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joasis:
Besides milling wood, any other machinists here? Or I guess you don't have to be a machinist.....just love the iron.

I was school trained in the 70s as a machinist....not NC or CNC, but old school, tool steel, set up and operate any and every machine kind of training. And during that time, I made a few steam engines, one, a Stuart #1 my grandfather wanted me to build. Good times.


So, a few years ago, I was thinking about building safe room doors /panic room doors, and began collecting a few machines....bought a lathe, and then another one, and a Bridgeport J Head mill....and the fever is cranking up. Looking for a shaper now to complete the home machine shop........and, did I mention I am building a furnace to teach myself casting?


So to the subject: I already have plans for different steam models I want to build, but a guy stopped by the local gun shop and he brought a "Lake Breeze" hot air fan to show to another guy he was meeting. And I was hooked. I am going to build a few variations of the Stirling engines...and maybe find a Lake fan I can disassemble and copy, even making the castings.

Anyone else share this interest? Know where a Lake Breeze fan may be? Have any plans or prints of interesting stuff? Have a metal shaper taking up space?

Maybe we will add a board for the home machine shop......

Ox:
That kind of stuff is right up my alley, but I have yet to get the nice machinery.  I can't help you one bit on any of your needs but wanted to let you know you ain't the lone ranger.  :)

I hope to follow your progress and hopefully a few pics along the way.

furu:
I really enjoy fab work with metal but don't have many tools (Mill/brake/etc) beyond the obligatory set of welding units. 
I tend to try to make do with what I have and am constantly learning. 
An acquaintance/friend that is about 2 hours away has a full shop of things (he is a retired iron worker) that I have access to but big projects and distance cause that resource to be used less than I would like.

I would enjoy reading about your exploits as you manufacture/fab the items.

Crusarius:
I have a nice mill at home here. I just bought a bigger one and sent my old one to my dads shop. I would like to get a lathe but thats out of my budget right now. so for now I have a rotary table I just picked up.

Hopefully I can get my shop built this summer and actually be able to separate my steel shop and my wood shop. I hate the mess I have with both.

Ox:
I feel your pain.  I have a single shop for metal fab, mechanical repair, woodshop, sharpening shop, and anything else.  One shop.  24 x 40.  I'm working on upgrading the mill and keeping on sawmilling to build a duplicate shop alongside for woodshop/blacksmith/sharpening shop, and possibly some parking of machinery in winter.  This'll turn the original shop into metal/mechanic shop. 

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