I'm Steven from Arkansas USA. .I play fulltime in my workshop..I am building parts for an eventual steam launch , have engine built and running am working on building pumps now....And I build 'antique' guns for fun too, presently building a functional replica Stevens Tip-up pistol......
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..My hobby shop is 60 foot by 60 foot with another 20 by 20 foot room upstairs for electronics work and another 20 by 20 foot for storage deck... I have 4 vertical mills (2 are cncs) and 4 lathes, surface grinder , welders , bandsaws, 100 ton hydraulic press, big compressor, full foundry..heat treating furnace , hardness tester..forklift...none of that stuff is first class , I either buy very good bargains or buy junk and rebuild it...
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I been using tools for 30 years...I have never found anything that I like doing more than building or rebuilding something..
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Eventually I want to build full sized fully usable replica of Harley Davidson motorcycle of approx.1915 vintage..Want to build engine , transmission, tanks , frame , all of it...Really I am looking for group or forum where others are interested in large projects..This that kind of place?