hello from dublin

[ronan]

hello , i am a new member here ,

stumbled across your excellent website by accident , i am mainly interested in marine and stationary steam engines , i love ships too ,but hate the water  , also i am interested in all things to do with engineering and the industrial revolution , i have recently become unemployed and luckily have a small workshop at home so i hope to find an interesting and challenging project that doesn't cost too much to build , i'd like something a bit larger than usual to do as my limited machinery is of the full size ex-professional type and i have limited patience with small fiddily things ,
anyway there you are say hello and any suggestions welcome.

[Red_Hamish]

Hi Ronan, welcome along to the friendly and helpful site for paddlers, also as the ships we are interested in are associated have a lot to do with steam we get a lot of steam interest here too which is a good thing  I was across in Ireland and missed out on seeing the Guinness Steam Museum in a wee village out to the West of Dublin, for the life of me I cannot remember the name, where they hold steaming days once a month in summer. Maybe that would give inspiration if you need it and once you've been here  a short time there'll be access to our download sections for your enjoyment and fact finding missions.

cheers

Jim

[ronan]

thank you red_hamish for taking the time to reply , there is a dearth of steam and engineering sites of interest in southern ireland , in the north of course you have the ship yards and associated suppliers sites , but as in the north of england and scotland these are going or are gone sadly , my problem is i live on the wrong side of the irish sea , to be honest i didn't know about the guinness steam museum and its something i have to look into , i won't have much to contribute initially as i have mainly worked with old british motorcycles as a hobby rather than steam, but the allure of steam is strong and i would love to build an engine but want to do a larger than usual one as i have said my machinery is a little large to do smaller work , and to be honest small "table top " engines don't interest me that much.
i have looked in your download page and there is an engine there that might suit ,
anyway thanks again.