Model Engineers Workshop Lost The Plot

[David Clark 13Participant @davidclark13]

Has Model Engineers Workshop Gone Downhill?

[David Clark 13Participant @davidclark13]

I have just received the latest Model Engineers Workshop.

On page 7 it says coming up in our next issue MEW 257 will be another rewarding read.

Then there is a photo of a Sino digital readout.

Does this mean we are getting an article on how to read a digital readout?

On page 38 it says next issue. I assume this is for Model Engineers Workshop as this is the magazine it is in.

It says:

ENV Aero Engine

Rosebud Grates

Halstead

The Doncaster Exhibition

Micro-Lights.

I would have thought this was a next issue for Model Engineer not Workshop.

Oh, I have just seen page 62 Next issue for Model Engineers Workshop.

And here was me thinking it was just two bits of carelessness and could not be bothered when in reality it was just plain lazy as regards page 7 and a cock on page 38.

Also on page 7 bottom right it mentions a Myford 2545 lathe. Is this similar to a Myford 254S?

[David Clark 13Participant @davidclark13]

Should have read cockup, damn autocorrect on IPad. Admins please change.

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Sour grapes David?
From memory there were the same cock ups on your shift.

[Tim StevensParticipant @timstevens64731]

The fact that A makes mistakes should not prevent A from criticising B. Otherwise politics is not possible. Come to think, though, what a good idea that would be …

Tim

[David Clark 13Participant @davidclark13]

Unlike previous editors, I do not get the magazine for free so as I am paying for a subscription I feel I can criticise it.

[John FlackParticipant @johnflack59079]

I find David Clarks remarks unpleasant. The MEW editor has advised the forum that he has neither time, budget or skill to check the content of the magazine. Nuff said???

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Posted by David Clark 1 on 10/06/2017 12:04:15:

Should have read cockup, damn autocorrect on IPad. Admins please change.

I'll leave it as is, just goes to show how easily small errors can creap in

[Alistair Grant 4Participant @alistairgrant4]

Surprising that an editor has neither time, budget or skill to check the publication he is responsible for?

[Tim StevensParticipant @timstevens64731]

Quote: The MEW editor has advised the forum that he has neither time, budget or skill to check the content of the magazine. Nuff said???

Answer: No, that means that the content of the magazine, on which readers rely when spending time and money on their hobbies and businesses, cannot be relied on. Therefore, it is grossly unhelpful to stifle comment – which might serve us all by resulting in improvements.

I have a doctor who has neither the time nor the budget to treat me properly. Ditto my council and my roads. I don't want my hobby to be managed in the same way as my health or my driving.

Regards, Tim

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Well I'm sure we won't see you two moaning when the cover price of the mag doubles to pay for a full time Editor and sub editors who are specialists in the various fields that Neil is not skilled enough in to be able to spot errors in the submitted work

[John FlackParticipant @johnflack59079]

Tim Stevens…. I was merely explaining a possible reason for the errors. That does not indicate that I accept the situation

I am sorry for your health, and road condition problems, but are you in purchasing mew(or taking part in this forum) allowing your hobby to be managed in the manner that is the cause of your objection?

You have the facility to ,in a limited way, have to change doctors government and council

As a personal gripe the IT revolution sees an increasing number of amateurs playing at professionals as a result the service (?) standards diminish in proportion. No doubt there are other views…………..

John

[Rick Kirkland 1Participant @rickkirkland1]

I’m missing something here. My latest issue is number 255 and it’s telling me that 256 is on sale in six days from now. No mention of 257 at all. Have I time travelled sideways or something ? Please tell me. I’m a bit concerned about this state of affairs.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

256 is available to digital subscribers and I suspect has been posted to print subscribers, this is usual as they get it about a week before it hits the shops

Edited By JasonB on 10/06/2017 16:38:09

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

256 arrived in my postbox today via Royal Mail.

… I'm sure I shall enjoy reading it tonight.

MichaelG.

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

My 256 arrived lunchtime today. The Warco Mill pictured on the front cover is most impressive – well done M Dixon!

[ianjParticipant @ians]

"Oh, I have just seen page 62 Next issue for Model Engineers Workshop."

Shouldn't that be page 61? ==== easy mistake to make

[Gray62Participant @gray62]

Dave Clark 1 – "You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye." 'Nuff Said?

[Ron ColvinParticipant @roncolvin83430]

Model Engineers Workshop now amalgamated with Practical Poultry.

[Rik ShawParticipant @rikshaw]

Friendly little club what?

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Opened MEW 256 at random on page 70 to find Figure 9 is a graph entitled 'Coffee Cup Sterling'. Robert Stirling is spinning in his grave.

I think the idiot responsible for this shockingly incompetent howler should be hunted down and flogged!

On second thoughts, chocolate and flowers are far more appropriate. Not to put too fine a point on it, the individual in question is, it may surprise you to learn, one whom your present interlocutor is in the habit of defining by means of the perpendicular pronoun.

Dave

[WatfordParticipant @watford]

Pistols at dawn. Has it finally come to that?

Meanwhile edition 256 is another splendid issue. What a particularly well-writen piece is the first part of the methodology for building a flute, together with some of the pitfalls and a lot of the background.

Never mind the typos Neil, just keep up with the current quality of the magazine.

Mike

[Alistair Grant 4Participant @alistairgrant4]

Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 10/06/2017 18:20:22:

On second thoughts, chocolate and flowers are far more appropriate. Not to put too fine a point on it, the individual in question is, it may surprise you to learn, one whom your present interlocutor is in the habit of defining by means of the perpendicular pronoun.

Dave
Yes Minister !
Though your last sentence may not be too well understood by those who are not familiar with Sir Humphry's turn of phrase

Nice light humour for a change from the insults being bandied about earlier in the thread.

[RobboParticipant @robbo]

Would somebody please put David's Teddy back in his pram.

[John FlackParticipant @johnflack59079]

Jason B ……just why should there be errors in submitted work? If someone submits work and receives payment part of which is paid for by the subscriber surely an accurate and error free manuscript is a minimum requirement

What information do you have that the cover price would double, have you invented this cost?

Have you even made a enquiry to anybody as to whether subscribers would be willing to pay more for an 'error free' magazine?

Given the cost of setting up a workshop and the cost of materials, plus a modest calculation for depreciation on your expenditure over a period, doubling the cost the cover price would be almost insignificant.

John

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