Hello from the Deep South!

[Bluechips]

Hello to the forum!

My name is Mike and I hail from Louisiana, USA.  Right on the Mississippi River about a 100 miles north of Baton Rouge.

I made my living on and off for about 20 years as a job shop machinist. 

I am currently collecting machines and setting up a shop at my house.  So far I have a 16" South Bend and a 12" Sheldon that I have refurbished and fitted both with VFD's.  I also have a J head Bridgeport that is next in line for a redo.  My newest addition is a 16" Newey shaper.  I'm still collecting tooling and building an area to keep them.  I also want to get into a little foundry work. My current shop is geared toward welding fabrication and automotive maintenance.  My OT interests are motorcycles and hotrods.

I lurked on HMEM for many months without doing an intro.  I decided to correct that on the ground floor over here.  I've never built a model engine, but have plans to.  There are enough nice engines in Elmer's collection to keep me busy for quite a while.  I did get to build a connecting rod cap for the Delta Queen steamboat many years ago, but there was enough metal in that to build a few dozen models!

Mike

[Dean W]

Hi Mike.  So glad to have you with us!

Dean

[Bluechips]

Thanks, Dean.

Looks like a awful lot of talent signing up here.  I'm looking forward to getting my shop sorted out and start making chips.  Hope my efforts measure up.

Mike

[tel]

You're off to a flying start here then Mike, don't be 'fraid to pitch in.