Hi would like just to join with the first twangman post "HELLO FROM DUBLIN", it's a long time I wanted to say something like that to all of You, but my terrific english for sure doesn't ease to write such a fluent and well writed one. Btw I also want to say thanks to everyone round here, it's since about 3 month this is the first site I open every time I start my pc, I'm just waiting to buy my lathe and mill (problably both OPTIMUM, german made, (BF20 mill and D 240x500 lathe), right now I've just an Unimat SL-1000, not so usable alone.
I dream my first project would be the odd's and ends hit 'n miss, since I read Harold Lee and Lugnut post I have immediately ordered 3 books on Amazon, arrived last week, included "the shop wisdom of philip duclos".
I love to work with steel, even if I usualy project and build structures a little bigger than model engines, I would like to relax with lighter things in the evening and in the weekend at home, in my garage.
Maybe in the next months I'll have to ask You so many things.... so stay tuned!!! my first dilemma, i.e., is: should I try to build the odd's and ends in imperial or reproject it in metric? should I buy all the measuring gages I need in inch or in mm ? will see.... for sure this is not the bigger problem, i work with numbers and conversion every day.
I know is always good to include in the posts some pictures of our project so, because I still haven't machined any model yet... for now I can let You see my last project, filmed by me this morning.
[ame]http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=yU9PbBMRyJg[/ame]
all the best and, really, thanks again to all of You, this model engine world is marvellous! (and in Italy it seems doesn't exist this hobby!!!)
paolo
I dream my first project would be the odd's and ends hit 'n miss, since I read Harold Lee and Lugnut post I have immediately ordered 3 books on Amazon, arrived last week, included "the shop wisdom of philip duclos".
I love to work with steel, even if I usualy project and build structures a little bigger than model engines, I would like to relax with lighter things in the evening and in the weekend at home, in my garage.
Maybe in the next months I'll have to ask You so many things.... so stay tuned!!! my first dilemma, i.e., is: should I try to build the odd's and ends in imperial or reproject it in metric? should I buy all the measuring gages I need in inch or in mm ? will see.... for sure this is not the bigger problem, i work with numbers and conversion every day.
I know is always good to include in the posts some pictures of our project so, because I still haven't machined any model yet... for now I can let You see my last project, filmed by me this morning.
[ame]http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=yU9PbBMRyJg[/ame]
all the best and, really, thanks again to all of You, this model engine world is marvellous! (and in Italy it seems doesn't exist this hobby!!!)
paolo
