Gday everyone new kid here
A bit about myself, im 18 and work as a fabricator in a small country workshop. we mainly do welding of most metals but we have a "big" lathe over in the corner that gets used every now and then, since starting work iv used the lathe the most haha.
i have a basic workshop at home unfortunately no lathe, yet. i do most of my work at home and anything i cant do at home i do after work etc. i do alot of metal work and stuff at home and restored an old holden ute that we had in the shed which i drive now.
outside of fabricating i play hockey and am heavily into motorcycles.
i like all types of problem solving and hence really enjoy work and building small engines, even though im just starting, is also very rewarding.
iv designed a few small air/steam engines based on ideas which i saw on videos on youtube before finding this site. i made a small slide valve air engine which had a very dodgy valve but still worked and now iv started on something that shows off a bit more machining skill.
im building a V twin as my first real project.
iv decided on and designed a 90 degree v twin which will have simple rotary valves for intakes and slave valves in the heads for exhaust. it will be mostly aluminium and steel, i only plan to run it on air so rusting steel from steam isnt much of a concern for this engine.
iv already found LOTS of great stuff on here and some of the skill i have seen of you guys is inspirational
A bit about myself, im 18 and work as a fabricator in a small country workshop. we mainly do welding of most metals but we have a "big" lathe over in the corner that gets used every now and then, since starting work iv used the lathe the most haha.
i have a basic workshop at home unfortunately no lathe, yet. i do most of my work at home and anything i cant do at home i do after work etc. i do alot of metal work and stuff at home and restored an old holden ute that we had in the shed which i drive now.
outside of fabricating i play hockey and am heavily into motorcycles.
i like all types of problem solving and hence really enjoy work and building small engines, even though im just starting, is also very rewarding.
iv designed a few small air/steam engines based on ideas which i saw on videos on youtube before finding this site. i made a small slide valve air engine which had a very dodgy valve but still worked and now iv started on something that shows off a bit more machining skill.
im building a V twin as my first real project.
iv decided on and designed a 90 degree v twin which will have simple rotary valves for intakes and slave valves in the heads for exhaust. it will be mostly aluminium and steel, i only plan to run it on air so rusting steel from steam isnt much of a concern for this engine.
iv already found LOTS of great stuff on here and some of the skill i have seen of you guys is inspirational
