Hello everyone, I'm Matt. I live in Wisconsin, and work as operating engineer of heavy equipment. I have a general interest in steam engines, and machining. I currently have a couple larger model size engines I'm working on/seasoning. As I never seem to have enough irons in the fire, I went and ordered plans for Tiny's M single , double, and the M boiler today.
I'm going to try to get away with just getting the cylinder casting kits, and fab the rest with bar stock and some welding. We will see when the plans get here if that will work.
I'm no pro machinist, sometimes right down crude but am willing to learn and try new things. I can weld rather well I think, and will look forward to the boiler build. I am pretty new to all this, but believe strongly that with the help of you folks I can do this!
So get ready for some serious question asking on my part.
Best Regards,
Matt
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Welcome Matt; questions is where it's at on here.
That, and plenty pics of what you're up to.
That, and plenty pics of what you're up to.
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Welcome to the forum Matt
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Hey Matt -Welcome to the Dark Side!! Not really but I've always wanted to say that -somewhere ,sometime! Anyway It's good to see you on this forum as well. Den