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    Neil Wyatt
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      @neilwyatt

      Here's some advance notice for beginners and recent recruits to the hobby.

      A new 100-page special will be published in a couple of weeks on the subject of 'setting up a workshop'. Aimed squarely at people with relatively little experience it offers advice on creating a workshop and kitting it out as well as reviewing and explaining many different types of machine tools.

      It introduces some of the activities you may wish to pursue in your workshop and includes a few simple tools from the past pages of MEW that will be useful in a new workshop.

      This is not an issue of MEW, but a stand-alone publication. It will be available as a digital edition as well as in W.H. Smiths and 'all good newsagents'.

      Neil

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      #38366
      Neil Wyatt
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        @neilwyatt

        A new publication out soon.

        #250330
        Martin Connelly
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          @martinconnelly55370

          Maybe a list of reading material could be compiled, I am sure the members could come up with some useful suggestions.

          I would suggest Model Engineering: A Foundation Course by Peter Wright as a good starter for a complete novice.

          Model Engineer's Handbook by Tubal Cain also has a lot of useful information in it.

          Martin

          #250331
          JasonB
          Moderator
            @jasonb

            Just hope the first 50 pages are not devoted to pictures of hinges and padlockssmile p

            #250337
            mechman48
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              @mechman48

              Might I suggest a couple of reference books that would be very handy, maybe include some items that can be linked to their pages…

              Workshop practice Series…

              # 23 … 'Workshop Construction'… Jim Forrest & Peter Jennings.

              #22 … 'Workshop Electrics' … Alex Weiss.

              George.

              #250338
              MW
              Participant
                @mw27036
                Posted by JasonB on 11/08/2016 14:12:43:

                Just hope the first 50 pages are not devoted to pictures of hinges and padlockssmile p

                Or "level the bed, mount on steel plinths, dial indicate every surface possible, immerse in acid baths to remove the manufacturers grubby marks and re-oil with special super duper lathe lotion" wear thick glasses and suspenders, carry a pocket calculator and notebook with you and spout techno jargon to confooz the dunces and carry the holy bible of tubal cain/LBSC and Lawrence sparey(a signed edition or used tissue of them would make you very popular)…just dont have fun whatever you do.

                Michael W

                 

                Edited By Michael Walters on 11/08/2016 14:46:05

                #250345
                Neil Wyatt
                Moderator
                  @neilwyatt

                  No, but t has Hinge and Bracket on the cover

                  #250354
                  SillyOldDuffer
                  Moderator
                    @sillyoldduffer

                    I'm having a terrible time finding good books and DVDs on model engineering. Mill on the Floss, Turn of the Screw, The Rasp, Mike Hammer, Turning Tables and Miami Vice – all completely useless.

                    Dave

                    #250361
                    JasonB
                    Moderator
                      @jasonb

                      I'm waiting for the black & White version – Fifty Sheds of Grey

                      #250363
                      pgk pgk
                      Participant
                        @pgkpgk17461
                        Posted by JasonB on 11/08/2016 18:06:47:

                        I'm waiting for the black & White version – Fifty Sheds of Grey

                        It exists. My wife bought me a copy a couple of years ago… very funny little book.

                        #250365
                        Neil Wyatt
                        Moderator
                          @neilwyatt
                          Posted by JasonB on 11/08/2016 18:06:47:

                          I'm waiting for the black & White version – Fifty Sheds of Grey

                          There's the true story of a Quality Control Operative in a body-butter cosmetics factor – Fifty Grades of Shea.

                          Neil

                          #250371
                          mechman48
                          Participant
                            @mechman48

                            … to shed & back …    the 39 taps…  face 20

                            George.

                            Edited By mechman48 on 11/08/2016 19:04:18

                            #250392
                            Watford
                            Participant
                              @watford

                              Then there is that book on coil spring manufacture called 'Gone with the Wind'.

                               

                              Mike

                              Edited By Watford on 11/08/2016 21:21:06

                              #250396
                              SillyOldDuffer
                              Moderator
                                @sillyoldduffer

                                The Ipcress File, groan…

                                #250397
                                Bazyle
                                Participant
                                  @bazyle

                                  for clockmakers – The Pit and the Pendulum.

                                  I'm building a Britannia Loco and the instructions seem to come in a 10 volume set, neatly alphabetical but seems to digress into other topics …..a bit like this forum.

                                  #250413
                                  Geoff Theasby
                                  Participant
                                    @geofftheasby

                                    "Rule Britannia"!

                                    Geoff

                                    #250416
                                    Geoff Theasby
                                    Participant
                                      @geofftheasby

                                      I'm just an old square, that's me to a 'T'.

                                      Geoff

                                      #250443
                                      Hopper
                                      Participant
                                        @hopper

                                        Don't forget "The Lathe of Heaven" by Ursula K LeGuin.

                                        #250463
                                        Watford
                                        Participant
                                          @watford

                                          'Taming of the Screw' ??

                                          Mike

                                          #250465
                                          MW
                                          Participant
                                            @mw27036

                                            Now lets avoid the electronics jokes too. They've got a few of their own "trannies" and "hard on/fully hard on".

                                            Michael W

                                            #250499
                                            Michael Gilligan
                                            Participant
                                              @michaelgilligan61133
                                              Posted by Michael Walters on 12/08/2016 10:49:21:

                                              Now lets avoid the electronics jokes too.

                                              .

                                              Yes, let us avoid

                                              #250509
                                              Old Elan
                                              Participant
                                                @oldelan
                                                Posted by mechman48 on 11/08/2016 14:37:27:

                                                Might I suggest a couple of reference books that would be very handy, maybe include some items that can be linked to their pages…

                                                Workshop practice Series…

                                                # 23 … 'Workshop Construction'… Jim Forrest & Peter Jennings.

                                                #22 … 'Workshop Electrics' … Alex Weiss.

                                                George.

                                                On a more serious note, unless number 22 has been updated from its original 1994 publication I would suggest it too long in the teeth for today's use.

                                                #250518
                                                Tim Stevens
                                                Participant
                                                  @timstevens64731

                                                  Seven pillar drills of wisdom?

                                                  Tim

                                                  #250527
                                                  SillyOldDuffer
                                                  Moderator
                                                    @sillyoldduffer

                                                    Lady Chatterley's Lever

                                                    #250570
                                                    Geoff Theasby
                                                    Participant
                                                      @geofftheasby

                                                      <Sings> Oh, come let us avoid them, Oh, come let us avoid them, Oh, come let us avoid them,…

                                                      Moving quickly on, "The Turn of the Screw", Henry James, not forgetting "The mills of God grind exceeding small", Longfellow, from Plutarch.

                                                      Geoff

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