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Title: New Member
Post by: Boot on November 23, 2011, 10:09:37 AM

Hello Gentleman and thank you for accepting my membership.  I do hope I will be able to offer up some advice to someone here.  I worked as a machinist for 37 years for a company called Dorr-Oliver in Hazleton,PA.  I started as a labor and worked my way up the ladder to "A" class machinist. I have run every machine in a shop that could make anything.  I ran a 13 1/2foot swing VBM made by the Simmons company out of Albany , NY and manufactured by Skoda of Chechalvlakia. I ran a CNC Giddings and Lewis 60" VTL with 12 station tool changer carousel. Lastly running a Mazak CNC milling machine with 110 tool stations with 4 table changer.  In between I ran radial drills, milling machines , engine lathes ,bed planers and jig borers.  Now retired I have a small hobby shop in a 1 car shed 12' x 24'. It includes a 9" Southbend I recently converted to a quick change gear box.  A HF mini-mill, drill press and cut off bandsaw. A long with all the tools a machinist could buy or inherit over 30 years. I have made a Super Stirling engine fan from Jerry Howells plans, a thread dial for my lathe , a roller bearing steady rest for my lathe.  When I have time this winter I expect to work on Howells Farm Boy hit and miss engine. I'll try to attach a link to my Super Stirling.
(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx142/Boot-010/For-Web-Stirling.jpg)

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: Brass_Machine on November 23, 2011, 10:50:29 AM

Hiya Boot  :wave:

Welcome to the collective :borg:

That's a nice stirling fan! I don't think you are too far from me... I am in NJ!

Eric

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: saw on November 23, 2011, 11:21:14 AM

Hi and welcome. Nice engine...  :clap: :clap:

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: DaveH on November 23, 2011, 11:32:21 AM

Boot :wave:

Hello and welcome to MadModder :clap:

Very nice engine.
 :beer:
DaveH

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: spuddevans on November 23, 2011, 02:04:18 PM

Hi there  Boot :wave: welcome to the best forum on the interweb :mmr:


Nice looking engine, got any videos of it working?


Tim

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: Boot on November 23, 2011, 02:16:15 PM

Here's a video of the Stirling running a also how to cut gears on an engine lathe inorder to make a thread dial.
(http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx142/Boot-010/th_DSCF0119.jpg) (http://s750.photobucket.com/albums/xx142/Boot-010/?action=view&current=DSCF0119.mp4)

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: Stilldrillin on November 23, 2011, 02:19:46 PM

Hi Boot.
Welcome to the Collective!  :borg:

That's a great engine. You certainly have a lot of engineering experience.  :thumbup:

David D

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: spuddevans on November 23, 2011, 02:32:56 PM

Quote from: Boot on November 23, 2011, 02:16:15 PM

Here's a video of the Stirling running a also how to cut gears on an engine lathe inorder to make a thread dial.

Thanks for that, runs pretty sweet.


Tim

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: doubleboost on November 24, 2011, 06:35:58 PM

Hi
Boot
Welcome to mad modders
Nice engine
John

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: krv3000 on December 01, 2011, 05:15:00 AM

HI and welcome from krv3000