Just to make it official, I'm Chuck Fellows, enjoying retirement from a data processing career. Been doing amateur machining for close to 40 years, but only seriously for about the past 15 years. I mostly enjoy building model engines but also enjoy making tooling and jigs. I count 25 engines on display in my study and have given away or sold another half dozen or so. Unfortunately I also have another half dozen that are in various states of completion, some of which probably will never be completed. I'm currently building a V8 compressed air engine and am also working on the design of a 2-stroke horizontal hot tube engine, similar to the oil field engine designs like the Bessemer. It will most likely have a bore and stroke of 1 1/2" x 2 1/4" with twin flywheels measuring around 9" diameter. I'm really anxious to get to work on this one!
I also enjoy astronomy and have built some 30 different telescopes over the past 12 years. I've also retired from that avocation. I still have 2 very nice telescopes that I built and use those for star gazing when the mood strikes.
I'm glad to see the new site and hope it becomes an overwhelming success.
Chuck
