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  • #287614
    peak4
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      @peak4
      Posted by alan ord 2 on 04/03/2017 16:23:12:

      This is an old posting but I want to buy a set of Quorn castings. Have checked the previous link but it's not Model Engineering Service based in Chesterfield. Anybody have an update regarding supply of castings?

      Thanks,

      Alan.

      Alan, set on ebay at the moment;

      **LINK**

      Bill

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      #287626
      jimmy b
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        @jimmyb

        It's traditional to age Quorn castings for 30-40 years in a cardboard box as a rite of passage!

        laugh

        #287628
        Clive Foster
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          @clivefoster55965

          Then sell the lovingly aged castings to someone else for them to machine!

          Clive

          #287637
          Neil Wyatt
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            @neilwyatt
            Posted by Clive Foster on 07/03/2017 20:26:16:

            Then sell the lovingly aged castings to someone else for them to machine!

            Don't machine them, it spoils the mojo, just turn them over occasionally …

            #287711
            mechman48
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              @mechman48

              Thanks Thor; used your link to download & save in my downloads folder, 93 pages hmm, whether I'll have enough years left to build one, that's another kettle of fish… dont know

              George.

              #287729
              alan ord 2
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                @alanord2

                Hi Peak 4, thanks for the heads up. I am very interested and will make an offer. Also thanks to Duncan Webster for the link. I have downloaded the drawings and if I don't get the Quorn castings I will build a unit from scratch.

                Alan.

                #287761
                Thor 🇳🇴
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                  @thor

                  Michael and George,

                  I am glad I could be of some help. When I made my simple Cutter Grinder I just used ideas from the Bonelle/Quorn and combined it with what I had at hand. Did take a few years from the fist machining until I had sharpened the first slot drill.

                  Thor

                  #347362
                  Baz
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                    @baz89810

                    Has anybody got any up to date information on Quorn castings and Model Engineering Services?

                    #347375
                    Neil Wyatt
                    Moderator
                      @neilwyatt
                      Posted by Baz on 24/03/2018 13:25:46:

                      Has anybody got any up to date information on Quorn castings and Model Engineering Services?

                      I hope to find out more at Doncaster.

                      Neil

                      #347376
                      Trevor Drabble 1
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                        @trevordrabble1

                        I have for sale ( when I sort them out ) a complete set of unused Quorn castings , thread milled coloum , Parvalux motor ,drawings , book and grinding wheels from MES from 2005 .

                        Neil , If you feel this in wrong place.please move to classifieds .

                        Trevor.

                        #347421
                        Baz
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                          @baz89810

                          Trevor, you have a PM

                          #353085
                          derek hall 1
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                            @derekhall1

                            I hope Neil can update us with news about the availability of quorn castings. I think there is a demand for getting a set of quorn castings, if only just to sit and watch them "mature" for several years ,as is tradition!

                            Regards

                            Del

                            #353117
                            Mark Rand
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                              @markrand96270

                              If all else fails, at least Martin Models are still carrying the torch. They have a couple of useful options as well, a 5C/R8 capable toolholder casting and a 2 1/2" centre height option for the tool holder/ spiraling head/tailstock instead of the original 2".

                              Usual disclaimers etc.

                              #353123
                              Hopper
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                                @hopper

                                With the low cost of new HSS milling cutters these days, the case for extended ageing of the Quorn castings would seem stronger than ever.

                                #353175
                                Douglas Johnston
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                                  @douglasjohnston98463
                                  Posted by JasonB on 22/03/2012 21:37:21:

                                  Just saw on another forum that the site is back up

                                  LINK DISABLED

                                  WARNING- I clicked on this link earlier this morning and was taken to one of these dodgy sites that locks the computer and asks you to phone a number to report some problem with dodgy content. I had to switch off the computer to regain control and I just hope no suspect malware has ended up on my computer. I must run a scan later.

                                  Doug

                                   

                                   

                                  Edited By Neil Wyatt on 07/05/2018 15:07:17

                                  #353190
                                  Neil Wyatt
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                                    @neilwyatt

                                    In case Douglas is right I have disabled the link in his post.

                                    Douglas – I would suggest scanning sooner rather than later…

                                    Neil

                                    #353199
                                    Cornish Jack
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                                      @cornishjack

                                      For those who might be interested, I'm about to put a part built Worden and a Stent (from memory, complete) in the sale ads.

                                      rgds

                                      Bill

                                      #353204
                                      Douglas Johnston
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                                        @douglasjohnston98463
                                        Posted by Neil Wyatt on 07/05/2018 15:09:42:

                                        In case Douglas is right I have disabled the link in his post.

                                        Douglas – I would suggest scanning sooner rather than later…

                                        Neil

                                        ​Done a complete computer scan and no nasties were found but it just shows how pervasive these problems are. Unfortunately it just makes one reluctant to click on links in case there is a problem.

                                        Doug

                                        #353426
                                        Ian Welford
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                                          @ianwelford58739

                                          I have a complete set of Quorn Mk2 castings, motor etc and the book. Partly machined by my uncle who was a very exacting engineer, sadly now deceased.

                                          I will be taking them to Doncaster if anyone's interested. I've got a Clarkson already, so rather than let them sit under the bench someone might fancy a go.

                                          Regards Ian

                                          #353482
                                          Ian Welford
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                                            @ianwelford58739

                                            They’ve gone !

                                            #395757
                                            HughE
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                                              @hughe

                                              Are Quorn castings available from a UK supplier.

                                              Neil you mentioned a few years ago MES were going to hand over the patterns etc to another well know supplier, did this happen?

                                              Hugh

                                              Edited By HughE on 11/02/2019 09:12:36

                                              #395776
                                              John Haine
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                                                @johnhaine32865

                                                IMHO, the Quorn is over-rated. It was designed to grind a wide range of cutters including some very tiny ones that Prof Chaddock needed for one of his engine projects. A challenging project but if what you want to do is re-grind cutters and get on with your main projects, then the Eccentric Engineering Acute or the Worden from Hemingway do the job. I built one of the first in a couple of weeks, there's a build thread on this site about it. BTW I also have a Quorn, inherited from my dad, it took him a couple of his retirement years to make and then he hardly ever used it.

                                                #395778
                                                ega
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                                                  @ega
                                                  Posted by John Haine on 11/02/2019 11:37:30:

                                                  … I also have a Quorn, inherited from my dad, it took him a couple of his retirement years to make and then he hardly ever used it.

                                                  I bet he had a lot of fun making it.

                                                  #395786
                                                  derek hall 1
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                                                    @derekhall1

                                                    Well I have recently obtained a set of Quorn castings and I am about to start building it, as its the building of "things" that I enjoy. I know I can free hand grind HSS lathe tools or just buy a new milling cutter but its the challenge that interests me.

                                                    Over the years the designers and builders of engines and kit that I grew up reading who now are no longer with us and I want to build a few things that they described in the ME.

                                                    For example, I have built many of GHT's workshop equipment and its very worthwhile and useful kit, I have made some engines and of tools described by the late great Tubal Cain, and I always wanted to build the Quorn to the design of prof Chaddock.

                                                    I did my apprenticeship in 1974 to 1978 and in the stores in the first year they had some ME magazines, and in one or two issues was the description of the Quorn…one day I thought, I want to make one of them! 45 years later I got the castings!…..as a 16 year old in 1974 perhaps that was the spark for me stay with Model Engineering for the rest of my life…

                                                    Regards to all

                                                    #395798
                                                    Baz
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                                                      @baz89810

                                                      John Haine, can the Worden or Acute sharpen the side flutes on milling cutters?

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