Seattle newbie

[Rayanth]

Greetings folks,

While i've already been busy asking questions, I never properly introduced myself, so here it is!

My name is Ryan, hailing from the Seattle, Washington area (specifically, Everett/Lake Stevens). It rains a lot here, so there's plenty of indoor shop time to be had.

I don't yet have a shop set up, as i'm between homes and don't have machinery either, but I did build an airpowered single cylinder waaaay back in high school about 15 years ago, when high schools still had metals technology classes.

I presently work at Boeing, building 767's, so I live and breathe by quality and accuracy- we build to tolerances of often ten thousandths of an inch, and our hand-drilled holes might have stricter tolerance even than that. This may lead me to frustration in my own projects, as I am something of a perfectionist, but hopefully I can suppress that enough to learn and grow my skills.

I do a great deal of CAD work in an Autodesk program called Inventor (in the autocad series, but far more powerful and complex) - if anyone ever needs something drawn in cad, please don't hesitate to ask!

- Ryan

 

[ironman]

Welcome to the forum.
ironman (Ray)

 

[Rayanth]

Meant to also add that I volunteer at the Seattle Museum of Flight restoration center, restoring old aircraft to museum display quality. We are currently restoring an array of interesting airplanes, including a Comet, the prototype 727 (first ever built), a wooden glider, a huey, a bearcat, and my current project, a very rare Lockheed YO-3A, of which only 11 were built, and 4 crashed.

 

[crab]

Hi Ryan,welcome.I still remember the day I bought my first lathe,way back in 1969 ( I was 19 ) and making that first cut.Your going to have a great time getting your shop set up and you have a lot of great people here to help you along the way. Best regards,Bill

 

[Tin Falcon]

Welcome Ryan
I was trained by the USAF in machining welding sheet metal and corrosion control
Enjoy the hobby and the forum
Tin

 

[steamer]

Welcome!

A fellow SB'er? ;D

Dave

 

[Rayanth]

Sorry, SB?

Also, tin, I am former air force but I was a crew chief on fighter jets. They didn't let us do any metal work, unless it involved working a wrench...we had sheet metal and metals tech specialists for the other stuff =/

 

[steamer]

Well....maybe it's me, but I though I recognized your handle from the Practical machinist S outh B end lathe forum....maybe it's my mistake. Sorry.

Welcome!

Dave

 

[willburrrr2003]

Hi Ryan,

Sure we can meet up sometime

Regards,

Will R.

 

[Rayanth]

Well....maybe it's me, but I though I recognized your handle from the Practical machinist S outh B end lathe forum....maybe it's my mistake. Sorry.

Welcome!

Dave

Dave- nope, sorry, maybe something similar, but this is the only forum i'm registered to at the moment

Edit: come to think of it, I am on another group that you might have seen me on, a Yahoo group called R and R engines (for Radial and Round)... if that isn't it, then I don't know

Ryan

 

[Foozer]

Greetings folks,


I presently work at Boeing, building 767's, so I live and breathe by quality and accuracy- we build to tolerances of often ten thousandths of an inch, and our hand-drilled holes might have stricter tolerance even than that. This may lead me to frustration in my own projects, as I am something of a perfectionist, but hopefully I can suppress that enough to learn and grow my skills.


- Ryan

Welcome to the forum. From the Lazy B I see. I worked 747 41 sec mod back late 80's then to 767 325, and spent the remainder in the 777 325 from Wa001 up to my retire a few years ago. Don't worry, putting them planes together is far easier than making models.

Robert

 

[Rayanth]

Thanks for the warning, Robert ;D

I work 767 FBJ in lower aft 45/46 join, widely considered one of the hardest bars in the entire FBJ package. So far I have a great track record and hope to keep it that way

Seems like there's a few of us up here in the rainy northwest, perhaps we should all get together some time

-Ryan