Here is a list of all the postings Neil Wyatt has made in our forums. Click on a thread name to jump to the thread.
Thread: If epoxy adhesives fail to set within 24 hours, is there any hope that they will EVER do so? |
12/07/2023 20:15:06 |
The answer is ... quite possibly. Coincidentally, I opened this can of isopon about an hour ago. It seems to have grown a rock hard lump of crystals, produced some brown liquor AND solidified without any aid for the hardener. I checked the batch dates, 2004. It's only nineteen years old. The can wasn't even rusty! |
Thread: Edward Draper |
12/07/2023 16:41:23 |
If you are the Edward Draper who wrote me an article in 2020, please could you get in touch. It's never appeared because I haven't been able to contact you by email. It may be that a change of details went to my old MTM email address. It's an article I would like to use, so if you read this or can pass on a message to Edward, my own email is now meweditor@mortons.co.uk. Thanks |
Thread: Bed Plate for Prusa i3 printer |
12/07/2023 16:32:19 |
You can get 200 x 200 or slightly larger squares of pyrex type glass which is much mor durable for a 3D printer bed than mirror glass, from 'a popular online auction site or from a popular mass sales site'. Neil |
Thread: Frank Brown in Australia |
12/07/2023 16:27:38 |
If you are the Frank Brown who wrote me a mill-related article back in 2020, please could you get in touch. It's never appeared because I haven't been able to contact you by email. It may be that a change of details went to my old MTM email address. It's an article I would like to use, so if you read this or can pass on a message to Frank, my own email is now meweditor@mortons.co.uk. Thanks
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Thread: What did you do today? 2023 |
06/07/2023 20:59:31 |
Posted by Nicholas Farr on 06/07/2023 19:14:16:
Hi, changed my satellite dish for a new one so I could get the benefit of my new Freesat recordable box. However, I haven't got the new cable into the house yet, so I've temporally fixed my old one in a different location on the same side of the house, but it's a bit lower down, but no drilling of holes was needed. Don't use these 12" G clamps very often these days, but they are really useful sometimes. Regards Nick. Are they still a thing? I remember setting one up in 2002 after a house move. I'd checked the direction with a compass, but I still needed an SWR meter to get a really good signal. |
06/07/2023 20:57:57 |
Been tidying the workshop while I wait for the designers to process the hi-res versions of the p[ages of the next MEW. I didn't find this in a drawer...
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Thread: Mini Lathe Ways Lapping |
04/07/2023 11:04:09 |
Posted by Michael Gilligan on 03/07/2023 11:27:16:
Russell I think it’s fair to say that the accumulated wisdom of the posts so far is: Lapping is not the appropriate technique … But there is no harm in identifying specific ‘high spots’ and reducing them with a scraper. Proceed gently and you should see some improvement … then quit whilst you’re winning ! MichaelG. Indeed, scraping is ideal as it leaves a finish that retains oil. |
Thread: 70 Years of the Myford Super 7 |
03/07/2023 15:18:33 |
Actually, thanks to the generosity of MEW readers I have a healthy reserve of content for the magazine, although it was getting a bit low a couple of months ago. The Myford Super 7 made more of an impact on this hobby than any other machine, until, arguably, the massive availability of affordable mini lathes that usurped it as the commonest choice of machine in the 21st century. The amount of articles written for ME and MEW about Super 7s or about models and devices made on them is enormous, and far more than for any other machine. Twenty years ago, almost everyone in the hobby was familiar with them, now rather less so, but there are still many in use, and they are still highly thought of. Any birthday is arbitrary but the combination of 70 years, the fact it was designed with the needs of hobbyists in mind (unlike the Boxfords, which were teaching/light industrial machines). The emergence of a generation who are less familiar with them, but still interested in veteran machines, seems a decent pretext to explore a story that has so much to it and is so specific to our hobby. Of course, a percentage of readers won't be interested, but that goes for any article we publish; I feel that this is a topic that would interest a high proportion of readers. Neil Edited By Neil Wyatt on 03/07/2023 15:19:59 |
03/07/2023 10:51:10 |
The Super 7 was introduced in 1953. Seventy years ago, I think we should mark this anniversary in MEW. Let me have an idea of what you would expect to cover in the article. I's also be pleased to receive 'letters to the editor' from Super 7 owners, sharing their experiences and perhaps photos of their machines. Many thanks, Neil |
Thread: A highly desirable handbag... |
29/06/2023 22:40:40 |
I recently printed some grilles that are 0.2mm bars on a 0.5mm grid. I think i could go smaller... but not that small. Neil |
Thread: What did you do today? 2023 |
27/06/2023 21:34:43 |
I put up a vent pipe for my 3D printer. Used 40mm flexible pond hose (surprisingly cheap!) and 40mm kitchen pipe with clamps and joiners 3D printed! About 3.5m of flexible pipe left over so may make a junction box and use the remainder for fume extraction for other things (soldering, anodising, small brazing work where air won't be too hot for the pipe). Neil |
Thread: A Touch 'Pestoff'? |
27/06/2023 21:31:14 |
Posted by Bill Phinn on 27/06/2023 17:30:54:
Ah you beat me to it Bill! Neil |
27/06/2023 21:30:37 |
Posted by Howard Lewis on 27/06/2023 11:31:30:
Surprised that so many are in favour of Red Kites, when they predate so many indigenous smaller birds. Since they moved into our area, there are very few small birds around. Shades of rabbits in Australia., and mink. Seemed a good idea at the time to introduce anon native species! Howard They are not predators of small birds at all. They may take a crow or pigeon, but they aren't very good at that and aren't nimble enough to take small birds or raid their nests. The main reason for the decline in small birds (which has been huge) is loss of habitat and loss of insects for them to feed on. Kites mostly scavenge, and they are a native species to the UK, have never been extinct but did drop to about two breeding pairs at one point. |
27/06/2023 21:25:51 |
Posted by Robin King on 26/06/2023 15:42:52:
Thank you all for your comments thus far, and as you know all weeks start with Moanday! To be clear, I have no issue with relevant advertising at all - financially it necessarily has it's place; we've seen plenty of it over the decades where it has had direct use/applicability to what we do in our hobby. For me the line is crossed when it is neither relevant or directly useful to us as in the current case, and I object to paying for the 'privilege' under those circumstances. Sorry, I don't see how you are 'paying for the privilege'? Advertising subsidises the magazines. If there was less advertising, you would pay more for your magazine. No-one is forcing you to read adverts you have no interest in, unlike live TV or radio. Neil |
27/06/2023 21:23:04 |
Posted by noel shelley on 26/06/2023 14:44:03:
Like Robin I thought what the ---- is going on ? I do understand that ads help to keep the mag going, I hope the product is made in the UK ! The one thing missing that is a HUGE nuisance with bird feeders is the seed dropped on the ground by feeding birds that then attracts RATS ! There is no collector to stop that ! ! ! Why try to climb up to the food - just sit below and it will fall like manna from heaven ! Red Kites are quite common here as well ! Near Hunstanton. Noel. They thrive on rats Neil |
26/06/2023 13:44:46 |
I am bewildered. Neil |
Thread: So what do readers want to read about? |
23/06/2023 11:37:59 |
Now I'm waiting for someone's article about restringing a tennis racquet yourself to appear in my inbox... Neil |
Thread: Good and the Bad! |
23/06/2023 11:36:10 |
Posted by JasonB on 22/06/2023 18:27:07:
So that KX1 should be up and running by the end of the month then <Hard Stare> |
Thread: Titanic submersible |
23/06/2023 09:17:28 |
I share the scepticism that carbon fibre is a good choice. I have a carbon fibre loudspeaker cabinet, the design is claimed to be the lightest 2x12 cabinet made. While it is very light and sounds incredible, it is not as robust as a ply or even mdf cab would be.
Carbon fibre composites are best in tension but are vulnerable to damage. In this case the hull dedign must have been able to take the stresses of the dive, but was it able to cope with the strain associated with repeated pressure cycling? |
23/06/2023 09:06:19 |
Guardian mentioned that those companies deny association with Titan design. But they did work with them on the predecessor craft. |
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