A preview of Model Engineers Workshop

"Now that gives me an idea.........!"

Perhaps an oven, coffee maker and reading light all in one. Oh, with integrated arm chair and robot to serve and turn pages. Now THAT would be an article worth reading! For some.

David,

As one of those that only started MEW with no 98 I am more than happy with the content, I have enjoyed every article printed so far whether its of direct interest or not as there is no harm in learning something new.

Martin P

David

it looks like a good issue to me, as I like the cover and no CNC.

David
Great mix of stuff, looking forward to the 200 issue.
As for the grumblers in the stalls there is always, always a better mousetrap and I get as much enjoyment out of seeing how things are made in both ME and MEW as I do with the actual projects.
Regards
Brian

I expect to enjoy it. I will be interested to compare Harold's table with the GHT design. I have some thoughts of my own, as I rather fancy a simple indexing/hand rotating table to complement my geared one.

Neil

Hi There

Thank you all for the mainly positive comments.

I will make this preview a regular feature of the website.

I know I can't please all of the people all of the time but I will try to get it right.

regards David

We can't ask for more than that David !!

MichaelG.

I have read every issue since No 1, there are bound to be repeats of similar articles, this has never seemed a problem or loss of value to me.

It may do if the repeat was in the same year!

There has to be allowance for new readers who don't have access to the old issues.

Phil

I am perhaps sticking my neck out here, but wasn't the great George Thomas the first to design a dividing head that was worked by degrees rather than fractions? His Versatile Dividing Head allows any number of divisions.

When I first began model engineering I spent a year or more reading him in MEand making most of his tools. It was a very good introduction to fairly precise work and I still use the tools.

Personally, I enjoy seeing both the simplified versions of things and the meticulously complicated. People have different needs when it comes to equipment depending on the jobs they have in mind. Like mobile phones or computers, the vast majority never use 95% of the things they come with.

I like having several articles on the same subject. I recently needed to make a mandrel draw bar for my lathe. I have invested in all the back issues so was able to search the Excel index and find relevant articles and read them all. Each contributed a little to the eventual design. I don't have a Myford so can't just copy an article and replicate the design. I draw inspiration from several authors and concoct my own hybrid.

MEW is like an old friend who I sit down with and share some quality time. Great pleasure is drawn from selecting a random sequence of 10 back issues then reading through them with a mug of tea or a pint.

Don't think there is anything new in engineering. When I was 10yrs old I thought I had invented some thing new, so I showed it to Dad, and he told me how he had one when he was a boy. I had reinvented the pop pop boat. Many years later, I reinvented the solinoid motor (had never seen or heard of up to that time), I even put an artical in Model Engineer, after this I found out about these engines dating back into the 19th century. The Tangential lathe tool is another piece of new / old engineering, there is an artical in vol 1 1898 of Model Engineer. Ian S C