Been wanting to say hello for a while
I keep dipping my toe into world of model engineering
Retirement looms large - Covid lockdown gave me a bit of a hurry up on getting my plans organised
I’ve had a long held resentment on not being permitted to do metalwork at school (early 70s) - being the son of a mechanic in those days there were aspirations on what a future looked like. Little did double entry bookkeeping serve me well in my future!
I’ve been buying too much equipment (seems to feed the habit) and not getting enough use =>being intimidated by thought of breaking something!
I tend to half finish things.. a little bolten #5 steam engine and did get all the castings for a gingery shaper made and machined. I did finish a little bar stock steam engine following a Dvd instructions by Rudy Kouhoupt
So I’m excited to be back at it again. I’ve joined a local trades guild that have lots of wisdom available. I’m getting lots of usefull advice from Greg Tev on this forum
Presently I’m 3 weeks into Fusion 360 doing patterns and castings for the 1936 midget engine… Paying homage to all those hours spent in dads shed reading popular science and popular mechanics (will start a thread)
Chaos on the kitchen table while the wife is away visiting
Goals… get an engine finished
Learn cnc… somehow I’ve ended up with a seig sx2 and Sieg x3 both converted to cnc. Thanks to help from the Gilde I cut my first test pieces. A little slot plate from my fusion exercises. Must admit I’m in awe with what’s happening in the cnc space here - the midget engine is partially inspired by what JasonB has done
Work on my pattern making and casting skills
A short list that should see me biting off more than I can chew.
Cheers Jeff
“Working to the closest CM”