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jamoni:
Howdy!
My name is Mike, and I've been lurking on this site for a few weeks.  I thought I'd go ahead and introduce myself.
I got into machining when I was in the US Army.  I worked in a Service and Recovery section, which had a bunch of different fabricating specialists lumped together: Canvas (me), body and fender, welders, glass, mechanics, electricians, electronics, and, of course, a machine shop.  When I got there, the lazy couple of bozos before me didn't even have a sewing machine, so I had to go pick one out of the scrapyard (DRMO), and repair it.  I had to make a few parts, which the machinist helped with, and I was hooked.  
For a while my metalworking was limited to knifemaking by stock removal.  I got okay at that, and managed to sell a few, but when I got out, I lacked workshop space until recently, so I let all of that slide.
Fast forward to today, when I have a small shed, a 7x12" chinese lathe, and a drill press converted to a "milling machine" that may set your hair on end with fright.  I just purchased a 12x16" shed, and once it's up, and the fun money fills back up, there'll be a proper milling machine in the stable.
So far what I've worked on are small motorcycle parts, and some tooling for the lathe.
I have an unfortunate habit of leaving things unfinished once they are in a workable state.  I'm working on that, but so far haven't finished it!
Here's a milling attachment I made for my lathe:


Here's my poor man's milling setup:

Current projects I'm working on are a couple of replacement spokes for an older motorcycle, a single shot .357 rifle, and, in the design phase only, a very small, simple shaper/slotter.
I'm very excited by this site, and some of the interesting designs, techniques, and problem solving.  

spuddevans:
Hi there Jamoni :wave: welcome to the club. Pull up a chair and join in.


Tim

Gerhard Olivier:
Welcome Jamoni  :mmr:

Gerhard

Bernd:
Welcome to the collective Mike.  :borg:

We like to call it that because we collect all sorts of talent and from the looks of it you have many.

Hope your not building that shed right now since it seems to be a bit cold all over the US.  ::)

I like your ingenuity on making a milling attachment for your lathe. I would call that a first class Mad Mod. Hope to see much more of your ideas in the other sections of the forum when you get to them.

A build log of your shed (shop building) would be interesting when you get around to it.

Regards,
Bernd

ieezitin:

Hi Jamoni.
Welcome to our group.  Your quote:
(I have an unfortunate habit of leaving things unfinished once they are in a workable state.)  Don’t worry about that I have been doing that for years, it’s a habit I cannot get out of but I get to start more great projects that way.



 :D                        Anthony.

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