That looks like the CNC machine of all CNC machine!! My god!

Now I feel outclassed. I've just used one of these:

to make this:

2nd pic not working for me Neil.....

or me.....

Oh! I thought Neil made a sign saying "Click to enlarge" on his lathe...

Financial services contractor.

(Dealing with claims/complaints)

That CNC machine is ok I suppose. But it's missed the hole for the tyre valve.

Sorting out OPP Offshore & Marine Sector

I don't make alloy wheels. I manufacturer components for industrial machinery used in the rubber and plastics industry for companies like Michelin.

I do a variety of different components.Here's what I've done today.

Tsk, it would be in black and white

Very odd, it works from here. Perhaps the site I posted it to doesn't like not-logged-in-people.



I started with a tree and a lump of brass and removed everything that didn't look like a camera. It must have worked; I just pulled four negatives from it out of the developer...

Nice Dovetails there Neil.

Looks like mahogany ?

On the subject of wood and metal...

A couple of years back I made a few of "bushcraft" knives (similar to the Ray Mears one) for friends. This included cutting out the shape from the carbon tool steel, then making the 22degree bevelled edge, then the wooden handles and brass/stainless loveless bolts. Rather pleased with how their turned out. They are only 3" blades, rather than the usual 4 to 5".

Once the steel blanks were created, I engraved them before they went to be induction hardened. Unfortunately a couple were ruined in the process, including the one I'd made for myself !





I should point out that these were made for friends who use them for outdoor work, not for carrying about as a weapon !
One actually does occasional deer culling.

Yep, sapele, which is what most 'mahogany' is these days. Not dovetails, though, just box joints, and they were hard enough! A cabinet maker I am not.

Financial controller for an international online and mail order retailer and part time car collector

Railway Operations Manager, responsible for 79 train drivers, 2 Driver Managers, 1 depot and approximately 60 Electrical Multiple Units.

and Bon vivant

my official title (the one i get paid for)... Large Commercial Vehicle Technician for one of the UK's leading time-critical carriers. Recently invested £100m+ into europes largest parcel sortation hub along with a very nice commercial vehicle workshop.

full time hubby to one... father of, soon to be, two girls... dabble in computers and stuff, have a Coupe and Alfa 159 'on fleet'

ive got enough to keep me busy.

Just an observation but it tends to speak volumes on how some describe themselves/jobs when asked. I'm always a bit intrigued & can only guess how some people really are.

I've never met anyone on here & as I've said before, very curious on how, well come across on here is one thing, but how are you off duty so to speak. Not wanting to mention a certain member who I've had several conversations with away from the forum who informs me he has met quite a few & is quite surprised at times, finding his idea of some forum members not what he'd been expecting at all...

In my short but colourful life I've been in the army, then a factory drone, shop assistant/manager, childcare worker, keyboard/guitarist for a couple of pub bands, and for the last 8 years, a postman and part time mechanic. Currently setting up a custom motorcycle workshop and recently started drawing a webcomic just for the hell of it.

I'm probably (definitely) a lot more rough and ready than the vast majority of the ladies and gents on here, but I'm never idle.

Just remember this: Never buy into other peoples perceptions Jim, First rule of coupe club But I am sure you know this already. The second rule of coupe club is check your oil.

I must say, that I have met loads of members, at meets and when I was doing my detailing thing. All very nice people and all very passionate about their cars.

When asked about the coupe and the club when being interviewed for a video,one of our prominent members simply said its not about the car it's about the people.

That sums it up for me really. The car is the common factor but the people one meets have all been a real pleasure.

No, Phil, the *first* rule of coupe club is 'check your oil'. All other rules are secondary.