Hi all,
I live in Melbourne and have been an arm chair model engineer most of my life. I have a part finished Juliet loco that I started years ago. I have been "lurking" for quite awhile and have been very impressed with the models and friendliness of this site.
My main project at the moment is to retrofit a Boxford 250 PC CNC lathe so that I can get back into machining. The lathe works just fine using the manual controls but needs work to connect with Mach3 ( new breakout board etc). I have basic tools drill, grinder, linisher, etc. I have reasonable hand and machine skills having worked in the metal trades years ago and having picked up a great deal from my father.
I am also building a small gauge 1 loco and need to draw up the boiler to get an AMBSC boiler approval, so will be looking for a good CAD package to learn.
;DMy main interest is steam and locos in particular. Anyway I recon this site is tops and I look forward to a long association.
I live in Melbourne and have been an arm chair model engineer most of my life. I have a part finished Juliet loco that I started years ago. I have been "lurking" for quite awhile and have been very impressed with the models and friendliness of this site.
My main project at the moment is to retrofit a Boxford 250 PC CNC lathe so that I can get back into machining. The lathe works just fine using the manual controls but needs work to connect with Mach3 ( new breakout board etc). I have basic tools drill, grinder, linisher, etc. I have reasonable hand and machine skills having worked in the metal trades years ago and having picked up a great deal from my father.
I am also building a small gauge 1 loco and need to draw up the boiler to get an AMBSC boiler approval, so will be looking for a good CAD package to learn.
;DMy main interest is steam and locos in particular. Anyway I recon this site is tops and I look forward to a long association.
