Member postings for Peter E

A little more info on my issues with the subscription page issue on this site.

I phoned the subscription dept to ask why and was informed that my subscription was noted just for the print version, not the bundle (print+digital).

So when trying to renew a bundle the system couldn't find it. testing the print only version on the site did work.

The learnings from this is that the web site designers missed one use case, namely ability to order an update from one singel version (print or digital) to a bundle on line.

Whether that has other technical reasons or just being a miss I don't know, I just thought it would be useful for others that want/need to upgrade the subscription to a bundle to know about this "feature".

Speaking to the subs dept works.

BR

/Peter

Frank,

Yes, that was my immediate thought as well, or the fact that it expects both letters and numbers together with spaces. My ZIP-code only contains 5 numbers without space.

Let's wait and see what it really was.

BR

/Peter

Edited By Peter E on 30/10/2014 11:40:34

Hmmm, there is something odd with the subscription pages on this site as well.

Afteer clicking my way to define my subscription no, surname and ZIP code I click Continue as I should, but then is alerted by this "error message":

"Sorry. The details you have submitted do not exactly match any of our subscription records.
Please check that your subscription number and postal code are correct. Remember, we need your full postal code."

That's odd as I am copying the subs number from earlier emails with the subs dept, and I still live at the same place in Sweden! Someone needs to fix this.

/Peter

Question to DC1; How much tolerance before/after the subscription offer has been published is there? I wonder if it would be a case to ask since I renewed less than a month before the offer was published?

/Peter

Edited By Peter E on 24/11/2013 16:48:23

Typical for me. Was prompted to renew my subscrition about a month ago and did so thinking that subscription "presents" would never come my foreign (Sweden) way, sigh.

To cancel it now just to renew once again will be more trouble than useful, I am afraid.

Ah well, hope for next year then ........

/Peter

by David Clark;

"We are looking to move the issue number where it can easily be seen but it won't go top left as before.

...

regards David"

Let's guess where that will be ... the top RIGHT corner perhaps?

Sarcasm aside, MEW is one of the magazines who have (had) the issue number placed in a place where it is effectively found and easy to use. The number is part of the "masthead" of the page and thus effectively has become a clear part of the branding which is now being challenged for what it seems just for the sake of change rather than anything else.

Due to the discussion about the uncertainty of digital issues, I have recently paged through all of the issues prior to my paper versions. It was clear that magazine design have changed a few times earlier, but the masthead has been left as is with the exception of background color. The masthead has then become the recognition element carrying the mag onwards even if the rest of the page design have changed.

That is an important factor to bear in mind and to re-use with caution as it is the same as a logotype.

If the top left corner is not supposed to carry the issue number, what should be placed in its place? Number of pages, or FREE SOMETHING, or any other kind of information that is far less useful compared with the issue number. Information such as number of pages, Free something, or similar may well be placed in the bottom right corner and can be as large as is appropriate, and it will create visual balance to the page as well.

/Peter

Having read through issue 209 a few times I find the new design overall pleasing. Well done. The only little item that could have been left as it was is, as many have said, the issue number in the top left corner.

I found that a very good thing when I began to read the magazine because at least I flips back and forth through the issues from time to time and then the issue number makes it very easy to find the desired issue quickly. For me I kind of saw that as part of the "logotype" or heading of the mag and apart from the number that have not changed.

BR

/Peter

I placed my order at the myhobbystore site at September 22nd. The day after I got another message saying that the ordered item was despatched. Furthermore, the message said that; "Your items are being delivered by Royal Mail, tracking reference. <trackref link to Royal mail>". The sad thing is that I cannot track the shipment as there is no tracking number.

That was six days ago. It will be interesting to see how long it takes to arrive.

BR

/Peter

We came to talk about facebook at work today and I was surprised to find out that the kids are leaving facebook for other foras like instagram - whatever that is.

In addition I also see very many comapnies going to facebook to get a lot of "likes" like a contest to see how many one can get, and to get the most the offerings are sugared with "good deals" or "contests". This in itself I think shows that facebook as a serious channel for connecting to people is more or less worthless. This because too many are doing the same thing and swamps the "area" which of course rapidly falls out of interest.

On the other hand, I think the publishers are thinking in the right direction, but please target something else, facebook is old and gone shortly.

What could be a way forward would be to create something like a forum for general and technical science to describe and explain the ingenuities and technologies we use and have used over time. Simply trying to answer tthe youngsters question on "how do this work?" would probably take it a long way and far more effectively than facebook.

BR

/Peter

I look at this as follows.

I am still workingfor a living so time for hobby activities is limited to evenings and weekends/vacation. Then trying to keep up to date on some forums lessens available shop time even further.

So, social media is something that I skip and don't read at all. Not facebook, not twitter and what is Pinterest??? Furthermore, the legal setup of facebook where you have to renounce your copyright to FB is something that I even less agree with.

Therefore any activities in "social media" is out of question to me.

BR

/Peter

Ah, thank you Jason, I must have been very tired when I read the article, it says 1:12 but I managed to miss it

In general I think there are enough measures on the drawings to re-scale them, but I think it is always useful to be able to check at specific places without measures and then a scale is nice to have, it simplifies. For my purposes I have to re-calculate anyway, from 1:12 Imperial to 1:87 metric. It will probably be a fiddly little thing but one with a lot och charm as those older industrial items often have. It must be due to that at the time the designer bothered not only about function but also about the looks and that create items with their own character I think.

Furthermore, such items are easy to use in just about any layout in Europe as the things were traded all over.

Neil, PM coming ...

BR

/Peter

The series on the Canal Crane appealed to me as that type of crane could be found at many places along railway lines as well I think. That is also my intended use, but in H0/00 scale so I wonder what scale the drawings in the magasine are made in?

BR

/Peter

A really interesting thread this!

I have got a "problem" with my S1X now also an "L" since I bought the large table.

After running for a while, the mill bit seems to loose power. Then motor runs as usual, but the bit slows down and even stops if I am to enthusiastic. The motor does not like it, but still runs.

To me this feels lika a gear loose on its axle/shaft, but which one? Reading about the overly short key on the motor axle it might be the problem so that the axle actually spins inside the gear. When the whole "gearbox" cools down I get som grip again.

The reason for this may be a few dig ins that accidently stopped the spindle, but at the time did not seem to harm anything - until now of course.

greatful for any tips on what it may be as it is difficult to see through the metal plate while running.

Thanks in advance

/Peter

Hi Neil,

Thanks for the picture, those handles look nice!

BR

/Peter

Had totally forgot about this thread but I think it is time to make an update. The wrist is now fine, even back to as good as before I fell so I have had some time to continue.

The project restarted as StubMandrel/Neil asked about drawings for this QCTP and I made a display at the end of his thread of the different types of holders I now have made. Please see **LINK**

As I stated in the other thread, the system works very good and locks the holders firmly and squarely to the post. Very recommendable.

BR

/Peter

Thanks to this thread I restarted the making of the holders and now I have these:

Ordinary Tool holder

Boring Bar Holder

Threading tool holder Mike Cox style (but I have to invent a solution to the height setting as the current disc will foul the moving part of the holder.)

... and with the tool bit raised

... And they all fit perfectly and is firmly held in place on the post

BR

/Peter

That tool holder is looking really good Neil, nicely executed!

BR

/Peter

Hi Niel,

I had larger bits vailable so I made my version slightly longer to get the dovetailed bit is outside the top slide surface, I hope it is visible om the picture.

I also intend to mill the top slide surface round like David Fenner did in his article on this subject and hope that I get even more flexibility when it comes to height setting.

Your idea with two dovetails is very good!

Waiting to see your toolholders ...

BR

/Peter

OK, so repeating the post from the previous page but now with usable images/links.

===== Repeat ====

Adding Model Engineers Workshop no 140 to the list of info and drawings for a QCTP of the sought after style. Jim W made one for a mini lathe-ish size as well as for a Unimat sized machine. Good descriptions and drawings. I used those as base for my work.

I have understood it so that it is important to be quite accurate when doing the dove tailing to get the desired precision and repeatability while at the same time get the easy fit required for easy use.

For my Unimat clone I made a slimmed down version of the Norman Patent type as can be seen in the following two pictures. They also work very well, and I am very pleased with their perfomance. The only draw-back I think is that the setting screw poking out below makes it a little cumbersome to efficiently store many toolholders.

The holder for ordinary tool bits, and ....

.... the boring tool holder.

===== /Repeat ====

BR

/Peter

Hi Len,

Just tried to fix the broken image links but could not due to the time limitation for editing. The problem lies in the file name where I accidently used the Swedish letter a with two dots above instead of just an "a" and this special character is not always well recognized.

Since I cannot edit the post and cannot change the file name I will have to wait until later today/evening so I can upload new images correctly named and re-post the post to fix the whole thing.

Sorry for that.

If admin has the possibility to edit the links as well as the image name it is very OK.

BR

/Peter