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Work has slowed down a bit and I decided to start building an engine while I have some down time. I'm actually building three engines, but two differant models. I increased the plans by 50%, cause I just wanted a bigger model. This is what I have done so far after two weeks. I'm having a little...

Hi all, this isn't model related, but this is the first time in my Army career that I've had the opportunity to do this and I wanted to share it. Here I am heat treating a bearing assembly/disassembly tool for helicopter maintenance that I machined out of 4340 steel. Hope you enjoy. Skip

It's an expandable container.

Hi all, this is the equipment I have in my shop; Standard Modern 13X34 Lathe and a Jet bench top mill. I'm not too fond of the Jet mill, but I'm glad I have it. Skip http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/xx319/skipp49/Iraq10-11/Myshop.jpg

Thank you all for the warm welcome, I really appreciate it. This is actually the first time I've done any real machining in the past few years. I currently have in my shop a Standard Modern 13"X34" engine lathe, a Jet bench top mill and a horizontal band saw. Also have mig, tig and arc welding...

Hi all, I'm a US Army machinist currently serving in Iraq. I stubbled across this forum in April while looking for projects to help train my Soldier and I've been enjoying it ever since. Unfortunately we've been too busy doing actual work and not able to work on side projects. I've been making...