Thread: sufficient privileges

I'm not certain with regard to editing your profile, but I know your posts have to go through moderation as a new member and you have extremely limited PM capability, so it is possible that editing a profile may have similar restrictions. The good news is that as you contribute and post on the site, you gain credibility and restrictions automatically reduce. This is fundamentally part of the forums anti spam protection to limit the exposure of the rest of us to spammers joining and filling our mil boxes with garbage.

Hi,I have the same issue,I have just joined and can't even see or open my profile ? Would be great if a mod could chime in as to why.It seems like a basic thing I should be able to access ? Thanks

Originally Posted by Iretired

Would be great if a mod could chime in as to why.

As malb said above, new users have restrictions etc, to weed out the spammers.

Thanks for the prompt response.I also started a new thread yesterday in "for sale on Ebay and other external sites".My thread has not appeared yet ? What can I actually post/thread in being new ?

Originally Posted by Iretired

Thanks for the prompt response.I also started a new thread yesterday in "for sale on Ebay and other external sites".My thread has not appeared yet ? What can I actually post/thread in being new ?

Tell us a bit about your self and your wood working interests/projects.

Originally Posted by BobL

Tell us a bit about your self and your wood working interests/projects.

I've been a shipwright all my life mainly building pleasure craft ranging from mono hulls to large sailing catamarans and done many full timber fit outs in all those fancy rain forest timbers from far away lands that we better not go near now!
Also built 3 owner built houses,furniture,numerous sheds etc,
Projects in the future-new kitchen at home and I better start chewing through the couple of cube of Euro oak that I've had racked in my shed for 30 years making some bookshelves,entertainment cabinets and so on for the house.My favorite timber by a long shot...
And you ?

Originally Posted by Iretired

I've been a shipwright all my life mainly building pleasure craft ranging from mono hulls to large sailing catamarans and done many full timber fit outs in all those fancy rain forest timbers from far away lands that we better not go near now!
Also built 3 owner built houses,furniture,numerous sheds etc,
Projects in the future-new kitchen at home and I better start chewing through the couple of cube of Euro oak that I've had racked in my shed for 30 years making some bookshelves,entertainment cabinets and so on for the house.My favorite timber by a long shot...

Thanks, sounds like you are going to fit right in on these forums.
A couple more posts and you should get those privileges

And you ?

Bit of a profile here - also lists my recent posts - I find I get to know members by reading what they post about.
https://www.woodworkforums.com/members/9450-bobl

Originally Posted by BobL

Thanks, sounds like you are going to fit right in on these forums.
A couple more posts and you should get those privileges


Bit of a profile here - also lists my recent posts - I find I get to know members by reading what they post about.
https://www.woodworkforums.com/members/9450-bobl

Thanks for that,had a look at a few posts of yours and others and the thought I had is how woodworking encompasses many other skills that are really needed- mech engineering ( when we're servicing,repairing and modifying our equipment ),painting and all that is involved with surface finishing projects all the way through to french polishing,which I've never done but boy is that an art.Sharpening and honing our tools,certainly a needed skill and so on.Now that I'm so called retired (which is a joke as #1 keeps me on the move),I hope to have more time to get involved in some other aspects of timber work and contribute in this great forum.