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General Discussion / Re: Club website
« Last post by Paul Hannaby on April 04, 2024, 10:17:42 PM »
Joomla is probably the next on the list but Wordpress is the most commonly used out of all the content management systems.

Hosting is available from many sources but whichever one you use, you will need one that offers a database as well as the web space. I use Ionos for the two club's websites I manage. It has all the options needed plus several which probably aren't! It's also reasonably priced for a single website.

If you need any help/advice, feel free to give me a call.
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General Discussion / Re: Club website
« Last post by The Bowler Hatted Turner on April 04, 2024, 03:03:12 PM »
Pete thanks for this. I agree about Wordpress, indeed I use it on my own website. I was just wondering if there were other "decent" alternatives.
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General Discussion / Re: viceroy td6 wood lathe
« Last post by timB on April 04, 2024, 12:32:56 PM »
Thanks Pete,
I will definitely take a selection of stuff.
Drawings show 5/16 whitworth cap screws at headstock end.
Presume bed end the same. Possibly will have to dig out my
imperial allen keys and allen sockets. Most prob take metric as well.
Initial measuring shows I mays be able to do it in one peice but always
like to go prepared.
Thanks Tim
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General Discussion / Re: Club website
« Last post by Twisted Trees on April 04, 2024, 12:09:43 PM »
I would recommend Wordpress, I host multiple websites for woodturners 3 of them with no web experience at all, with a bit of help from me have created their own sites recently all with about a weeks of studying Wordpress on the internet and getting a start. i.e. once created then it can be handed over to another who will quickly be able to maintain it. the 3 sites my users have created are:-

https://heartwoodturning.woodturners.uk/
https://heckingtonarts.woodturners.uk/
https://skkrafts.woodturners.uk/

As I said none of these 3 had any experience, each was given about 3 hours of my time to get them started then told to go and play with it.

EDIT:- Wordpress is a fairly common industry standard, so an added bonus of using it is if someone gets good there is potential to monetise it down the line, with employment opportunities which may get you some assistance from friends and family of club members rather than the one who didn't take one step back quick enough!
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General Discussion / Club website
« Last post by The Bowler Hatted Turner on April 04, 2024, 11:02:18 AM »
Following our club AGM in February we now have a new webmaster. He is going to re do some of the website but is having difficulties with parts of it. I said I would ask the question here.....what hosting and or platform (?) do other clubs use. I don't think we need anything clever or complicated just a simple website that as and when would be easy to hand over to the next club webmaster.
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General Discussion / Re: Club Constitution
« Last post by The Bowler Hatted Turner on April 04, 2024, 10:58:59 AM »
Alex when I was chairman of the RPT and had to write policies etc. I would  write what I thought was suitable and then put it in front of the committee for their consideration.Inevitably some of them would come back with better policy than I had written, or the same written better so it is always worth making it a team effort.
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General Discussion / Re: viceroy td6 wood lathe
« Last post by Twisted Trees on April 02, 2024, 10:53:55 PM »
Take a very large adjustable to be on the safe side, when I went to fetch my lathe I took metric to 26mm had to improvise for the 30mm bolts that held the legs to the bed!
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General Discussion / Re: viceroy td6 wood lathe
« Last post by timB on April 02, 2024, 08:17:51 AM »
Thanks Twisted Trees,
Sorry for late reply but message did not come through to my email.
Just logged in and found it.
Most probaly take the plunge and attempt removal of the bed when collecting.
Will go equipped with imperial and metric tools.

Thanks    Tim
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General Discussion / Re: viceroy td6 wood lathe
« Last post by Twisted Trees on March 28, 2024, 08:44:20 PM »
Sorry Tim, only ever seen one at a distance, hopefully someone here has taken one apart.
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General Discussion / Re: viceroy td6 wood lathe
« Last post by timB on March 28, 2024, 01:22:53 PM »
Sorry,
looks like it is a Viceroy Educator.
The cabinet/stand looks a lot smaller than a tds6 shown on the lathes site.
It says DST Educator on the headstock and tds6 on the plate on the leg.
Possibly a mix and match.

Tim
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