It’s not rocket science

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

Posted by XD 351 on 13/12/2018 06:34:31:

Dunno how they fixed it but it does raise an interesting question – can you weld in space ?

How about spot welding, as a start?

Edited By not done it yet on 13/12/2018 09:48:37

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

Nothing a bit of chewing gum could not have fixed!

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 12/12/2018 23:50:17:

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

[I.M. OUTAHEREParticipant @i-m-outahere]

God , issue 550 and they're still on about bloody mini lathes !

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

That's a pity, I was hoping for an article on Myford rear toolposts

[I.M. OUTAHEREParticipant @i-m-outahere]

Now you've done it Jason ! You mentioned the "M" word ! By the time issue 550 rolls around only the rich and infamous living off planet will own one of those lathes ! Picture in your mind a scenario similar to the movie Elysium .

I was hoping by then they would have finally answered the question "What lathe should i buy " !

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Having read the article, some elder statesman of the hobby is claiming the 50 year old design of the mini lathe is superior to ugly modern designs with their superlight 3D printed sintered beds, unreliable ceramic bearings. He says real handwheels are far superior to miniature closed loop servo motors and VR control for manual operations.

There's some debate about which colours are authentic.

Another article introduces an affordable six-axis shaping machine capable of carving anything from a pair of accurate crossed dovetails to a miniature of Rodin's Kiss within its 400mm cubed workspace.

Neil

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Also in the letters section is a complaint by someone in a far off galaxy still waiting for issue 275

[Barnaby WildeParticipant @barnabywilde70941]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 13/12/2018 20:03:57:

Having read the article . . .

Neil

I'm having a lot more than a little chuckle at your sense of humour, but one BIG thing missing is just how much this issue 550 will £cost ???

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

No doubt many complaints will feature about the new stuff from the Moon being rubbish compared to the original equipment manufactured on Mars.

Edited By V8Eng on 13/12/2018 21:11:14

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

I expect someone will still be waiting for their castings from Brunel.

Mike

[mark costello 1Participant @markcostello1]

The meteorite I just turned was so hard it must have been heat treated in the sun, and quenched in the shadow of the moon.

[davebParticipant @daveb17630]

Posted by mark costello 1 on 13/12/2018 22:02:04:

The meteorite I just turned was so hard it must have been heat treated in the sun, and quenched in the shadow of the moon.

I think I've got some bars of that stuff, I can let you have it for a real keen price. Daveb

[Clive HartlandParticipant @clivehartland94829]

They had better watch out as the geminid meteor shower is due tomorrow!

[Nick WheelerParticipant @nickwheeler]

Posted by Mick Charity on 13/12/2018 20:11:28:

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 13/12/2018 20:03:57:

Having read the article . . .

Neil

I'm having a lot more than a little chuckle at your sense of humour, but one BIG thing missing is just how much this issue 550 will £cost ???

just 22 years after Brexit it will cost about £11 billion. But it's OK, it's an American billion

[blowlampParticipant @blowlamp]

Posted by Nicholas Wheeler 1 on 13/12/2018 22:45:34:

Posted by Mick Charity on 13/12/2018 20:11:28:

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 13/12/2018 20:03:57:

Having read the article . . .

Neil

I'm having a lot more than a little chuckle at your sense of humour, but one BIG thing missing is just how much this issue 550 will £cost ???

just 22 years after Brexit it will cost about £11 billion. But it's OK, it's an American billion

That's if we can negotiate a trade deal between both planets.

[Barnaby WildeParticipant @barnabywilde70941]

Posted by blowlamp on 13/12/2018 22:59:02:

That's if we can negotiate a trade deal between both planets.

It would be a colony surely?

[I.M. OUTAHEREParticipant @i-m-outahere]

I wonder if the postie will have an ION drive on his postie bike ? Maybe by then we will get issue 550 downloaded directly to a cranial implant ?

Neil ,

Maybe they won't be 3D printing a lathe coz you can just go to the replicator and with a simple voice command order any machine or tool you could ever want ! Now that replicator would cop some punishment from me i can tell you !

I would probably get locked up for replicator abuse !

How would 3D printing go in a zero gravity environment ? I suspect you would be chasing filament all over the station !

[Danny M2ZParticipant @dannym2z]

G'day Neil, If a MEW member is already on Mars, do they get a discount on the postage for edition 550?

Enquiring minds need to know

* Danny M *

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Posted by Danny M2Z on 14/12/2018 06:59:11:

G'day Neil, If a MEW member is already on Mars, do they get a discount on the postage for edition 550?

Enquiring minds need to know

* Danny M *

Hi, I guess it will be digital only by then on 10G Universalband.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 14/12/2018 07:53:09

[blowlampParticipant @blowlamp]

Posted by Mick Charity on 14/12/2018 06:00:46:

Posted by blowlamp on 13/12/2018 22:59:02:

That's if we can negotiate a trade deal between both planets.

It would be a colony surely?

Maybe, unless the Klingons got there first.

[I.M. OUTAHEREParticipant @i-m-outahere]

Posted by blowlamp on 14/12/2018 11:34:28:

Posted by Mick Charity on 14/12/2018 06:00:46:

Posted by blowlamp on 13/12/2018 22:59:02:

That's if we can negotiate a trade deal between both planets.

It would be a colony surely?

Maybe, unless the Klingons got there first.

Then it would be ab empire !

Kapla!

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