Member postings for Diane Carney

Thought this one would sort you out.

Diane (not Diana)

Hi Bruce

I wil send you an email and get this sorted for you.

Diane

I am led to believe that Model Engineer is the olderst hobby magazine in the world. I have never had it proved otherwise. Does anyone know any different?

Diane

I PM'd you Bob. It was deleted in error this morning ... bit of a slip-up you understand.

Thank you for putting it back. I am very glad you like this issue. It is good to be appreciated sometimes.

One person here thinks ME is going to the dogs and makes a point of saying so to anyone who will listen (never directly to me of course) but I genuinely think that person is in the minority judging by the unsolicited feedback I get ... and fortunately not many people do listen anyway - ha ha.

There's an awful lot of thought goes into planning each issue these days. I am very grateful for some terrific writers and the work of our designer, Yvette. I think 4467 was a particularly nice cover. What do others think?

Diane

Back in the day ????

I have actually done this job on a full size engine. Not the regulator but the valve face. My does it make yer arm ache!! ... ha ha...

Diane

Bob

You are right - this site does have a phenomenal knowledge base amongst its member but take heart - not everyone with knowledge has disappeared. One or two have wandered recently but I doubt their absence wil be noticed. It has come about, I think, due to some recent changes made at MTM - and you know what changing anything can do.... God forbid...!
This website is not the most slick, coolest or most user-freindly in the world but it is perfectly functional and has recently undergone a subtle change to its appearance - for the better. Things are now clearer, IMHO. Some don't like it, however. Not necessarily because it is any worse than it used to be (I think the general concensus is that it is rather better) but because it hasn't changed completely. It is a commercial website and has to 'earn its keep'. It is what it is and it is very well patronised.
The other thing that some members reacted to in recent times was the suggestion that the use of Social Media might have a place in this community. (It seemed to be overlooked by some that taking part was purely optional.) This suggestion led to an uproar from a small percentage of the members. The vast majority, of course, took no notice and were not fazed in the least.

Please don't get things out of proprotion. A quick glance at all the live topics just now should reassure you that there is a still a very large number of helpful, keen and generous members, willing to help anyone and everyone. Unsung heroes, the lot of 'em. I am very proud of them all.

Gray, please advise which is the offending photograph. It will be removed.

Diane

I have noted that threads of technical merit, shall we say, where a sensible question is asked and a string of sensible answers and suggestions follows, is, in the main, contributed to by a different set of people than those that prefer to contribute to the rights and wrongs of the new look website, the social media question and the quality of the special issue.

Thanks Neil for yet another sensible post above.

Just my observations ...

Diane

I believe there are still half a dozen copies of the 2012 '300 Years of the Steam Engine' Special.

Now that was a good book....!!!!

A post has been deleted on the request of a member.
A subsequent post was also deleted as without the first the second didn't made sense.

Diane

Sentinels are just the same, I promise you!

OT: Neil, I have sent you an email which needs immediate attention please.

Thanks
Diane

Nowhere near as long a a hand-held mobile graphite communicator mark.

Somebody once said to me - you can look at Issues 1 to 10 of Model Engineer and you've probably covered everything. Well, I'm not sure that's quite correct. I think there was something in issue 12....

errr... the last ten covers ....

One loco
One hot air engine
One marine engine
One traction engine
One tractor
One stationary engine
One aero engine
One bicycle
One tram
One milling machine
No clocks

Are you looking at the one that says MODEL ENGINEER at the top....?

I don't know... give a magazine a bad name.....

Diane

Really? You obviously know more than me. Mind you, I'm only the Editor...

Can I just remind all readers that I am not responsible for MEW and have no say in, or responsibility for, its content. The two are completely independent magazines. The purpose of this thread is to gauge the acceptibility of an article for Model Engineer only.

Diane

A fair enough comment, Jason, and it might be more representative than has come across so far. This is what I am trying to establish. Although I think that if it were to run it would have to be, as I said, every other issue at most, with 'one-off' Workshop Topics in the alternates. Model making is always going to be the primary concern of Model Engineer, don't worry. We also have some first rate model making series on the stocks. It's a struggle to fit it all in these days!

Diane

Hi CB

That's a reasonable idea. Maybe once we get our new website template an intro would make a good website article. I'll think on that, thank you.

Diane

Many thanks all for your considered responses. i am delighted to see they are, in the main, positive.
Regarding which magazine - as editor of Model Engineer my concern is what is best for Model Engineer, which is why I have asked the question here. I was hoping that I would not get a negative response from those who only take Model Engineer for the model making aritcles and would be averse to such an article. Contrary to my expectations, I don't think anyone has expressed that view. Those who only take MEW and who would be interested in this article will perhaps have to think about a solution to that dilema.
I should have mentioned that if we run this it will only start in the New Year or Spring of next year. The machine in question is not quite finished. I would propose to run it every other issue and either two or four pages each time so it will certainly not overpower the magazine.

Further comments would be welcome but for now, once again, thanks to those who have taken the time to post.

Diane

I am posting this as a bit of an experiment. I would like to try to gauge the reaction to a proposed construction series. I am mindful that only a very small percentage of the readership partakes in this forum and also that if the reaction here is completely negative and I decide to run it anyway I will never hear the end of it.

Anyway... here goes:
I have been offered a long article - a full construction series with very many drawings - for a universal grinding machine. The machine is part manual and part CNC and is manufactured from stock material - no castings. The table is 23 inches x 5 inches and the between centres grinding capacity is 12 inches long x 5 inches dia. When complete it will be a surface grinder, a cylindrical grinder and an internal grinder also.

The writer is known to us and his work is thorough and clear.
This is something a little out of the ordinary for Model Enginer and I think it has great value. What are your thoughts?

Diane

The (so far unconfirmed) answer is that digital issue should be availalble at the same time as the paper subscribers' issue, not the 'on sale' date, but this is currently being checked out.

I will report back when I know more.

It's early days I suppose...

Diane