Hello from the sunflower state

[Gage J]

Hello! I'm only sort of new here, I've been reading posts for a while, decided it was time to join. I'm going to school for ME, NE, and EE and model engineering is one of my many, many, interests. (I have too many hobbies) I've been reading and learning about model engines for years but my first engine is still in progress. Getting set up to make parts has been a long time coming, but I'm finally doing it.

 

[GreenTwin]

Welcome, glad to have you.
Its a great hobby, and there are many new modern tools that can be used to build model engines.
Jump right in and lets get building.

Pat J.
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[awake]

Welcome!

 

[kuhncw]

Hi Gage J,

Welcome to the group. You mention Sunflower State which suggests Kansas. Working on those engineering degrees should keep you busy. Which school?

It takes some time to launch a model engineering hobby. At some point, you reach a critical mass of machines, tooling, knowledge, and away you go. Great hobby.

You mention an engine in progress. What sort of engine are you working toward?

Regards,

Chuck

 

[Gage J]

Yes, I'm in Kansas, going to K-State. 'critical mass' has been exactly my experience and I'm just now about there after years of oft interrupted progress.
I started with a PMR #1 knowing full well I couldn't do the bed or the flywheel on my Craftsman 109. Some of the other parts "fit" but they would be a lot happier on something bigger. Eventually I decided I to get something I could actually finish, and I'm currently working on a PMR #2.

 

[lathe nut]

Gage, there is a well spring of wisdom in this group, you will learn a lot, your communication with the abbreviations sounds good to you but leaves the reader in a guessing game of what you are talking about, I worked for a Major company for 43 years, in the sales meeting they would use the buzz abbreviations that made them feel like there were great communicators but that was not the case when you were in front of a customer, be a good communicator and use the corrects words, in the per suite of excellent there is not finish line, Joe

 

[Gage J]

Gage, there is a well spring of wisdom in this group, you will learn a lot, your communication with the abbreviations sounds good to you but leaves the reader in a guessing game of what you are talking about, I worked for a Major company for 43 years, in the sales meeting they would use the buzz abbreviations that made them feel like there were great communicators but that was not the case when you were in front of a customer, be a good communicator and use the corrects words, in the per suite of excellent there is not finish line, Joe

My apologies, to be honest I don't particularly like the abbreviations myself, but sometimes they slip out anyway if I'm trying to be brief or something. ME-Mechanical Engineering, EE-Electrical Engineering, NE-Nuclear Engineering. This is going to be an electrical and mechanical dual major and a nuclear minor