Hi - just wanted to post a brief introduction to the members. My name is Thomas and I've been putting together my first little machine shop and building my first engine, over the past several months. I was introduced to model engineering as a kid in the 1970's by an uncle in England, and ever since I've been fascinated with live steam engines, machine tools, and learning the skills to build projects from nothing buy plans and stock.
I live in Manhattan, the East Village to be exact. Space, as you might imagine is at a premium, so my shop is quite small and my main tools are a mini-lathe and a mini mill, both late model Seig jobs. The rest of my kit is pretty standard, and growing at an alarming rate :-)
Thanks and I look forward to learning a lot here and sharing my catastrophes and triumphs with everyone!
Thomas