Member postings for Smike

Hi there. I may be moving soon into rented accommodation until I find a new house. Have some heavy machines but due to various back problems I can’t do much of the moving myself. Are there removal people who can reliably remove and store a complete workshop anyone know? It has to be in somewhere that’s heated I suppose.

Any advice would be appreciated. Cheers.

Hi, I use Metcal soldering irons now. Have used Weller, Antex in the past which are good.

But like the feel of the Metcals the best - nice flexible cable, good tips.

Been in electronics for 45yrs ....

BUT !! Really expensive so probably best to get less costly......

I have hundreds of MEW mags but have trouble finding a particular article. I'm looking for the CNC course for beginners that was published a few years ago.

I've downloaded the xls sheets but still having problems.

Is there a simple way to search for an article e.g. using 'CNC Course' as a search, or similar via the website etc ?

Thanks for your help.

Mike

Trying to locate a supplier in UK for files for my bench filing machine. Any ideas anyone ?

thanks for your help

I've been using Google Sketchup which is a 3D drawing program thats free.

I find it easy to use and has free tutorials, but I've only used it for fairly simple engineering

designs. There's no way to export the design in .dxf format etc though.

Best idea is to try a few of the proper engineering programs and see which one you get

on with the best. Most have free versions with limited functionality to get a feel for them.

It will take a while to get really familiar with a given program and some are more user friendly than

others. MEW has had some suggestions on drawing packages in the past which would be worth digging out.

Cheers.