For some time now, I've been a lurker becoming ever more impressed with can be done with some effort and ingenuity. Some of the projects displayed are really WOW.
Regarding me, I'm bit like the cat with 9 lives, at least some of which should be helpful as I move forward on my project. I've worked professionally in the construction trades, as a programmer and system engineer, and in several roles consulting on logistical improvements.
I've been around long enough to know that being well educated doesn't make me smart. IMO, the best way to have good ideas is to have lots of ideas (regardless from where they come).
One of the loves of my life is bicycling, and I make own own custom frames, both from steel and from carbon fiber. Part of the drive to obtain a lathe (and eventually a mill) is create jigging and fixtures for framebuilding. Having said that, as the range of options opens up to me, I'm looking to a number of other projects as well.
The goal of this thread is to be document the planning/design/build process, and soliciitate ideas from all of you.
Just to set expectations from the beginning, this will probably be multi-year effort for a number of reasons. Anyhow, all are welcome to join in how best they prefer.