Hi I am another from HMEM but getting registration here was a PITA*. My interest are steam engines and locomotives. My first project was to build a 3 1/2" gauge locomotive Rob Roy. It took 2 1/2 years to complete. The workmanship was representative of a total beginner having only a lathe and a drill press. Every operation that required a milling machine was undertaken using a hacksaw and files. Making the boiler was my nemesis, in Australia there are boiler safety codes which I was unaware of when starting the boiler and by the time I became aware I had progressed the boiler too far to ever have a chance of getting it certified. I did however undertake my own pressure test and got it to hold 160psi for 30 mins. I have built a single vertical steam engine of my own design from stock materials and I am currently building a twin vertical steam engine again own design and stock materials.
I marvel at the fine quality engines being made by members of this forum and others. I wish when I started Rob Roy I had exposure to these topics, I am sure that the learning process would not have been so steep and the sleepless nights I had would not have been so many. I am more of a lurker than an artisan willing to share his experience and photographs with others. But with experience that may change LOL.
Brian.
The following is just a heads up to the administrator.
*I think I may have exposed a small software error in the registration process because every time I tried to register it indicated that an error occurred and stated that my Logonname with EMail name@someplace.com.au (IP XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX) was Spam and to contact the administrator. How? I tried several times with the same details and got the same response. In desperation I posted at HMEM my problem and asked how I could contact the Madmodder adminstrator. That upset HMEM and they removed my question soon after it was posted, as I expected they would. I flippantly tried a another logonname with an old defunct EMail address all other details the same and the registration process accepted it but required confirmation via the EMail. Since the EMail address wasn't active I couldn't complete the registration process. So I changed the logon name with all other details the same as before, but then it said I couldn't complete another registration from the same computer. I rebooted the computer and this time I was sucessful. So was it because I was using a logonname that was already in use at Madmodder?
