Member postings for Stuebabe

Hi again all,

Thanks with out end for all your comments.

Confession: When I initially attempted to join the forum I completed the on line form and when posted I was informed my email address was already logged and that I should use my original password.

I haven't a clue as to how I was registered or what my password was, so ( on two occasions ) I attempted to contact the publishers in order for them to sort out the problem and got no response, so I used my wife's ymail account to join and Eureka it worked.

My name is actually Stuart and I apologise for not informing you earlier only the response to my initial contact took me by surprise, hence it taking this much time to inform you of the situation.

In the meantime, your comments have been targeted in the correct direction and have been more than well received, I now feel a little more comfortable about my decision making.

I would like to thank J A for his comments and to let him know I will be in contact prior to my booking a travel lodge.

Phil P : I will post a PM with my email address

Hi Phil,

Just to let you know I have read your PM and will be following up your lead.

In response to AJ & Peter Low 4, I will make an effort to get to the Bristol branch of the RRHT; I look forward to seeing the exhibits and archives, if it is anything like Derby I'm already getting excited!

Hi Folks,

Many thanks for your comments; if you notice, there are no adverse comments with respect to the suppliers that I was looking at, which pleases me no end; there are also no major adverse comments about the equipment supplied by the selected companies, which again is comforting!

Nigel, thanks for the offer, I may take you up on your kind offer should I choose to look at a second hand piece of kit, one of the links that Brian H appears to be promising (Thanks Brian) so I will investigate this a little more. Whilst I am in contact with you Nigel, can I ask if you are part of any model engineers club? if so which one? I have looked Keighley and Huddersfield during my investigations, but have not managed to get a chance to speak to anyone linked to either club.

Neil, Being member of the RR heritage trust (Only £8 per year) you are free to get up real close to all the equipment on show, a lot of it is sectioned too, with no restrictions on Photos, so there are ways of gathering information to make scaled models; just the same I have recently contacted the RRHT to ask if I could get access to archive drawings to obtain prints or take photos of the same.

I have not had a reply because of the current Covid situation, but always hold out hope as they are a very accommodating bunch in Derby; if you have never been, maybe I could pick you up and introduce you to the RRHT the next time I am going down!

Thanks again to all, I will post my eventual activities once I have had a chance to absorb all your comments.

Hi all,

New Starter

Before I begin, I wish to apologise for the long intro; I thought it necessary to paint a picture so that people reading this would know where I am coming from.

I have recently decided to keep myself gainfully occupied by pursuing model engineering activities under several guises and have been looking at the internet for inspiration & contacts. I have also been purchasing both the Model Engineer and Model Engineering Workshop in order to assist.

I live in Leeds and have been looking at all the local Model Engineering Clubs in my area, which due to the current situation has not been too encouraging!

I have converted my garage into a workshop, insulated the roof, garage door and have installed benches, lighting etc, The garage already has it own single phase power board so I feel I am ready to go!

My first project has been to build, from scratch, a scaled model boat, constructed from the original ship manufacturing drawings, which has provided the initial reintroduction to bench work; the ship was designed by the shipping company I sailed for as a marine engineer many moons ago and I actually sailed many voyages on this particular vessel.

In order to find projects of interest I intend to proceed with nostalgic features associated with my background i.e. scaled model boats, large marine diesel engines, again associated with those I sailed with and some of the auxiliary equipment associated with marine plant.

Since retiring and relocating, some six years ago, I have joined the Rolls Royce Heritage trust and have visited the Derby site on several occasions; for those who have never visited the site, all I can say is, it is awesome! and strongly recommend a visit; anyway I intend to look at building models of some of the Piston aero engines designed and built by RR.

Now to the real purpose of this first communication:

In order to commence my new hobby I am looking to purchase a lathe and milling facilities for my workshop; I have visited the Chester showroom and looked at their equipment which was a good 1st move, I have also scoured the internet for equipment, which included the Warco equipment.

During my investigations, I haven't seen many second hand Chester or Warco machines, yet have read several interesting articles in respect of this equipment; I am wary of going for other second hand equipment following the warnings generously given on several forums.

There must be model engineers out there that have equipment supplied by both Chester and Warco and I would appreciate opinions on their quality/accuracy also the companies so I can take my next step; my interest of each companies products are:

Chester: DB10 VS lathe, Champion 20V Mill

Warco: WM250 VS - plus Optional Milling attachment or WM 14 Mill

Can anyone owning similar equipment from these companies please provide informed references or warnings? You comments would be much appreciated