Member postings for Neil Wyatt

It's probably on Tik Tok

Suspended mirror galvanometer would make sense.

White spirit on a kitchen towel should sort it.

Wonderful engine, (or is it a very elaborate device for blowing raspberries... )

Neil

This has been another difficult year and I know many of us will not be able to celebrate as we would like, and some will be facing Christmas without people they had hoped to spend it with.

Not withstanding ongoing uncertainties, this is a time for optimism, hope, friends and family, while remembering those less fortunate than ourselves.

May I wish all readers of the magazines and members of the forum and their families a peaceful and enjoyable Christmas, and the very best for the future.

I originally produced the picture below for Christmas 2021, I think bright lights shining in the dark is fitting for this year as well.

Neil

Editor, MEW

Perhaps Vic or Bernard might consider a write up for MEW, and/or sharing a file people can send off for laser cutting?

Neil

This is curious. Barbeque paint is ideal for blacking the inside of telescopes as it doesn't reflect infra-red light, unlike ordinary matt black paint. I have sprayed the inside of a 12" diameter tube with it, but I'm not sure if it was Rustoleum or not (a good chance it was).

I recall that a coat was dry very quickly, although taking a bit longer in the middle of the tube, but under an hour.

I once had problems with a can of paint that wouldn't set after weeks; the manufacturers were at a loss to say what the issue was.

Neil

It's not just M0.6 is it?

I saw the heading 'Lathe Recognition'. I couldn't help thinking...

No, 1 The Lorch.

A friend of my dad's warned me about playing with gunpowder when I was a boy, Despite him only having half a thumb the message didn't stick...

On the range of cannon, it wasn't Barnes Wallis who discovered armaments could skip like stones on the water.

Neil

I'll put my hand up. I should have given some profile to David's efforts and put a link page on to the website.

David, I'll drop you and email soon.

Many thanks,

Neil

Hi Phillip,

As Jason says, the easiest solution is a new subscription.

If there's a problem, email me and I will try and get it dealt with, but it may not now be possible before the New Year.

Neil

Hi Ian,

Could you drop me an email at [email protected], please?

In the meantime, I suggest you also contact Pocketmags support, your previous subscription copies should still be available. Ideally, you shouldn't have created a new Pocketmags account.

I will seek an update on progress with the archive on Monday. I am not sure what the delay is, but I do know various titles are being process in turn.

Neil

I can only pass on what I've been told.

If it isn't completed by early in the new year I will nag again. They are processing several titles and MEW may not be first in the queue.

Neil

Installed a 'Billy Bookcase' in my workshop. A set of reasonably robust shelves for just £25 and exactly the right size for the available bit of wall. Leave a space for the dehumidifier, which can be moved out to allow the Warspite to be unracked.

Not much left to do, I want to add drawers to the benches and a couple of sections of plasterboard to tidy the wall/ceiling joint left to do.

Do not trust 'instant grab' in a sealant gun to stick plasterboard to plasterboard - you need at least one screw to hold everything while it sets!

I now have a date to empty the container and move everything in. I'm starting to get excited!

Neil

Thanks Ches,

That's given me some Christmas cheer

Neil

Curious.

Many standard CMOS sensors now have a quantum efficiency of 90%.

I'm not entirely sure why there would be a need to chip away at that final 10%.

Perhaps the 'avalanche' amplification ends up being lower noise than conventional amplification?

Even a pretty old DSLR is quite good at taking photos when barely anything is visible... I think this was with a Canon 10D. The circle is around andromeda.

Neil

I'd love to recommend Samsung, except that the built-in software is a pain. It keeps trying to do jobs such as password retention and voice recognition with its awful 'Bixby Routines'. These are all done better and more conveniently by Android itself or Firefox - in particular passwords which Firefox securely shares across all my devices.

Samsung 'stole' the care of some of my passwords causing all sorts of pain when I change one.

Neil

The biggest difference in quality if the 'feel'.

It's nice having pairs of M&W and Mitutoyo calipers just because they are so nice to use.

Confession... for the last year or so I've just had an old unbranded vernier calipers from Halfords to hand. It's been useful mire than once and the battery hasn't gone flat

Neil

Another poster not realising that Mark was humorously correcting himself?

Neil