Thanks for the welcome everyone. I saw that other posts had a short bio. I'm from central Texas. I've been machining other peoples projects for over 40 years and always wanted to build an engine, but just never got around to it. Lately I've been looking at a site called fine art models and then I found this site and figured it's about time to work on some projects for myself. I've got a monarch EE, (hence the name) A bridgeport EZ Trak, and a mori seiki engine lathe, along with assorted other stuff. There are some awsome projects here. Should be fun!