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Thread: MEW 180
07/08/2011 13:50:27
Posted by Chris Trice on 07/08/2011 13:17:50:
I don't think prototyping stuff in the computer, where you can easily alter things and tweak the layout before you start cutting metal, is a bad thing but it is unproven in the real world.

I disagree with Chris .... Roundhouse Engineering use this method to design there new 16mm locomotives. Designed, Prototyped and Tested on the computer before cutting any metal.
 
Dave
 
 
 
 
 
06/08/2011 10:56:29

David...
 
OK ... if I go into 'Super Zoom' (Can only see the top third of the page then I see a "Print this page" Icon
 
Not the best solution ... but better than nothing.
 
Thanks
06/08/2011 10:52:52

David,
 
As per email, mine is in the NEW viewer and has no print option.
 
There should be 4 icons in the top left hand side. (MEW179 had 4)
 
Print Icon is missing
 

Edited By Steambuff on 06/08/2011 10:53:48

06/08/2011 10:33:11
180 is using the new viewer.
 
There is a print icon in 179 ... but it is missing in 180 and also it is missing in the latest copy of ME. (All using the new viewer)
 
This needs sorting out ... these copies are usless without the print option. (Either singler page or article or entire issue) ... if the print option is not put back .. I shall be demanding that I am sent a paper copy. I am not prepared to take my PC/Laptop into the workshop!
 
Dave
 
Thread: ME 4407 - New Viewer
05/08/2011 23:59:18
I reported the lack of a print icon with MEW180 earlier this evening to David. (MEW179 had it there)
 
Dave
 

Edited By Steambuff on 06/08/2011 00:00:30

Thread: Don't assume the obvious
31/07/2011 14:51:34

Following on from Chris ... I have seen "Steel" specified, a person with experience will know which to use ... but the beginner would be totally lost ... Stainless, Silver, Mild, BMS, etc
Please be specific
 
 
Dave
 
Thread: Wrong cover page for 4409
30/07/2011 00:24:08

When will the Digital version be available?
(Some of us only subscribe to the digital version)
 
Dave
 
Thread: Ryder Erricson in 4409
29/07/2011 09:24:35
I am a digital subscriber ... as of this moment issue 4409 is not available ... so I can't comment. (I don't have a paper copy)
 
When is 4409 going to be availabe as a digital version? (I feel it should be the day the paper copies are posted (or the day after) .. not after is appears in the shops.
 

Your subs web page does say --- Access to the latest Model Engineer magazine online as soon as its published.

Edited By Steambuff on 29/07/2011 09:26:20

Thread: GETTING CNC WORKING
26/07/2011 15:55:11
Philip,
Silly question, but are all the cables and power cables connected?
and do you have -
a/ Power to the Mill
b/ Power to the 'Stepper Motor Interface' this is usually powered from a seperate power supply to that of the mill.
c/ Power to any other 'Boxes/Interfaces'
 
In Mach3 have you assigned the "Emergency Stop" connection correctly - Right Pins and Polaritty? (Input Signals - EStop)
 
I would expect a twitch when you power the CNC Interface/Stepper Motor Interface on.
 
Have you tried another printer cable?
 
Have you connected a printer to the cable and does that work?
 
Where abouts in the country are you located?
 
Dave
 

Edited By Steambuff on 26/07/2011 15:55:47

Edited By Steambuff on 26/07/2011 15:56:25

Thread: Problem with digital vernier
25/07/2011 17:29:15

Have you got a spec of dust etc on the 'rails' or a small scratch around the 0.5 point ?
 
I assume another vernier reads the 0.5 slip OK
 
Dave
 
Thread: GETTING CNC WORKING
25/07/2011 15:33:19
Also are you using a Laptop or a Desktop PC?
There are issues with parallel ports on Laptops.
 
Also what version of Windows?
 
 
Dave
 
Thread: Overseas distribution
20/07/2011 15:52:11
The exchange rate may have collapsed but this will have been cancelled out by the rrise in distribution costs (Fuel etc)
 
Sea freight is getting slower ... I placed an order in February and March for books from Australia, they took 4 and 3 months to arrive !!!!
 
At least you should be able to look at the digital ediion as soon as it is released.
 
Dave
Thread: Gas burner
19/07/2011 16:00:43

Yes and No
 
In general a Coal fired Boiler/Firebox could be converted to fire from a Gas Ceramic burner. (In the 16mm NG world - TME do this, they can supply the 3 firing options Coal. Gas or Meths or all 3)
 
In the 16mm NG world a boiler designed for Internal Gas firing cannot be used for Meths or Coal, firstly it has no firebox .... the usual design is a single tube running through the lower part of the boiler, into which a 'poker' gas burner is inserted.
 
Dave
 
Thread: Proxxon machine tools
18/07/2011 11:32:31
I have used Proxxon tools and on the whole find them excellent, the build quality is what you would expect from a German Company.
 
The accurracy is good, better than a 'Far Eastern" unit straight out of the box.
 
They tend to be on the smaller size, so it depends on what you are going to use them for and which models you are looking at.
 
Dave
 
 
Thread: Unknown Castings
12/07/2011 19:46:30

and dimensions?
Thread: Darjeeling Saddle Tank 0-4-0 New series starting in ME 4378
08/07/2011 22:47:36
David,
 
Many thanks ... so about 9-10 to go. (So finish about next April/May)
 
Dave
 
08/07/2011 18:06:08

A question for David .... I know we are up to part 28 in ME ... How many more parts is there to go?
 
(I am trying to plan my time (and finances))
 
Thanks
 
Dave
 
Thread: Darjeeling ME Issue 4407 Corrections
05/07/2011 15:42:42

Many Thanks Donald
Thread: How to read paln
05/07/2011 15:38:16
Yes ...
05/07/2011 14:39:16

My best guess is --
 
C/L Motion is "Center Line" Motion
 
5 ° 05 ' is 5 Degrees & 5 Minutes (60 Minutes = 1 Degree)
 
Dave
 
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