Hi all from North Iowa

**KevinL** · Mar 2, 2015, 05:35 PM

Just came across this site last week and always looking for new ideas.

I have a small wood shop at home in my half of the garage and I also enjoy building muzzle loaders.

I'm pretty luck to have access to many machine tools, but not as much as I would like to. I'm an Instructor at a community college as the first year instructor in Tool & Die Technology. I teach manual machining, Intro to CNC machining, and Jigs and Fixtures classes.

At work I have engine lathes, mills, surface grinders, 3D printer, fiber optic laser, heat treat furnaces, CNC Mills & lathes, and both sinker and wire EDM's.

I like the looks of what I have seen so far. Thanks Kevin

**Jon** · Mar 2, 2015, 06:54 PM

Hi Kevin - welcome to HomemadeTools.net

Sounds like you have a wide skill set that will come in handy around here

**kbalch** · Mar 2, 2015, 08:03 PM

Hi Kevin,

Welcome - glad to have you here!

I'd love to see some of those muzzle loaders. What are you working on these days?

When you're ready to share some of your own homemade tools, we'd love to see them. Please post them directly in the Homemade Tools subforum. We'll add each one to the database, as well as to your builder page on the site.

Non-tool items should be shared in the Not a Tool, but Homemade subforum.

Ken