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G'day from the Land Down Under

Doc

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Australia
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Doc
G'day everybody

My name is Doc and I'm from South Australia and look forward to 'meeting' you all

I am a wooden toymaker and acquired a Woodfast mini lathe that I didn't know I needed :whistling:

Nobody told me this pen turning lark was addictive :up:

Regards

Doc
 

Neil

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Greetings Doc and welcome to the madhouse. Hope you find this forum informative, friendly and fun. Somewhat irreverent in comparison to some of the other forums, and just to compound it they're all barking mad.
 

paulm

grave manibus faciendum
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Sandford
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Paul
Hi Doc

Don't listen to Neil, he's one of the inmates the rest of us, I mean me, I'm as sane as it gets... Sorry gotta go they're trying to get me and I hate that padded cell
:funny::funny::funny:


Show us some of your work :thumbs
 

Vic Perrin

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Welcome Doc, only been on here a short while myself but the Guys and Girls are great. Really helpful and friendly and good for a joke or two.

:thumbs:Vic:thumbs:
 

chas_41_uk

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Hi doc and welcome to the forum :thumbs:
So you bought a mini lathe you didn't realise you needed :thinks:
You'll fit in perfectly then :winking:
 

Grump

Grand Master
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Stevenage
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Brian
Everybody needs a lathe but not everybody knows it.
Don't tell em or the price will go up, like bacon did when pigs started to fly.
Welcome to the loony bin Doc, sounds like you're needed init?
Our resident doc spends all his time on his lathe or with his birds dunee?
 

Dalboy

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Kent
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Derek
Hi and welcome Doc another mad man here who also makes toys. The lathe is good for making wheels and lots of other bits for the toy side of things as well, but you need to learn how to make pens to sign the cheques for all the lathe equipment you will need:funny::funny::funny:
I also have been known to frequent a forum down your way especially in there Toy Making section
 

bassethound

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Welcome Doc to the asylum, another poor soul to enter, still I'm ok, unlike most of the other inmates here! enjoy it while you can!
:wink:
 

Robert

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Hi Doc

Welcome to the forum. A few guidelines that will hopefully assist you:

1. I’m in charge round here, you can call me The Boss
2. Neil if the font of all knowledge (or at least we think he is, as half the time no one seems to understand what he is going on about)
3. PaulM is a very nice man (a very very nice man)
4. Grump presses F9 on his keyboard and it posts “innit”
5. Everyone says “we’re all mad here y’know”, whereas in reality this is one of the most sensible forums I know
6. Jim likes to think he is in charge, but see 1. above
7. Scouseroy has got a kinky poultry fetish that we don’t like to talk about
8. Chas is from the middle ages, but is stuck here on account of his time machine being broke
9. The jokes are terrible. Truly, truly terrible.
10. Dan is your man for kit, otherwise it’s Timberbits
11. Woody likes a beer (don’t we all?)
12. Terry is a plonker and a kleptomaniac, apparently
13. I don’t know what Penpal is on, but I’d like some of it
14. Some dog owners really do look like their dogs
15. The basic idea is to post a picture of your latest work, and if people like it, they will say so. If they don’t like it, they tend to stay quiet, unless it’s Grump, who tells it like it is innit
16. I’ve probably offended all the other regular posters on the forum by not mentioning them above
 

edlea

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Now that all the crazies have introduced themselves... a warm welcome from the sane side of the group. Looking forward to seeing some toys.:thumbs:
 

PhillH

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Solihull - A Tyke in Exile
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Welcome indeed!

Not content with taking all the bar jobs in London you lot are after our forums now :ciggrin:

Pull up a chair and stay a while, let's see some of your work?
 

scouseroy

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kinky poultry fetish?????? welcome Doc ,you will find a host of info and advice on here if you don't know ,just ask and someone will find out for you!!
Roy
 

Doc

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Australia
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Doc
Hahahahaha. Why do I feel so at home already :wink:

Regards

Doc

PS
I shall start by increasing my medication :funny:
 

Doc

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Doc
I'm from the Mid North - halfway between Adelaide and Broken Hill Mark - just down the road :winking:
 

Lons

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What the others said - come on in mate!

BTW Robert missed one of the guide rules:-

No 17. Disregard nos. 1 - 16 as it's all cobblers.
 

Penpal

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Canberra AUSTRALIA
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Peter
Whats up Doc. I was born in Mt Gambier SA as were other generations of my mob. Good to see you and welcome to this forum, I understand fully about mental issues associated with purchases.

Kind regards Peter.:thumbs:
 
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