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    Hi all ,
    Just to say hello and greetings from West Yorkshire England. Semi retired now but seem to be busier than ever. Currently building 1974 triumph T120 cafe racer .

    Been messing about with old motorcycles and stuff since 1969. Make lots of parts and also restore and renovate old machinery. Drummond roundbed lathe from 1910s , late victorian Britannia gap bed lathe 5 inch swing , Pallas small horizontal miller with newly made ( finished yesterday !) vertical head attachment . Last 2 adapted to run with 3 phase VF drives.

    If its mechanical rusty and oily its interesting

    Cheers. Bretton.

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    Hi Bretton - welcome to HomemadeTools.net

    Sounds like you'll fit in well here. Post some pics if you have 'em, I'm sure people would like to check out your work!

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    Hi Bretton,

    Welcome!

    Lots of guys around here with similar interests. I did a '69 Triumph T120R myself.

    Sounds as though you've restored some interesting machine tools. Let's see some pics!

    How far along is the cafe racer?

    Ken

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    Welcome Bretton
    I feel the same way about things:
    "If its mechanical rusty and oily its interesting"

    one of my favorites is If you have't let the smoke out of the electrical parts i can fix

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    Welcome to the forums, Bretton! I'd certainly love to see some of your restorations.



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