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Thread: Pipe Bending
06/03/2010 23:19:01
You could fill the tube with cerrobend then it should bend BUT personally I`d go for a an elbow connection. It just in`t worth the extra B*****ation factor to try anything else.
 Regards Alan
Thread: Adverts over the top of postings
26/02/2010 00:13:31
When I looked at ED Racer times two the posts were partially covered by adverts but when I clicked on this post they weren`t !!
It`s happened before as well on other posts. Reet boogger ! 
Thread: Badger Mini Abrasive Gun
20/02/2010 00:15:35
Hi Ramon
 
Ian Bradley (Duplex) designed one in ME Vol 140 issue 3488 part 1 starts on page 437 & then issue 3489 Part 2 page 502. I can let you have copies if you want.
Those crankcases look very similar to the old ED 246 or would they be the 5cc Miles.
 
regards Alan
 
Thread: Power hacksaw
24/01/2010 23:15:20
Hi
Relieving device is in Vol 142 issue 3456 starting on page 957.Author Ian Bradley who was I think part of the Duplex team.
 Regards Alan  
Thread: J.A. Radford ?
29/12/2009 23:17:27
Not so sure about this. I do know that K.C. Hart was Martin Cleeve`s real name though.
Thread: Safety
30/11/2009 23:49:42
HOI Circlip,
what`s  the matter with the real golden oldies? You know US PREWAR ONES !! I reckon I`m not the only one on this forum. So show some respect for us. After all we invented the original mobile phone you know the one with 2 tin cans & a long bit of string. Then there were the handgrenades, tin can with some carbide in it then p** on it jam the lid on & throw (or run like hell before it explodes)
After all we were junior members of Dad`s army waiting to fight the jermuns. Must have heard about our grenades they never came.
Our woodwork teacher was deadly with a chisel as well but it was always the blunt end he`d hit you with never the sharp end. Just as well they were real sharp. Metalwork bloke used to let us melt lead, ali & iron & make things called castings. That metal was red hot. Can`t remember anyone getting burnt though.
Happy days. I pity the kids these days they dont seem to be able to "invent" like what we did. Still  suppose that`s progress.
Crawl back into shell & go to sleep now. Rant over. Nighty night.     
Thread: Why do I do it?!
18/11/2009 21:00:57
Well, well,
 
I think we`ve all been there hence the cumminandy box)es!) under our benches. Strange you should mention the Nimrod, David. There was a very quiet tale circulated the MoD a few years ago that the newly manufactured wings wouldn`t fit the old fuselages. Hee Hee good old BWOS.  Sees the originals were "hand made" by DeH.but the new were jig made.
Thread: Hints and tips
12/11/2009 23:25:30
Niloch,
when Chris says "SPIN" the chuck he means by hand & NOT with power switched on! Otherwise you`ll better get a tin hat & suit of armour. So when you are centering in this manner make sure to motor is OFF.
 
Moderator. Geometer & Artificer articles were great stuff when I ws a young lad & taught me making things. So how about that other great series "Lathe Lore" written by L.C.Mason in Model Maker. I`m sure a lot of Newbies & Old codgers (bodgers!) like me would appreciate them.
 
Regards Alan 
Thread: Diamomd tool holder
08/11/2009 22:18:21
i`ve just gone on Eccentric engineering`s site & see that they now have a UK agent. -
Has anyone bought from this agent ?? 
 Thought I`d ask as I`m a little bit wary of PO box numbers having been burnt once before.
Thread: Free offers with subsciptions
27/10/2009 23:34:31
Funny Tom,
My daughter renewed my subscription before the closing date for the caliper & here we are nearly into November & I still ain`t seen it. She decided years ago that a subscription would save her going out to buy me book tokens instead but neither she or I have ever received any of the free goodies. In fact the second last renewal or it may have been earlier she bought the book which was on offer !
Fortunately her Dad likes the magazine or I`d have told her not to bother renewing.
Alan (or should that be Perplexed ?)
Thread: Old Model Engnieer Magazines on CD/DVD???
27/10/2009 15:53:29
David,
As regards on a CD, i don`t think so as my own experience tells me that the first 14 issues of MEW including the "re-arranged" fold out plans means that there are about 88 pages per issue & all of them take up 2.4Gb on a 4.7Gb DVD.
 By re-arranged I mean that each "fold" of the plan was cut & pasted onto & A4 sheet except on 2 occassions where I had to put  the parts onto an A3 sheet otherise the plan would look peculiar.
Each issue took about 4 hours each to scan, cleanup & store so it is not a short job but as someone has said many hands etc.
I assisted colin Usher on his index for Aeromodeller & 4 or 5 years didnt take that long to do.
 
Regards Alan
Thread: Mark all read
27/10/2009 15:40:03
Hi modeng2000,
In a way I agree with you but I often refer back so I`m not all the fussed about a "mark all" BUT what I would like to see is all the latest posts appearing first on each topic with the preceding ones being pushed on to the later pages. 2 off the forums I use are like this & it makes them so much easier to read in that you don`t have to see which page you have to go to to get the latest (lots of tutu`s there!)
Alan
Thread: Old Model Engnieer Magazines on CD/DVD???
26/10/2009 23:56:30
Hi wessexman,
As one hoarder to another I couldnt agree more. Having lugged boxes & boxes of all sorts of magazines from Aeromodeller, Model Aircraft, Radio Models, RCME, model railway constructor, railway modeller, model boats, model maker & many more titles in all our house moves (due to work ) my dear wife suggested that its time I had a clearout.
After a prolonged recovery    
    I found myself agreeing with her.
So I started to scan MEW. Then I thought hang on, why not scan only the articles that I want to keep from ME to begin with, that way I could sell the magazines & start to clear some shelf space as ME takes up more room than MEW. So I did & I`m now about to sell about 8 feet of ME`s.
The hard drive backup & DVD duplicates take up a miniscule amount of space compared to the hard copy mags. Now all I need do is print off the pages I want & it doesn`t matter a hoot if they get covered with coolant or not as is easy to print another copy.
By the way my wife didn`t really lug them around the country it was a lorry that did the move !
 
Thread: Power hacksaw
06/10/2009 23:56:36
Graham,
I use 12" eclipse blades in my version of the Cochrane saw & yes it will cut 2" bar. Largest I`ve cut was 3" dia. OK it wasn`t quick but it beats the hell out of cutting by hand! I`ve got a bit of 10" x 4" U channel which I need cutting in half (across the U ) & I`m currently pondering how to do it. Current thinking is grip 4" leg in vice & cut as far as  it can then turn & cut from other side.
See that`s the trouble with powered hacksaws they make you lazy. If I didnt have one I`d probably have sawn it by hand by now!
 
regards Alan
30/09/2009 23:19:29

Hi Keith,
I made mine from the original articles in ME. Volume 168 issue numbers 3920 & 3922 & the last part is in Volume 169 issue 3924. I changed a few bits & used some different size gears from the scrapbox (think they were Boxford). Can`t recall any problems during the build & if there were any the sheer pleasure of not having to use a hacksaw has made me forget them!
Any questions drop me an email  
Regards  Alan
 
Thread: Self powered milling attachment for Myford
19/09/2009 22:05:55
Tug,
did you get my last email ??
Alan
Thread: Tool and cutter grinders
19/09/2009 22:03:13
Tom,
Buy your cutter grinder & make your own surface grinder. See MEW issues 45 & 46. It did the job for me!!
 
Alan B
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