Member postings for Diane Carney

Chris Walter has submitted a redrawn Fig 27 (M.E. issue 4540) after it was pointed out that:

• "the valve eccentric OD is shown as 1 1/16" but on page 253 the eccentric strap is shown as having a bore of 1" with a brass sleeve bringing the ID to 15/16".

Chris replies:

• "The reader is quite right in stating that their is a discrepancy. My fault entirely as the drawing of the straps shows two wrong dimensions. I had not updated these when redesigning the straps after increasing the diameter of the eccentrics.
  The dims affected are the ineternal bore of the eccentric and its bush.
  As the eccentric is correct this will not affect the part [he has] already finished.
  All the other dimensions on the straps remain the same so the fix will be to bore the straps to the new dimension and make larger bearing bushes to match, if he has got passed this stage

A new drawing to replace fig 27 can be found here:
**LINK**

A suggestion (and i've no idea whether it works) - try 'Shift-Return' instead of just 'Return'.

Diane

I thought I had this somewhere. Posted just for interest. The waggon in question in it's working guise as four wheeler.

Diane

Fig 3 does indeed show the wheels having different diameters and that is an error that I should have picked up on and didn't. I hold my hands up to that one. Yes, poor editing but does it matter to a builder? It is a drawing that is essentially describing the frames. The wheels are not dimensioned and are irrelevant on this drawing - they would be better not there at all. I cannot see an instance where any place is referenced form the wheel. More importantly, the axlebox 'cut-outs' are identical and any vertical references are only give from the leading axlebox.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

Diane

Private Message, Robert. If you click on the poster's name (white name in a green box) it links to a place where you can click another link to send them a Private Message.

My apoloiges, I kind of assumed you would have ssumed I meant Model Engineer as we are on the Model Engineer forum. Sorry ...

I've got a vague notion that 9084 was also single drive but I'm not so sure about that. 8928 definitely is though.

I believe you now have my number?

Diane

Hello Robert

My understanding is that the S6 waggon presently owned by Richard Hazell (8928 - UJT 333) of Berkshire is also a single drive rear - it was always renowned as a great perfomer - much quicker than ours. It was in the same stable as ours when we bought 8821 from Brian Richmond-Dodd (who had the S8 and an S4 also, at the time) and it had previously been owned by Dr Dyke, I think.

Give me a call some time if you like (number in the mag).

Diane

I have just heard that our friend, Peter Langridge, founder of the LittleLEC Competition, met with an accident at home earlier this week and is presently recovering in hospital after suffering fractures and a brain haemorrhage.

We send him our very best wishes and hope he will be up and about soon.

Diane

Hi Kevin

No, they are not queue jumper tickets and are not advertised as such. The advantage of purchasing in advance is the discount so I would urge everyone to take that up.

This venue is used to hosting events that attract over ten thousand visitors a day so I do not expect entry to be a big problem.
I would like to think anyone needing assistance with mobility will be offered extra help if needed.

The link to the advance purchase tickets is on our home page.

Diane

Competition results and first photos in ME4536

Diane

Edited By Diane Carney on 22/05/2016 12:20:36

Edited By Diane Carney on 22/05/2016 12:21:10

Ref the OP - who did they think they were trying to kid? As of yesterday it's all on Facebook. (So I'm told)

Diane

(p.s. 'they' being the NRM - not the OP!)

Edited By Diane Carney on 11/05/2016 10:11:42

Hi Phil

No, this isn't to be a series about the model, it's about the original engine.

I have put out a few 'feelers' regarding the 'other' engine.

Diane

They still come to Flookburgh rally (and one or two others) but it's always on the 'to do' list at Flookburgh. Saturday night....

Diane

I covered many a happy mile on one - no, actually two ... of those also!
Ahhh....

Diane

Have you tried Bob Potter? If anyone knows it's likely to be Bob. I will drop him a line and see if he would like to view this thread.

We shall be starting publication of Peter's article about the original engine in Model Engineer shortly.

Are you building to the same scale, Phil?

Diane

Hello Henner

This series was initially published by my predecessor but the series was not completed by the author before it was started in the magazine. The author had various problems in terms of the design that he seemed unable to overcome and for a while instalments were submitted very sporadically. In the end the author decided to tie up any loose ends and leave it in the hope that he would be able to return to it at some point in the future. I have not heard form him for many months now so I cannot give you a progress report. I will try to contact him and he might consider coming onto the forum to give an update.

Diane

Technical Assistant: Stewart checks drawings and checks for obvious 'impossibilites' and dangerous practices that I might miss.
Production Designer: Yvette lays out the pages and prepares them for print. Neil and I share Yvette.
Illustrator: Grahame Chambers prepares drawings and diagrams for print. Grahame works on numerous titles.
Retouching Manager: Brian weaves his magic on your photos and makes them publishable. Brian works on every title.
Ad production: Artwork for advertisers.
Head of Deisgn: Oversees everything that MyTimeMedia sends to print from the design perspective.

There is only one person responsible for compiling the magazine and editing its content.

As it's 2.30am and I have just about finished for the day (that's yesterday) I am only going to post a very brief reply here.

• it is too easy to say that if you don't like what you read in the magazines you should write an article yourself

It would be easy - very easy indeed - to say "I can only print what I get" - you've heard it all before which is why I have never trotted out those lines.

• [picture frames] ... but as almost the sole representative of practical engineering in that issue ...

Issue 4526 included horology (okay, not practical engineering), making a loco ragulator (fairly practical engineering), making lifting link by CNC with detailed description (I'd say that was practical engineering), fitting the cylinder onto a 6 inch T/E (not practical engineering?), a study in engine test calculations (theory - yes, but pracitcal too) and news of some practical engineering courses (!).

Sorry, but sweeping statements annoy me, especially when not well founded.

• Dianne really ought to keep track of developments mentioned on here and other forums and follow them up IMHO

The magazine is largely, in my view, a victim of its owner's policy insasmuch as there is absolutely no space in the working week for the editor to be in the least way creative, by which I mean by the time I have produced the 96 pages of editorial copy this month, single handed, for your delectation - plus dealt with all the daily correspondence - I have to start producing the next 96 pages of editorial copy. There is no break, no space, no holidays, no opportunity to think about change of direction nor time to research the other things that are going on to which Julian refers. I know it's there but I can't access it because I have no time. This is not a moan or a complaint but a statement of fact. The editor is simply that - an editor. I spend at least one day per issue not editing but planning the content of the next issue. At least one whole day and I believe this pays dividends. The one thing i do believe goes down well with the majority of readers is the variety of content and this is probably what brings most comments from long standing subscribers - how there is always something of interest in each issue.

• Magazines need those new subscribers just to survive. But it does mean there is an unceasing demand for articles for beginners.

Of course it does! But I would argue that there is never an imbalance - it just seems like there is when you are not a beginner. Converseley, if you are a novice you might sometimes perceive the mag as being completely over your head. I believe it is well balanced in this respect.

• Regrettably current editorial policy seems to be moving away from the practical formula that has made ME a success for almost 120 years. Whether this is due to a change in editorial direction, or whether it is more a factor of the kind of articles being submitted to the editor, or a mix of both, is irrelevant. The simple fact is that I no longer enjoy the magazine.

I am sorry to hear that the magazine is such a disappointment to those who have posted here. The only editorial policy in operation here is to make the magazine broadly appealing to all readers. That includes the master craftsmen who could write the book, beginners who yet have no workshop, lifelong mechanical engineers, prolific builders and armchair dreamers. If I was to say "you can please some of the people..." you would think "oh, here we go..." but really - you CANNOT please everyone ALL the time and there are pobably more beginners than there are career engineers reading the magazine these days. I do not agree that the magazine is moving away from the 'practical formula' of the past. It does, however, include a broader range of subjects than it once did but model making and its associated subjects still are, and always will be, the core. Currently Mick Knights, Chris Gunn, Chris Walter, Frank Cruickshank and (soon) Martin Ranson are providing detailed descriptions of methods and techniques on an issue by issue basis. I fail to see how anyone can criticise the magazine for being 'not practical' when there is so much descriptive content.

• the long running Mastiff and the even longer running Garett 4CD series have all been published sans drawings, making them all but useless except to the very small percentage of readers who are actually intending to purchase the drawings and build these projects.

Regarding the non publication of drawings for the Garrett; had we published every drawing the series would have been several times as long as it is and I do not accept that not publishing drawings renders the article useless. Chris describes set-ups etc. that will be of interest to anyone building a T/E particularly in large scales.

I was feeling quite upbeat today - until now. I have had about five emails over the weekend from readers who have commented on the high standard of editorial content recently and how it has improved over recent years. Still ... that's what happens when you almost let things go to your head. There's always plenty queuing up to bring you back down to earth.

Hello John

It is planned into issue No. 4532 which I am about to start on today

Hope this helps

Diane

A second contact for the above:

Rod Hartley on 01706 367640 or email him at: [email protected]