Hello from the west coast of North America

[Willliam PowellParticipant @willliampowell36769]

I spent 25 years in the trade, mostly in job shops, a bit in manufacturing and a brief stint in a testing laboratory. Right now, I'm semi retired and hobby mining for gold.

The current focus at home is to bring the mostly junkyard shop up to some level of usefulness. All the machines are relics that came as basket cases.

When I get myself fully retired to tinkering, I aspire to build a long case clock, and a small condensing steam engine (5 HP or so).

Meanwhile, it's fun in the shop.

[Willliam PowellParticipant @willliampowell36769]

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Hello William,

Hobby engineers never retire, they just start working for themselves

Neil

[Brian HParticipant @brianh50089]

Welcome William, I'm sure you will find lots to interest you here, although article on gold mining might be as thin on the ground as the gold!

I don't know if long case clocks figure very prominently on US sites but there are several examples available in England as instructions.

Brian

[Chris Evans 6Participant @chrisevans6]

Welcome along William.

[mechman48Participant @mechman48]

Welcome William,

​When you fully retire you may find you'll have no time for your hobby work… you're at everybody's beck & call… I can vouch for that… … enjoy.

​George

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by Willliam Powell on 10/03/2017 19:59:29:

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Right now, I'm semi retired and hobby mining for gold.

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Welcome William, and can you tell us more about the GOLD please? Are you digging shafts and tunnels and/or panning? How much do you find, and do you use it yourself or sell it?

Not too much native gold left in the UK now, but this sort of thing turns up occasionally.

By the way, I've been drooling over the pictures of your kit. Enjoy your retirement.

Cheers,

Dave

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