My name is Chester Long, I live in North central Illinois, I retired (2000)and I love to make things which I have been doing for 70+ years. I have a mill, lathe, drill press, welder, pedestal grinder and the normal hand tools. I collect and restore old hit and miss gas engines. I am a firearm collector and builder. I am interested in black powder guns and buck skinning. I build model gas hit and miss engines and model steam engines. And I do wood working when I have the need. I have made model trains, R/C sail boats and R/C planes. One ongoing project I have undertaken, is building a sixteen foot wood boat into which I will put my 1913 Gray 3 horse power two stroke engine I am working on. After I retired, I needed storage room for my hit and miss engine collection, so I designed and built a 16ft x 24ft building with a 7'x7' drawbridge door. If one has the will, one can usually accomplish just about anything, especially if you are frugal and can not afford to pay to have something done for oneself. This should give all on this forum an idea of my interests.