I’m an American Expat who’s thoroughly enjoying retirement in the tropical paradise of Thailand.
My formal education is in Electronic Engineering. I have Zero formal machine shop training, but I’ve pursued hobby machining most of my life. I appreciate engines of all types but my focus has always been on turbines, both gas and steam. Yes, I have an incurable case of “turbine-itus”.
As I settled into my retirement, I designed and built my own slant-bed CNC lathe and a CNC milling machine which I now use to build my various “toys”, such as my current project; a 3 stage axial flow “steam” turbine. I will post more about this ongoing project in the PLANS and BOILERS sections of this forum. I'm looking forward to discussions with those members with far more experience than myself.
![Turbine Parts.png Turbine Parts.png](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/homemodelenginemachinist/data/attachments/87/87347-b5485dc397d0b8689929ebf7d35f7a95.jpg)
![Blisks & Stator.png Blisks & Stator.png](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/homemodelenginemachinist/data/attachments/87/87346-b5ebe03d97bf6db694eb8aea526c9d22.jpg)
![Three Section Burner.JPG Three Section Burner.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/homemodelenginemachinist/data/attachments/87/87348-3b03f034212e26af78bf95cc715e8d15.jpg)
My formal education is in Electronic Engineering. I have Zero formal machine shop training, but I’ve pursued hobby machining most of my life. I appreciate engines of all types but my focus has always been on turbines, both gas and steam. Yes, I have an incurable case of “turbine-itus”.
As I settled into my retirement, I designed and built my own slant-bed CNC lathe and a CNC milling machine which I now use to build my various “toys”, such as my current project; a 3 stage axial flow “steam” turbine. I will post more about this ongoing project in the PLANS and BOILERS sections of this forum. I'm looking forward to discussions with those members with far more experience than myself.
![Turbine Parts.png Turbine Parts.png](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/homemodelenginemachinist/data/attachments/87/87347-b5485dc397d0b8689929ebf7d35f7a95.jpg)
![Blisks & Stator.png Blisks & Stator.png](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/homemodelenginemachinist/data/attachments/87/87346-b5ebe03d97bf6db694eb8aea526c9d22.jpg)
![Three Section Burner.JPG Three Section Burner.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/homemodelenginemachinist/data/attachments/87/87348-3b03f034212e26af78bf95cc715e8d15.jpg)