Stuart Leadbetter Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Hi I am a new member to the forum from Lancashire.My name is Stuart Leadbetter and I have a big interest in military vehicles.I dont own any of my own but I would like to do in the future at some stage finances allowing of course! What I would like to be become involved with is if anyone on the forum requires any assistance engineering wise with their own military vehicle projects.I am an engineer by trade and I use CNC brake presses and a Pullmax CNC punch at work so I am experienced at fabricating and can use oxy acetylene torchs and plasma cutters.If anyone needs a hand at forming any components for their vehicles I would love to help out in any way I can.I can get my hands on a fair quantity of scrap metal sheet at work in thickness ranging from 0.9 to 1.6 mm.I then have the capacity to cut,fold,tox,pop rivet and weld(if I ask my fellow workers nicely) any number of components.If anyone on the forum could let me know if they need any help and what they require dimension wise and component wise perhaps I can help,I certainly hope I can do so. I look forward to reading the forum and I hope to hear from the other members soon best wishes, Stuart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcot1751 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Hi Stuart, welcome to the forum I am sure your special skills will be helpful to a lot of members and will be much appreciated. Best Wishes, David :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Don't make any plans for the next, oh, two years or so. The list of wants will be presented to you at the next club house meet! Welcome in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 welcome along mate ............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locolines Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 sorry mate, your going to have to move to Essex. ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_bish Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 I can think of a few things i need fabricating... welcome on board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 hi welcome to the forum , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Leadbetter Posted March 15, 2013 Author Share Posted March 15, 2013 welcome along mate ............. Hi Willyslancs.I see that you live in the Fylde like me,I live in Fleetwood and I work in Blackpool.So if you require any brackets or sheet metal work doing perhaps we could meet and you could show me what you need and I`ll see what I can do for you. cheers Stuart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Leadbetter Posted March 15, 2013 Author Share Posted March 15, 2013 I can think of a few things i need fabricating... welcome on board. Hi Paul.I think to make things work I`d need to have a dimensional drawing or a sketch to work from for what you would like fabricating along with the thickness of the material etc.I can get my hands on both stainless steel at 1mm thick and mild steel at between 0.9 to 1.6 mm in thickness.I can do any number of folds both 90 degree and any angles you wish down to 30 degrees.It would be ideal to actually see the required items in situ but I know in some cases that isn`t going to be possible due to distance.Do the forum members meet up at any times during the years and if so where?That might be a good oppurtunity to see who would like what doing. cheers, Stuart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane.c Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Welcome im sure some people on here will keep you busy, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Hi Willyslancs.I see that you live in the Fylde like me,I live in Fleetwood and I work in Blackpool.So if you require any brackets or sheet metal work doing perhaps we could meet and you could show me what you need and I`ll see what I can do for you.cheers Stuart. thanks mate , :tup:: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 your name seems familiar mate , are you ex TVR?, just wondered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Leadbetter Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 your name seems familiar mate , are you ex TVR?, just wondered Hi Willyslancs.Indeed I did work at TVR in the machine shop.Are you the same person I sometimes saw in his jeep when he came to work in it.I seem to remember somebody from the r and d building also liked military vehicles he had a Scimitar self propelled gun - is that correct?I think his name was Andy? cheers Stuart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Hi Willyslancs.Indeed I did work at TVR in the machine shop.Are you the same person I sometimes saw in his jeep when he came to work in it.I seem to remember somebody from the r and d building also liked military vehicles he had a Scimitar self propelled gun - is that correct?I think his name was Andy? cheers Stuart hi mate no that was andy mimms, his was an abbott, he still has it I was there from 1983 to 2000, was in body shop, trim , machine shop ,and on the line too. I also had a red jago geep years ago . Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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