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[bretton]

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.

[Jon]

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!

[kbalch]

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

[bigRay]

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

[DIYer]

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