Started the new year tidy up!

Happy 2017 to all.

David.

Public running day at the club yesterday, had a few visitors but not as many as a normal day so not too busy. House-hold chores this morning followed by a general tidy-up in the workshop. For JohnS, temperature at 5:30AM today was 27.4ºC (that's about 81ºF) , maximum at 1:30PM around 36º, humidity around 70%, so a bit too steamy for any serious work. The joys of living in the sub-tropics!!

Sorting out my workshop to make more space.I'm finding things I had forgotten I have.I have a workshop 25yds sq and still I am looking for more space.Today I am starting to make a spindle for a dividing head ,the one that I have made already, the MT 2 is 8th over size and will not tighten up my Myford collets.

Frank

Jason, in your moderator powers enable it please can you put a link on the end of the 2016 thread to the new one and a back link from the first post on this one. Ditto for the workshop thread.

Just for completeness, here's a link to this page:

**LINK**

Well as I have done this in the 'office' rather than the 'workshop' I'll report it here – I now have two complete tracks of 187 3D printed links each although one of them is in four parts. My left finger tips are coated in a mix of poly cement and superglue and my right finger tips are numb from pushing over 11 metres of 0.63mm wire into tiny holes. Now printing a pair of Mk IV sprockets to be followed by a mere eight pairs of suspension arms.

One or two minor issues so far, that I imagine are common to all 3D printers but no material problems. I really don't want to send this thing back to Dremel!

Neil

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Emgee,

Unfortunately you didn't quote Neil's

… Surely that answers your question.

So people can repost it

If everyone joins in, eventually this page will end up No. 1 on Google.

N.

No problem running steamers in our summer climate, although often it's too dry so the fire risk limits use of live steam on track days. Problem with electric or petrol-driven locos in our summer is they often get too hot so either electronics give up or petrol vapourises before reaching the carby.

Better that than icing up the carby though, and at least there's a breeze while hurtling round the track.

Going into reverse. My new year project is how to dispose of my workshop contents.Having survived three medical/Surgical mishaps I am now not safe to be left alone in my retirement custom built workshop. I have via local advts. sold a mill lathe and half a ton of metal stock, local secondhand dealers have made derisory offers for the tooling and hand tools. Has the forum any sensible ideas on how such items can be recycled. My difficulty is to avoid the need to create a packaging industry due the physical difficulties involved . Any helpful advice would be welcome. Sorry if this is gloomy post but 'stuff' like this happens in life.

New year greetings to all forum members

Or contact your local model engineering club.

There may be some young model engineer close to you who needs to start a workshop.

Phil