Hej from Uppsala, Sweden

[PiotrParticipant @piotr]

[PiotrParticipant @piotr]

Hello all!

I had dreamed about having a metal shop for many years, but it wasn't until 2016 when my wife and I finally bought a house and I could start one. My workshop is pretty small and is a mix of fairly new far east machines as well as vintage machinery from Sweden and Germany.

I got a small bench lathe and a mill from SIEG, a Deckel pantograph engraver/mill, a small surface grinder and finally, what's probably my favourite, a large Swedish made shaping machine.

I've been a forum member for quite a while, but only reading really and it's not going to change any time soon. I really like model engines and while steam is what I eventually want to play with, for now I am happy with stirling and vacuum engines. To make them I often need to build the tools first. I either can't or don't want to buy them and then I spend more time making tools than the actual project

[David George 1Participant @davidgeorge1]

Welcome Piotr. It sounds like you have an interesting workshop, there are plenty of like minded people on here, just ask if you need any help.

David

[Brian HParticipant @brianh50089]

Welcome Piotr, as David says, just ask if you need help.

[Jan BParticipant @janb]

Hej Piotr,

Welcome, nice to hear from another Swedish model engineer. Unfortunately we are not so many, but hopefully it will change in the future.

Jan

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Welcome to the forum, Piotr,

Neil

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