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eidbi:
Hi All,
I would like to introduce myself as I have been lurking here for a while. I am mid sixties (age not year) IT guy. I have no training in metalwork apart from a 3 month evening class once a week in jewellery making many years ago. So I have some experience in silver soldering from that time. For about 5 years I made silver jewellery for a hobby. I seem to collect hobbies!

I bought a Sherline lathe about 2 years ago and added a CNC ready mill about a year later and added the steppers, controller and computer myself. I use D2nc for drawing simple shapes/parts and I wrote a wizard to create circuit board adapters for SMD chips to Veroboard which I then "engrave" on the mill. For more complicated things I use TurboCad and use D2nc to produce the Gcode for Mach.

I have been researching Bogstandard's Puddleduck engine which I hope to make over the winter using the CNC on the mill as much as possible. So far I have only been making more tools and accessories for the lathe and mill.

Regards,
Hamilton

dsquire:
Hi Hamilton

Welcome to MadModder. I think that you will fit right in here as there are a lot of members here that seem to collect hobbies, myself included. With your lathe and mill you will have a good start to making small engines and others here will be able to answer any questions that you might have. When you have a chance perhaps you could post a couple of pictures of some of the tooling that you have made for your lathe and mill.  :D :D

Cheers  :beer:

Don

Brass_Machine:
Heya Hamilton!  :wave:

Sounds like you have a great start on tooling! Bog's has a good book on his engine. Definitely worth doing in my opinion. You will learn a lot. Jewelry making is pretty neat. I have some ideas that one day I will start to do. IT guy eh? Me too. Whatcha do? I am a VMware guy. I manage the virtual infrastructure for an Ivy League college.

Show us what you have! Pictures are nice!

Eric

raynerd:
Hi there...   :worthless:  would like to see some pics of your jewellry and machines if you find time!

Look forward to your future posts.

Chris

eidbi:
Hi All,
Many thanks for the welcome. I will try to get some photos of the jewellery and some of the accessories later today.

Regards,
Hamilton

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