Home Machinist's Journal

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South-Central Pennslvania, home to me for these many years.

I hardly remember when metal began to be an interest,I guess in the late 1940's (after the war) when my dad set up HIS Dads forge to make stuff and to educate my brother and I. By the time I was10,he had taught me how to make hinges for the barn doors and we mounted my first pair.

Lotta other stuff between then and now - along the way, I got welder certs,(MIG, stick,flux core all pos, all thickness)  bought an Atlas/Craftsman to make parts for a home-built aircraft  which I never finished.

My last real metal job was with a family owned foundry business which grew to multinational size, where I was "Tool& Gage Supervisor" which was just a fancy name for responsibility for about 10,000 pieces of measuring eqpt and for finding, buying, setting up and writing the programming for two CMM's.

Retired from all that in 2002, and have NOT looked back. Hardly have turned on the little lathe that now sits forlornly in my overly-cluttered garage/shop.

At 87 now, there are a few little projects that still call my name, mostly some gunsmithing things.

But I'm here to learn, no end of that. Thanks for the opportunity to join you folks and fill in what I need for what's left.

Welcome aboard Flash!!  You will find that we are not overactive here, but in some ways it is kind of nice. The big forums are so busy and have so many posts that a fellow can't possibly read them all!  

Looking forward to hearing and seeing what you have to share when and as you wish! Once you get a couple of posts done the security questions go away, and once you have 5 posts the classifieds and downloads sections become available to you as well.

If you have any questions or difficulties, feel free to speak up!