Sadly your withdrawal harms the benefit that most of us derive from this forum. It only benefits those who believe they can ignore good manners when expressing their opinion. 

Edited By Dennis WA on 18/07/2019 15:32:42

Edited By Dennis WA on 18/07/2019 15:33:53

Sorry to see you go, Andrew

It will be the forum's loss, not yours !

Hopefully things will settle-down again, to a state where diversity of knowledge and experience amongst members is seen as a benefit.

… I, for one, have learned a lot from you … 'though you do much bigger work, on much bigger machines, than I ever shall.

MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 18/07/2019 15:56:55

Andrew, I am saddened to hear you are leaving the forum, I have thoroughly enjoyed reading about your gliding exploits, your pair of traction engines and your CNC and manual machining methods, I think your work is an inspiration to a lot of people on this forum. It is totally wrong to criticise you for using and talking about ex industrial machines, it just proves how narrow minded some of the contributors on this forum are. I wish you all the best with your engineering exploits and thank you for the pleasure you have given me in reading about them. Please consider posting on another forum where people seem to be better mannered.

Andrew, I understand your decision but I do hope you will reconsider in the future. I did the same thing for the same reasons and came back after deciding my contributions were perhaps more pertinent than those of the dumplings who cant mind their manners.

It's a great site, spoiled by some who really would fall out with themselves in a phone box.

Some clubs I've been at are the same, there's always someone who spoils it for genuine folk.

Whatever you do take care and enjoy your work.

Very best regards, Mick

+ 1 to all the above sentiments.

I always enjoy your input into pretty much any thread.

You are an interesting and knowledgeable contributor, the absence of which would render the forum poorer.

Hopefully you might reconsider.

ATB (All The Best),

Daniel.

BTW (By The Way), I also like acronyms & emojis.

That's a shame, I have learned a lot from your posts down the years. Easy for me to say but why not just ignore those posts?

Andrew,

Hopefully you will reconsider.

Remember: "ILLEGITIMOS NON CARBORUNDUM"

If you leave, the very small minority of naysayers, flat earthers, takers of offence at nothing, stirrers, etc, will have won, and the rest of us will have lost.

Not everyone on here agrees with me, nor I with them, but we try to co exist.
Some may envy my kit, as I envy some of yours. Hopefully that does not make us want to silence / insult each other, (Sometimes a strong temptation, but bitten tongue or fingers! )

No one drove off John Stevenson, and there must have been plenty of feathers that he ruffled from time to time with his no nonsense, practical responses.

You will not please all the people all the time, so please yourself, and hopefully most of us!

Howard

Andrew, the forum will be a poorer place without you, you will be missed by many thats for sure. I for one will miss your help and answers to my often daft questions plus I have learnt a lot from your replies to other members threads.

I didnt realise that there is a size limit to the machinery we are supposed to use in model engineering, maybe someone could explain how you produce parts for a pair of large scale traction engines as you are with small hobby machines..?

I understand your decision but it really makes me mad that you have been made to feel like you do.

Best regards

Ron

Andrew,

I must add myself to the list of members who are hoping you will reconsider.

I thoroughly enjoy reading your exploits as you make your traction engines (large engines need large machines). How you manage to find the time for the workshop, household/family chores, gliding/gliding club chores, etc. and achieve what you do amazes me.

I hope we will continue to see your input regarding your workshop time and also your input to the problem/issues/questions that others raise.

Colin

Hi Andrew, your posts outweigh any derogatory posts aimed at you. Your views an help are respected by very many more people than there are who would put you down. Yes your posts are always informative and interesting and I am another who will miss reading you knowledge and seeing how you achieve results, as has been said, don't let the trolls win.

Regards Nick.

P. S. In the words of Fagin's song, "Cheerio, but be back soon"

P. P. S. hope you don't find my P. S. derogatory.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 18/07/2019 18:53:54

Hi Andrew,

I will also miss your very interesting posts. Such a shame that narrow minds seem to be so vocal. Enjoy your good efforts, but I will be saddened by not seeing them here.

Cheers

Alan