems..lol.
    with some time, effort, and engine crane, a 500kg trolley hoist and a suprising coincidence with the placement of an I beam hanging out the side of my workshop, i finally got it on the ground.
    The Lathe is a much anticipated and welcome addition to my workshop and once i have it up and running I'm hoping it will expand my capabilities greatly.
    then.. a Shaper or Milling machine..
    Now i'm going on and on..
    anyways,
    thats me, so Hello Everyone!!

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Mackay North Qld
    Posts
    6,446

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    Hi Levi,
    Welcome to the MetalWork forums.
    You have become a member of a great community interested in the many facets of Metalwork. you will find your fellow members experienced ,helpful and supportive. we are from all over the world but mainly Australians.
    There are quite a few refurbishing older style lathes so you will find yourself in good company..

    You can navigate about the forums by doing the following:

    Goto the rectangular FORUM box with tiny white down arrow and click.
    Select and click FORUM HOME from the pulldown menu which will give you a scroll down page with all of our various sub forums and other helpful things on them.

    Our forum rules, the TOU's are right on top and the rest is the sub Forums and help pages that make up our forum package. Please take the time to read through the TOU rules.

    At the top of the sub forum pages there are often stickies.It is advisable to read these stickies before posting particularly in the market place forums.

    The list of sub forums will help you guide you where to place your subsequent posts. There are a couple of brand dedicated lathe forums but no Mars ones so you can glean info there aor in the General MetalWork Forum where most members speak about their lathes.
    We would love to see pictures of the gear you have built so after ten posts you can post them without moderation (its an anti spam thing) Until then I check posts regularly to approve whats incoming for the first ten posts.

    Anything else you need to know, please PM me and I will help If I possibly can.

    Welcome to the mob.

    Cheers

    Grahame

  3. #3
    Join Date
    May 2013
    Location
    Rockhampton, QLD
    Age
    68
    Posts
    454

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    Welcome to the forum Levi.

    Ross

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