05-11-2018, 07:06 AM
Highpower, you are so right. I took a job here in Louisiana as an engineering manager and my hobby time went bye-bye. This year is shaping up much better though. But over the last two years my projects have suffered. Also, lost all my shop space in the move which is a major setback.
Regarding finishing a project like this, in his book Frank De Haas described the way to approach it. He said to make a model in wood first. If you can't finish the wooden version it will be a huge undertaking to do one in metal for real. I'm taking his advice although I did buy the lathe and milling machine just in case. I had always wanted a metal lathe and a guy was selling a nearly complete shop for 30¢ on the dollar so I jumped on it.
I'll work on the garage this weekend and start roughing out the pieces on the bench top band saw. More pics to follow!
JScott
Regarding finishing a project like this, in his book Frank De Haas described the way to approach it. He said to make a model in wood first. If you can't finish the wooden version it will be a huge undertaking to do one in metal for real. I'm taking his advice although I did buy the lathe and milling machine just in case. I had always wanted a metal lathe and a guy was selling a nearly complete shop for 30¢ on the dollar so I jumped on it.
I'll work on the garage this weekend and start roughing out the pieces on the bench top band saw. More pics to follow!
JScott
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