Hello from Oxfordshire

[Graham Williams 12Participant @grahamwilliams12]

Hi

Hello everyone, I am a semi retired Design Engineer. I have a very varied background ranging from vending machines to Formula 1. Experienced in Unigraphics, Catia and more recently Solidworks. At home I am know using Fusion 360 (because of their policy of letting hobbyist and business start ups use it for free! This is brilliant and I can do pretty much everything I did on Solidworks. Although I have experience of lots of CAD systems I only ever remember how to use the system I use currently! Many years ago I did an indentured Toolmaking apprenticeship and this always stood me in good stead for designing… I actually knew how to make the things I designed! and very often made my own prototypes.

Apart from an interest in steam and all things mechanical my main area of interest is designing Air rifles. I have started visiting this site more and more looking for info to help set up a home workshop to make my own prototypes rather than relying on contractors. This has turned out to be a very frustrating task as I am sure many of you have been through – particularly the Chinese VS 2nd hand debate.

I already jumped in on one thread before introducing myself….apologies for that (and for the longer then intended intro.) Looking forward to being part of this community.

Graham

[Graham Williams 12Participant @grahamwilliams12]

[David George 1Participant @davidgeorge1]

Hi welcome to the forum. There are some air rifle enthusiasts on here and many machinery people who can give information you just gave to ask. There are already lots if information in the forum history well worth a look.

David

[Stuart BridgerParticipant @stuartbridger82290]

Hi Graham,

Welcome, whereabouts in Oxfordshire are you? Regarding your workshop. I would recommend speaking to Malcolm Bason at MB Tools. He is a 2nd hand machinery dealer specialising in home workshops and is based in Freeland near Witney. He advertises in ME magazine and often has machines for sale.

Regards

Stuart

[Brian HParticipant @brianh50089]

Welcome Graham to just about the most friendly and helpful forums that there are.

If you have any questions you have but to ask.

Brian

[Graham Williams 12Participant @grahamwilliams12]

Thanks for the welcome.

David, will be trying to find these airgun enthusiasts and really interested in the forum history….just a matter of getting the time….

Stuart, I'm pretty close to Malcolm so will be checking him out, so thanks for that….I'm between Chipping Norton and Woodstock.

Brian, thanks…plenty of questions will be forthcoming

Graham

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