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Ian, what a great looking resource. I'll have to look into some of the possibilities your site offers. Thanks. Jim & Henry, There is still some industrial activity in Spain. Atmos (Link) is alive and kicking, as is Canela Tools (Link). The precision lathe manufacturer Pinacho still puts out...

Not too long ago, Spain, like the US, was a place where people went to buy industrial goods. Spain was renowned for its steel, toolroom machinery and quality hand tools. Now, for whatever reason, we've decided that producing quality goods is somehow "beneath us" and have allowed industries of...

For whatever reason, I always seem to stall when the time comes to introduce myself on a forum. I've been a longtime lurker and am a fervent admirer of several of the mainstays of this forum. Words fail me when I try and acknowledge the debt I owe to "Bogstandard" and the passion he has incited...

Thank you for facilitating this incredible (and international) resource.

For those of you who are native Spanish speakers, are living in a Spanish-speaking part of the world, or just want to practice a bit of Español, I highly recommend that you check out metalaficion.com, perhaps one of the finest thematic fora in Spanish. While the subject matter is perhaps less...

Thanks for that, Arnold. The forum is metalaficion.com, and here are some photos from one of the group meetings in the Barcelona area http://foro.metalaficion.com/index.php/topic,5038.msg65806.html#msg65806. Take a close look, you might even recognize some familiar faces. We are trying to...

Bernat, Looks like you do some great work. There is a large and active community of home shop machinists in the Barcelona area, and we tend to meet for a chat and to show off our work once every 4-5 months or so. With a moderator's permission, I'd be happy to post a link to the Spanish forum...

This might be a bit late, but one of the very talented members on a Spanish forum where I am active has compiled a repair manual, complete schematics, etc. for the control board on Chinese minilathes. The manual is in Spanish, and I don't know how good a job Google would do with the translation...

The Roman gold mines at Las Médulas in northwestern Spain (Wikipedia Link) are an impressive testament to the ancient understanding of hydraulic force. As a side note, according to information in the visitor's center (for what that's worth), signs of atmospheric contamination from the smelting...

I think this must be the link you lost: http://www.jamescorbettart.com. Great stuff. Thanks for sharing.