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Offline Antman

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Hello Again to Old Friends and Hi Guys to People I've Never Met
« on: October 02, 2013, 09:59:25 PM »
Hi All this is Antman again.

     I've not been able to do much machining for a year now and my interests in machining have turned away from engines for the time being.  I owe a lot to my old friends like John Bogs,  Dave Steamer and George B (for sheer inspiration from his awesome models).  Zee and Arnold from Namibia started machining about the same time as me (Arnold somehow has the advantage in knowing what he's doing) and I've kind of paced myself by what they've been doing.
     To the guys who don't know me,  I'm getting by quite nicely on my machines,  but none of it is engines,  so I guess I should learn to use a camera and post some pix,  meanwhile I'll just lurk.
     O and I bought a new milling machine.  (My knackered old RF was a pain)
               Happy machining,
                   Ant
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Offline steamer

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Re: Hello Again to Old Friends and Hi Guys to People I've Never Met
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2013, 10:07:24 PM »
Yoo! Ant!
 :ThumbsUp:
Welcome !   Make you self at home!
 8)
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Re: Hello Again to Old Friends and Hi Guys to People I've Never Met
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2013, 10:08:50 PM »
Hi Ant,
Welcome aboard. It's good to hear from you again.
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Offline Antman

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Re: Hello Again to Old Friends and Hi Guys to People I've Never Met
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2013, 10:19:17 PM »
Yeah Hi I didn't know where you guys were.  What's happened to Ken from Cape Town.  Two of the brats live in CT and I'd love to be invited to his workshop to gawk at his things and be baffled by science.
    Ant
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Offline tel

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Re: Hello Again to Old Friends and Hi Guys to People I've Never Met
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2013, 10:45:04 PM »
Welcome Ant, glad you found us!  :ThumbsUp:
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Offline Antman

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Re: Hello Again to Old Friends and Hi Guys to People I've Never Met
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2013, 10:58:02 PM »
Hey Tel,  is that you?
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Re: Hello Again to Old Friends and Hi Guys to People I've Never Met
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2013, 11:14:53 PM »
Surely is mate! (Well. last time I looked it was) :lolb:
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Offline AussieJimG

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Re: Hello Again to Old Friends and Hi Guys to People I've Never Met
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2013, 12:32:55 AM »
Welcome Ant

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Offline Don1966

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Re: Hello Again to Old Friends and Hi Guys to People I've Never Met
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2013, 12:35:05 AM »
 :hi: Antman!

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Offline b.lindsey

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Re: Hello Again to Old Friends and Hi Guys to People I've Never Met
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2013, 12:47:54 AM »
Welcome Antman, glad you found us and MEM. So if you haven't been working on engines, what goodies have you been working on?

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Offline ths

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Re: Hello Again to Old Friends and Hi Guys to People I've Never Met
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2013, 02:56:39 AM »
Welcome to the forum, Antman.

Cheers, Hugh.
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Re: Hello Again to Old Friends and Hi Guys to People I've Never Met
« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2013, 05:55:31 AM »
Hi Antman and welcome.

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Re: Hello Again to Old Friends and Hi Guys to People I've Never Met
« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2013, 07:18:45 AM »
 :hi: Ant,

Would be nice to see a few pictures of your workshop for those of us who don't know you  ;)

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Re: Hello Again to Old Friends and Hi Guys to People I've Never Met
« Reply #13 on: October 03, 2013, 04:49:08 PM »
Quote from: Antman on October 02, 2013, 09:59:25 PM
Zee and Arnold from Namibia started machining about the same time as me (Arnold somehow has the advantage in knowing what he's doing)

And I don't?  :lolb: Well you got it right.

Glad to see you again Ant.
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Re: Hello Again to Old Friends and Hi Guys to People I've Never Met
« Reply #14 on: October 03, 2013, 06:12:02 PM »
Welcome Ant

Quote from: Antman on October 02, 2013, 09:59:25 PM
Zee and Arnold from Namibia started machining about the same time as me (Arnold somehow has the advantage in knowing what he's doing) and I've kind of paced myself by what they've been doing.

 :-[ Don't know where the misconception comes from that I know what I'm doing; I just pilfer advice from the rest of the great model engineers who supplied advice along the way and apply it...  But at least you should be able to keep up with Zee and myself; at the moment we're a bit slow!

Kind regards, Arnold
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