hello..............

[bentprop]

Hi,all.My name is Hans,57 years young,and I live in Christchurch,New Zealand.(Hi,John!)
I 've been a member for a while but failed to introduce my self,so I'll just remedy that.
I've been involved with models of some sort all my life,starting with Matchbox cars,and progressing from bad to worse.RC cars,airplanes,and now model engineering.
I have a 14x40 Taiwanese lathe,obtained from the estate of a member of the CSMEE,
http://www.csmee.org.nz/index.html,of which I'm a member.A chinese mill-drill(ZAY7045),theusual el-cheapo bandsaw,and a couple of bench grinders.
I'm in the process of building a 5" gauge live steam locomotive,but that's slow going.
I'm always looking to do some sort of tooling project,and I have had the plans for the Matador 60 IC 4stroke engine for at least 10 years!I'm also still flying Rc airplanes.
I've made a start on Bogstandard's piston valve engine.I've already learned some new tricks from this forum,and hope to enjoy it for a long time.regards to all.Hans.(bentprop)

 

[rake60]

A belated Welcome Hans

Nice to be able to put a backround with a screen name.

Rick

 

[Speedy]

Hi Hans.

youv already been a help to me many times :bow: ;D

 

[the engineer]

hi hans from this side of the world. a surprise for sure we live in the same city and it just goes to show you just dont know how small the world realy is (give me an email)
[email protected]

 

[Paolo]

Welcome Hans ...another brick in the wall... :big: :big:
Paolo

 

[GeorgeGreek]

Hi Hans and welcome!

having a lathe is like having a lot (I have 4), and dreaming of making this or that is even more! If you have a cat (or dog) it's even better. (Having a wife is not always enough - when I return home, my cat comes to the door...

Be happy with the Hobby and remember that it's is it's purpose.

George