In search of Peter Rawlinson

Sad to say,this answers the original question.

I read many of his articles ,and while they were way above my standard,the were always well worth reading,as I,m sure others will agree. Such people come along,once in a lifetime,and if you are lucky enough to know them or meet them,that is a bonus.

Others may put it better,all I can say is May God rest him,he will be sadly missed.

Edited By Tanya Nicholls on 30/01/2019 17:33:49

Please feel free to do so.

Hello Tanya,

I'm sorry to hear that Peter has passed on. He was a prolific contributor to Model Engineers' Workshop, with some real ingenuity like his spark eroder and resistance soldering device. He also wrote many articles for Model Engineer. I took on MEW a few years after he ceased to write for us, but I greatly enjoyed his articles as a reader. Peter's articles were always interesting and thought provoking.

Please fell free to pass on our appreciation of Peter's work from my self and my colleagues at MyTimeMedia.

Neil

Neil Wyatt, Editor Model Engineers' Workshop

Certainly you can use my posted responses Tanya. I'm glad to hear Peter was still able to be active in his workshop. It adds immensely to the quality of life to be able to make or fix things or develop ideas in a workshop, I find. Best regards Jeff Dayman Waterloo Ontario Canada

Edited By Jeff Dayman on 30/01/2019 21:19:44

Ditto. Model engineering is a very rewarding pastime so it's nice to know he was still active.

I'm afraid I don't recall his articles, but would it not be a great memorial if his publications could be made available somewhere on line?

Tanya if you want to start another thread and add some photos then have a look at this thread on how to add them to an album and then include in your post.

Neil may be able to do something with the publications by hosting on this site.

A great and respected writer, he will be sadly missed, his family should be proud of him as I am sure they are.

Condolences

Ian Hewson

@Tanya - is there scope to reprint the original books?

I'd certainly be up for seeing them republished.

All his MEW articles and many of his ME contributions are available to digital subscribers in the archive.

Neil

Edited By Tanya Nicholls on 31/01/2019 12:46:25

If of interest, I have just added one of Peter's devices to my photo album. Last one of album, a Co-Axial centring device which I exhibited at MEX 2010.

Hello all.. I don't know if you will be interested to hear, but I have found hard copies of his books etc.. (not looked through the mountains of discs yet in his computer room, so we may find it on disc at some point too which I would like to think we will) so maybe in time we may be able to find a way of getting them out there again.

Tanya

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That would be wonderful for the community, Tanya ... and a very fitting memorial.

With my best wishes

MichaelG.

I for one would love to purchase hard copy, please message if copies are available

Thank you for taking the time to message too

Glad to hear you have found copies of Peter's books! I would also be interested in copies if you re-publish them Tanya. Best regards Jeff Dayman