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All MetalShaping (https://allmetalshaping.com/index.php)

- Introductions (https://allmetalshaping.com/forumdisplay.php?f=7)

- - Intro hello from Calgary (https://allmetalshaping.com/showthread.php?t=7217)

petertha

10-26-2012 07:16 PM

Intro hello from Calgary

Hi everyone. My name is Peter. I live in Calgary, Alberta Canada. My main hobby outside of juggling family life has been RC aircraft for many years; aerobatic planes, racing & related competitions. I’ve messed around with composites & taught myself Cad for my own designs. But I’ve also had a strong itch to get into model engineering & metalworking for some time. I have a 14x40 metal lathe & RF-45 mill, slowly collecting tooling along the way. Thus far I’ve only made, small simple gadgets & parts. But my goal now is to focus more effort into this activity, improve my metal-working skills & eventually build a scale-ish IC engine (probably a radial). So many of the skills I see on forums like this will be both inspirational & educational. Nice to meet you all!

Joe Hartson

10-26-2012 07:27 PM

Peter, welcome and thanks for the introduction. Hope you enjoy the site and find it helpful. Thanks for joining us.

HEATNBEAT

10-26-2012 08:00 PM

Hi Peter and welcome!:D

Peter Tommasini

10-26-2012 08:03 PM

HI Peter welcome to the forum
Peter

ekdave1962

10-27-2012 01:53 AM

hi peter ., you will love this site

hey Peter T how about showing us some of your projects

David

David Gardiner

10-27-2012 02:47 PM

Hi Peter and welcome!

David

123pugsy

10-27-2012 03:01 PM

Hey Peter.

Welcome aboard from a fellow Canuck.

Peter Tommasini

10-27-2012 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ekdave1962 (Post 62123)

hi peter ., you will love this site

hey Peter T how about showing us some of your projects

David

I will post the next one soon
Peter

petertha

10-28-2012 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by ekdave1962 (Post 62123)

hi peter ., you will love this site hey Peter T how about showing us some of your projects David

OK, BUT... they are not really metal crafting...Yet! That's the next itch that needs to be scratched!

Here is my model engine design I'm slowly picking away at. Its based on a Kinner B5. A real one exists in a local aero-museum & I managed to order some documentation out of USA. It's probably biting off way more than I can chew, but.. I'm going to try anyway. As you can see, its a cad 'pipe dream' right now, but even getting this far was fun. I subscribe to some miniature engine forums for similar inspiration. On top of getting proficient on lathe & mill, I figure I will need to mess with welding, brazing & silver soldering here & there. Thats kind of how I stumbled into this nice forum. So you will receive a fair share of dumb questions. :dunce:

petertha

10-28-2012 12:30 AM

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Here is an RC pattern (arerobatic) plane of my own design. I was heavy into flying & competing late 90's up to early 2000's. Some of mine were flown at National & International level. Jeez time flies, they look like antiques already. Anyway, messed around learning composites & molding, made a few do-dads & gadgets along the way.

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