Richard Lennard Introduction

[Richard Lennard]

I have nearly completed my workshop, 11.5m x 8m.
Over the years I have been following the various Metalwork forums and have been collecting my equipment accordingly.
I have done little practical work, compared to many on this site, but am desperate to learn, have good hands and the time to do it.
Ive been lucky to have built up the following:
Pullmax Major, with a fair bit of tooling, Edwards English wheel, swager, folder, guillotine, Migs, Tig, Chinese English wheel (not so good), planishing hammer (good), rolls / bender / guillotine combo, compressors, oxy / ace, Myford lathe, Holbrooke lathe, linisher, bandsaw + large amount of panel beating hammers / dollies / stakes etc.
To be honest - spoilt.
It all started about with a rebuild for my Sunbeam Tiger, which didnt happen in 1978. Sold the Tiger, bought it back again in 2000, definitely needs a rebuild now!
Cant wait!
I intend to refurb all the metalwork gear as I install it.
richard_lennard1@yahoo.co.uk

[HEATNBEAT]

Hi Richard and welcome!

[Kerry Pinkerton]

Welcome to AllMetalShaping Richard. I remember you from days gone by.

[Peter Tommasini]

HI Richard welcome to the forum .. you have a few machine tools there. Very nice..... But i personaly bolive that the hand tools skill is very important
Peter

[Custom Metalshapers Ltd]

Hi Richard, dont be shy about posting some pics of your gear!

[Z5Roadster]

Hi Richard
Welcome aboard, sounds like your already to go, nice size shop (not sure about our winters though) I'm up the road in Barnstaple full of enthusiasm but no workshop.

Give me a shout if you need an extra pair of hands.

[Richard Lennard]

As it stands today.
Started the building 3 years ago, outer barn first which stores all the gear, workshop and stables and eventually will get our barn conversion.
We live in a mobile home. My wife would sooner have decent stables and I would sooner a good workshop - everybodies priorities are different!
Apart from help from a friend as and when, all the building is by my own hand.
Its gone well and the end is really in sight.
The photos show some of my gear and the workshop itself, full of dead Sunbeam Alpines / bits for my Tiger etc.
Been collecting the gear for 20 years, have had some real giggles on the way.
Photos of the gear arent very exciting because it is all stored on industrial racking out of harms way.
If it goes to plan - I will send more meaniful pictures once the workshop is complete and I am fitting it out, eg rebuild of Pullmax etc

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[Custom Metalshapers Ltd]

Hi Richard, thanks for posting. real interesting what youve collected up there well done. if you need to pull down that Type M Edwards heres a few albums that will give you a heads up regarding the innards.

http://allshops.org/cgi-bin/communit...=9980356767605

http://allshops.org/cgi-bin/communit...=9980157717070

[Richard Lennard]

Ive watched most of the forums over the last few years and had totally missed this breakdown - excellent, many thanks.
Ive had no luck with similar for the Pullmax Major yet.
Managed to get an original P5 breakdown / operating instructions.
There seems to be little info re larger Pullmax - so if anyone has anything?

[invision]

Hi Richard! Welcome to the forum Great intro and collection of metal shaping tools. Thanks for sharing.