The Best of Model Engineer Volume 3 Now available

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Someone's going to be very busy !!

MichaelG.

Presumably JS is happily tolerant of his suppliers' deficiencies when (or if) they fail to deliver items for which he has paid 'up front' and which, (on eventual receipt after hasteners) do not live up to the manufacturer's 'hype'

Cloud Cuckoo Land in Nottingham , perhaps???

Rgds

Bill

Hi There

I found Model Engineer in the School library when I was 12.

I have read it ever since. That is how I started out in engineering, using what I learnt from Model Engineer.

regards David

Good afternoon all,

My goodness, this topic really is long-legged - I see that the OP was on 29th August, in which DC1 very clearly described what was in Special No. 3.

I certainly can sympathise with those who paid in advance then did not/have not receive their copy (yet?), and I especially join with him re the patronising response that Cornish Jack received - QUOTE: As a gesture of goodwill ...... etc UNQUOTE.

But for those complaining about the content, especially bearing in mind that the contents of this mag were very clearly described in DC1's OP - AND were also available to look at on line (AND in WHS too apparently), I can only say that these posters remind me of the (IMO incomparable) John Cleese and "Fawlty Towers":

"Well what precisely did you expect to see from a Torquay hotel bedroom window Madam? Herds of Vildebeest sweeping majestically across the Veldt? The Sydney Opera House perhaps? Or maybe the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?"

IMO whether or not the Volume 3 "Best of ME" mag was or was not be "the best" is at best a moot point - not having access to all 100 years worth, personally I cannot say, and I doubt that many others can either. But I can say that we were all told exactly what was in the mag BEFORE we bought it, so I fail to see grounds for complaint re the content.

I suspect that a number of the "fings ain't what they useterbe" people here have simply out-grown the ME/MEW in that they have developed skills and knowledge to the extent that they no longer find these mags/s useful. OK, so be it. It'll probably happen to me one day (IF I live long enough). Meantime, personally I cannot see that all your whining advances our hobby - or these mags - one jot. If you don't like it don't buy it. Simples.

Krgds to all

AES

P.S. I wonder where this post will end up? !!!!!!!!!!

Edited By AES on 02/10/2013 13:10:21

Well said AES.

You can please some of the people some of the time and almost none of the Model Engineers' at Anytime.

regards David

I agree with AES.

I live in Lima, Peru (South America) and had no problem with getting my copies on time, the problem could be elsewere.

And I also will like to see in the next Vol 4, work from Edgar T Westbury, like "The Seagull" and also work from Ian Bradley, K. N. Harris, and the list goes on.

Best Regards to all

Juan C. Pepper

Hi there,

I bought this publication as it had the complete set of instructions for the Lynx 15cc engine. I have looked at this engine for a while, and as a beginner I thought it would be worth a go. With my projects I try and find the components that I would have greatest difficulty with and start with these. The reason being that if I cannot make them, then I've not wasted to much time or money.

One of the first things I looked at was the cutting of the cams. I have never attempted anything like this before. As I had a rotary table I would use the milling machine method to cut them. This is when I hit the problem. Part of the information appears to be missing from the 'Cam Machining Figures', on page 45 of the magazine. The figures for angles 334 thro to 13 are missing. I am a beginner and could be wrong but...

If these are missing can somebody please help me with these, or explain to me why they are not needed I would be most grateful?

Thanks in advance,

Henry

Hi Henry

No its not you, DC has managed to leave out a whole column of sizes, If you click the "message member" tab at the bottom of this reply and let me have your e-mail I'll send you whats missing.

As for everyone else I don't know how DC can supply the missing data, its not a sthough people want to wait until vol4. I did raise this point in my first reply to this thread and said that the mag article did not have enough info which I think was to do with teh cams but DC said all was there.

Edited By JasonB on 04/10/2013 16:48:25

Right thats Henry hopefully sorted, just leaves everyone else who was lead to believe the mag contained a full set of drawings.

J

I bought this magazine on the strength of the add that the full plans and build articles for "The Lynx" were contained there in, now I find that vital information is missing does this make it "not fit for purpose"? I do not expect JasonB to supply me or any of the rest of us who purchased this volume with the missing data, I think MTM are obliged to get this information to all who have paid for it.

Peter.

Edited By jason udall on 04/10/2013 18:56:22

If DC1 does not respond I'll contact Diane early next week and see if it is possible to put the offending page onto the site somewhere where it won't get lost in a thread, still no help to those without internet access but butter than nothing.

J

What a farce!

Hi

Thank you JasonB for your effort to solve the problem

Excelent!

I where almost banging my head against the wall until I did read this post.

If the information can be available somewhere it is fine..... as long as it will be.....

Johnny

Ho hum, my copy arrived in my mailbox on the morning of the publicised release date, and I live in New Zealand....

On the missing cam data the direct link to the online copy of the original issue 4281 is on page 262 here.

**LINK**

Of course you’ll need to be a subscriber and logged in to get access to it

If you are looking for all the original articles then you’ll find that issues 4274 and 4275 are missing from the digital editions. 4275 is the one you'd want

I start my build tomorrow

regards

Pete

Jason has provided an A4 and A3 pdf of the above for those who need it. You can download a copy here

lynxdrg14a4.pdf

lynxdrg14a3.pdf

My copy finally arrived today. What do I think of it? I think it's good value and quite varied in it's contents.

Well done David.

Suggestions for next Best of.... How about some of the really early articles for their historic value. There shouldn't be any copyright issues with anything over 75 years old and those artcles will be new to most people here.

Russell.

Ordered on August 30th, apparently dispatched on September 11th and still no sign of it here in Canada.

Normally items from the UK take 2 days to a week to get here. For example the two WPS books that I ordered at the same time but sent on Sept 2nd got here four days later.

Hi

Still waiting for my copy here in the UK, also apparently despatched early to mid September.

Nigel

Hi There

Just seen this thread.

When I said all was there, I was referring to the text that someone said was wrong.

I did not recheck the drawings.

I have no idea why this page was incorrect.

It was not altered by me prior to publication.

The office used the drawings that should have been supplied with the original package offered for sale from MyHobbyStore.co.uk

The PDF from the original drawings are below.

If anyone else ever has a problem with anything I edit, please email me.

I don't monitor this forum all the time. If I don't get notified of the problem, I can't respond.

regards David

www.model-engineer.co.uk/sites/7/documents/NE15iss3.pdf

Edited By David Clark 1 on 12/10/2013 15:14:11