Hi Southern River Perth WA

Hi I'm David, I joined a few weeks ago and thought that it was time that I introduced myself. I'm a motor mechanic and I am a bit over working on cars all of the time so I'm looking to getting back into woodworking again especially wood turning. I have a 1952 10ER Shopsmith that my Dad bought brand new and it was passed onto me 11 years ago. In very good usable condition but need a cosmetic upgrade. Recntly over the last 3 weeks I bought an old Tough drill press (floor model) and an older Tough wood lathe to compliment the Shopsmith. The 2 Tough machines are both 3ph I will have to work out what to do about that. I will post some photos later. That is all for now. Cheers David Y

Welcome aboard Dave. There is always room for one more. Any questions you have regarding anything can be answered right here. There are a number of very talented Forumites in your neck of the woods who would be happy get you going. Your mechanical knowledge may be of use to someone else, so you could give consultantary(?) help to them.
With such a broad base of knowledge within the Forum just reading these threads will keep you amused also.
Looking forward to seeing your shed "take off"

Gidday David welcome to the forum, enjoy your stay.

G'Day & Welcome to a top forum, David.
You'll find a heap of helpful & knowledgeable blokes & ladies on the forum and for most very willing to assist.
Make sure you show off your handiwork as everyone loves a photo, especially WIP photos with build notes.
Enjoy the forum.
Enjoy your woodwork
Cheers crowie

welcome to the forum

Hi, Thanks for your kind greetings. I'm looking forward to getting my machinery going so that I can make a decent start and make some saw dust, Cheers David

Welcome David, From Kalbarri, WA.

It is possible to buy converters to change single to three phase for your machines, I know nothing about them, except that they exist.

Hope you can get into some decent turning activity and make lots of saw dust and shavings.

Welcome to the forum.