I came across your site after Googling flame eater engines and pretty much read thru all the old posts. I would like to stay a while and your conventions seem to indicate that this is the place to start.
I am located on the north end of Flathead Lake, Northwestern Montana, USA. During the 3 months of summer the wife and I shoot in UPSA Multigun, bowling pin, and misc. other matches as well as recreationally pan for gold,
sapphires, quartz, garnets, and whatever else we can dig up. As much camping is done as we have time for as I have a full time job.
The winter months, just about the rest of the year, are shop season. I have a 24 X 24 shop attached to the house with a 9X19 Grizzly, a 6 Atlas, a Jet benchmill, and a CNC Jr. benchmill. The machines share the shop with a table saw, small planer, air compressor, several reloading presses as well as all the scrap metal and wood needed for making stuff. There are several workbenches as well but I have not seen their tops for years, neatness is not one of my failings.
I have put together several small engines, and to my surprise they ran, and I have several more castings sets from Tiny Power, some started and some still in the box and stacks of plans and magazines just full of shiny new projects to start!. I am very good at starting a project but cant seem to complete it before I get side-tracked by the next shiny new thing that catches my interest. I am hoping this support group is going to help me get a few projects actually finished
I am not a machinist by trade but did take Metal Shop when it was still PC to teach a child to use their hands for something besides using a joystick. About all I remember from those classes is the need for a solidly fixed work piece and sharp tools, but getting there is sometimes a trial. I have actually learned quite a bit from just reading the back posts and look forward to the posts to come.
Thanks to all that have taken the time to document projects and methods of doing things. I hope to be able to contribute as well
MikeR C
I am located on the north end of Flathead Lake, Northwestern Montana, USA. During the 3 months of summer the wife and I shoot in UPSA Multigun, bowling pin, and misc. other matches as well as recreationally pan for gold,
sapphires, quartz, garnets, and whatever else we can dig up. As much camping is done as we have time for as I have a full time job.
The winter months, just about the rest of the year, are shop season. I have a 24 X 24 shop attached to the house with a 9X19 Grizzly, a 6 Atlas, a Jet benchmill, and a CNC Jr. benchmill. The machines share the shop with a table saw, small planer, air compressor, several reloading presses as well as all the scrap metal and wood needed for making stuff. There are several workbenches as well but I have not seen their tops for years, neatness is not one of my failings.
I have put together several small engines, and to my surprise they ran, and I have several more castings sets from Tiny Power, some started and some still in the box and stacks of plans and magazines just full of shiny new projects to start!. I am very good at starting a project but cant seem to complete it before I get side-tracked by the next shiny new thing that catches my interest. I am hoping this support group is going to help me get a few projects actually finished
I am not a machinist by trade but did take Metal Shop when it was still PC to teach a child to use their hands for something besides using a joystick. About all I remember from those classes is the need for a solidly fixed work piece and sharp tools, but getting there is sometimes a trial. I have actually learned quite a bit from just reading the back posts and look forward to the posts to come.
Thanks to all that have taken the time to document projects and methods of doing things. I hope to be able to contribute as well
MikeR C
