Simon from California

[smfr]

Hi folks!

I'm a British expat, now living in the California Bay Area (Sunnyvale, to be more specific). I've had a fascination for model steam since I was a kid, and finally got my own lathe/mill in February.

It's a 1962 Emco Maximat, with extra head for milling (and extra bed, if anyone wants one!). Over the past nine months I've been building up my tooling, doing some practice casting kits, and fixing up a Stuart Beam I got off eBay.

I've recently started to participate in the forums here, and have already found them full of incredibly useful info, and awe-inspiring photos of people's work. Once I've gained a bit more experience, I hope to be able to contribute back!

So hi all!

P.S. I hail from Stratford-upon-Avon, so greetings to all the West Midland builders!

 

[compspecial]

Great to have you on the forum Simon!
Stew.

 

[steamer]

Welcome Simon!

Dave

 

[Maryak]

Simon,

Welcome to our forum. wEc1

Best Regards
Bob

 

[dalem9]

Welcome Simon Looks like a neat old lathe .Dale

 

[smfr]

Here are some more up-to-date pictures of the lathe:

I fitted the emergency off switches, and find them very useful to know that things are disabled while threading, changing tools etc.

The big box on the wall to the left is a solar system inverter. After bolting the stand into the concrete floor, I found I only had about 1.5" of clearance between the belt cover and the inverter

Simon

 

[crab]

Hi Simon, wEc1.
Crab

 

[Omnimill]

Hi Simon, welcome to the forum! Nice looking Emco.

 

[tel]

Welcome Simon

 

[lazylathe]

Hi Simon!

Welcome to the forum!!

Looks like a great bit of machinery you have there!!!

Looking forward to seeing some of your work!

Andrew

 

[Foozer]

Hi folks!

I'm a British expat, now living in the California Bay Area (Sunnyvale, to be more specific).

Half Moon Bay till the traffic got so bad in the bay area that I moved to this Great Northwet area some 25 years ago.

Welcome to the forum

Robert

 

[Path]

Welcome Simon.


Check out the Team Build ... good way to get started.


Pat

 

[G_N_R]

Hi Simon.

Welcome to the forum.

 

[danstir]

Welcome to the forum. It's only problem is your "to do" list will require several reams of paper.

 

[smuttley]

Hi and and warm welcome,

nice looking set up, you are going to have lots of fun with that baby,

Kind regards,

Smuttley