Greetings everyone,
I joined this group a little over two years ago but haven't participated aside from following up on threads from internet searches. I've been retired from the construction management field since 2005 but have been interested in model engineering and model building for at least forty years.
I literally have my shop in my kitchen/living room, which is dominated by a Myford Super 7 lathe, a Dore-Westbury bench milling machine, a Dremel vertical wood cutting band saw that I converted to metal cutting (it's no Delta!), the usual compliment of secondary tools, a Jim Byrnes table saw, and my latest acquisition, the Postel Bench Filing Machine. ( This is actually my "second shop". The first one consisted of a 9" SB model B lathe and a Clausing vertical miller, both of which I sold when my best friend and machining mentor passed away.)
I've always felt that a small filing machine would be a good addition to my equipment for squaring up the sides of sawn work that are impractical to mill, or don't justify the time spent to armstrong-file square, even though that's the supposed hallmark of a true machinist.
Being that I'm in walking distance of the Model Boat Pond in Central Park and possess no car, my main interests are semi-flash steam hydroplanes; traditional radio-controlled sail boats; custom model boat fittings; vintage tether cars, and so forth. Unfortunately, though, there doesn't seem to be very many people in this city of eight million with similar interests so I'm really grateful for the opportunity to link up with other like-minded folks like this group, and hope that I can contribute in some way.
I joined this group a little over two years ago but haven't participated aside from following up on threads from internet searches. I've been retired from the construction management field since 2005 but have been interested in model engineering and model building for at least forty years.
I literally have my shop in my kitchen/living room, which is dominated by a Myford Super 7 lathe, a Dore-Westbury bench milling machine, a Dremel vertical wood cutting band saw that I converted to metal cutting (it's no Delta!), the usual compliment of secondary tools, a Jim Byrnes table saw, and my latest acquisition, the Postel Bench Filing Machine. ( This is actually my "second shop". The first one consisted of a 9" SB model B lathe and a Clausing vertical miller, both of which I sold when my best friend and machining mentor passed away.)
I've always felt that a small filing machine would be a good addition to my equipment for squaring up the sides of sawn work that are impractical to mill, or don't justify the time spent to armstrong-file square, even though that's the supposed hallmark of a true machinist.
Being that I'm in walking distance of the Model Boat Pond in Central Park and possess no car, my main interests are semi-flash steam hydroplanes; traditional radio-controlled sail boats; custom model boat fittings; vintage tether cars, and so forth. Unfortunately, though, there doesn't seem to be very many people in this city of eight million with similar interests so I'm really grateful for the opportunity to link up with other like-minded folks like this group, and hope that I can contribute in some way.
