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Thread: Making this site easier to user suggestion
29/06/2011 10:28:50
Posted by David Clark 1 on 29/06/2011 08:47:42:
 
to much work or too difficult to change.
 
Each page is dynamically created, it should be a one line change to the asp script to set the page title to the forum topic.
 
Thread: New technology in Model Engineers Workshop
20/05/2011 10:57:42
I am certainly no Luddite when it comes to 'new technology'. However I spend my working life sat in front of a computer screen, 9 or 10 hours a day, 5 days a week.
In my leisure time I have no intention of doing the same, therefore the articles on 3D modelling and CNC programming are of no interest to me.
I appreciate that the situation is different for the many retired people among MEW's readership, who may welcome the opportunity to use their computers for something constructive.
 
 
Thread: This months MEW are 3 CNC features two too many
18/05/2011 15:22:12
Posted by Tony Jeffree on 17/05/2011 16:05:52:
 
C'mon Ian - give the lad a break - that was one of our esteemed Editor's rare attempts at a tongue-in-cheek posting. Savour it while you can!

One man's 'tongue in cheek' is another man's 'facetious and insolent'.
 
Thread: Scanned pdf's of Martin Evans articles for the construction of Boxhill
24/12/2010 10:20:13
Are these Boxhill pdfs still available anywhere on the website? I can't find them or any reference to them other than this forum post.
Thanks
Thread: Comments on the Exhibition
23/12/2010 11:37:11
"If a company has got their pricing correct how can they afford to discount by 20% at a show"
 
It's quite normal at a lot of other shows for trade exhibitors to sell stuff at a significant  discount.
 
22/12/2010 23:20:57
"Is it my imagination but are the trade stalls gradually changing over to cheap chinese tools?"
 
Not your imagination at all, I found the amount of 'toolzone' and similar junk on display quite depressing. The other thing that surprises me about the tool stands is how little companies like Chronos discount their stuff at shows compared to their normal online prices. If they were to knock 20 percent off their normal price I would walk out with a truckload of stuff, as it is I do plenty of looking but not much buying.
 
edit - 'little companies like Chronos' - I don't mean Chronos is a little company! I mean the discounts at shows are small.

Edited By pcb1962 on 22/12/2010 23:40:14

22/12/2010 11:05:39
I too have fond memories of Seymour Hall at the age of eight or nine. I particularly remember being impressed by the boats in the swimming pool, something that today's 'paddling pool' displays can never hope to recreate. For me the balance of the Sandown Park show is about right, but then I fall firmly into the 'live steam - rail, road, or stationary' bracket. I'm quite happy to admire the workmanship in models that don't interest me, boats, clocks, ic engines etc, the only thing I don't really want to see are 'toys', such as the truck display next to the tank area at last year's Ally Pally show. I would not welcome planes, and especially not helicopters, buzzing around overhead, but I don't suppose H&S rules would allow it these days anyway, at Ally Pally the flying displays are very inconspicuous in their corner, and make a great place to dump the children for a while whilst I shop for tools.
 
 
 
Thread: Loco lift table
21/08/2010 23:24:13
About the same price to buy one ready built:
http://www.toolsbypost.com/product_pp.php?id=3797&category=709
These regularly go on eBay for half the new price, unfortunately always seem to be the other end of the country from me.
Thread: Railway related beers
20/06/2010 22:49:03
And they still sell it there, I had a bottle only the weekend before last, a great way to end a day at Didcot.
Thread: Opinions on this boiler please?
16/06/2010 00:23:58
That wouldn't work for me, I'm not an 'out-of-sight, out-of-mind' sort of person, I like things to look as good on the inside as on the outside, and life is too short for replacing it later, got to move on and get Oliver Cromwell built before I run out of time.
So I'm now looking at another abandoned project, with a much tidier boiler, fortuitously completed 4 days before the CE marking regulations came into force! Anyone think that might be a problem? Pictures at the same place, http://www.pandasys.co.uk/boiler
 

Edited By pcb1962 on 16/06/2010 00:27:02

15/06/2010 14:45:51
Thank you to those who responded.
On the basis that if I had built a boiler that looked like this I would throw it in the bin and start again I will not be going through with the purchase, which is regrettable as it would probably do the job ok at a bargain price.
I'm going to remove the pictures shortly in case I upset the vendor, apologies to those who come across this thread in the future.
 
11/06/2010 08:46:09
To clear up a couple of points it does come with a certificate for the 180psi hydraulic test, and quite probably was built before 2002, I would check the date on the certificate before buying.What I'm really interested in is does it just look cosmetically poor, or does it look poorly made. Thanks
10/06/2010 22:48:15
I'm considering buying a part built loco, but I'm not too impressed with the look of the boiler. It's been professionally built but looks a bit of a pig's ear to my untrained eye. Would anyone like to comment please?
Pictures at http://www.pandasys.co.uk/boiler/
Thread: Copyright issues
29/05/2010 10:10:09
> I have no idea what you see as a problem.
 
The problem I see is that the author of the ME article is claiming the work as his own and not giving the credit to Bogs where it's due.
The editor of ME should not have knowingly allowed this deceit to happen.
Bogs deserves all the credit and the article should have made  very clear to any reader that the author was not the engineer responsible for the work described in the article.
28/05/2010 16:00:11
> Strange .... when I post, I get spell-checked as I go along.
 
Perhaps you're using Firefox which includes a spell checker. If that's the case, you want to go to Tool/Addons and install the British English dictionary and get rid of the default US one.
Thread: Website Articles - Simplex
26/05/2010 01:05:01
Many thanks for making available the original Simplex articles, but since many people, myself included obviously, will be interested in building the Super Simplex, would it be possible to complete the series by making available a pdf of the relevant article from vol 162? Thanks
Thread: Railway related beers
25/05/2010 17:53:59
Based on my observations in the bars of many preserved steam railways, I'd say that there's a strong correlation between CAMRA members and railway enthusiasts. I for one would be much more likely to pick a bottle off the shelf with a picture of a loco on it than a pack of hounds.
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Thread: Boiler materials
13/04/2010 18:45:10
by careful riveting after a basic soft-soldered assembly, ie, the soft solder provides lap shear strength and allows a tight joint to be set prior to riveting but very low joint creep resistance and the rivets provide the actual long-term structural capability.

 I would have thought that the use of soft solder for any purpose in the construction of a boiler was a very bad idea.
Thread: General club questions
25/02/2010 14:02:27
Hi Tony, I'm sure you probably have a closer club, but if not then Guildford (http://www.gmes.org.uk) is an easy trip straight up the A3 from you.
Thread: Sandown Model Engineer Exhibition 2009
16/12/2009 17:24:04
What happened with the boat pool? I saw it being emptied Saturday lunchtime, someone on another board mentioned the inevitable 'health and safety', surely not?
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