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!

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