Hello Andrew,

"So, if I drop one, which one should I choose"

For one who is usually so decisive I find that a curious question to ask and rather difficult to answer. I take MEW exclusively having dropped ME many years ago when I finally appreciated that my interests did not lie with model steam locomotives.

Only you can decide really but if I may suggest, taking account of the scale of equipment you have in your workshop, I think the choice is obvious. Tornado beware!

Regards Brian

I have not renewed my sub to ME as seems to have no interest for me.

I would have thought that the lathe series should be in MEW. Also a beginner is unlikely to have the funds to buy a Myford but could probably afford at least a second-hand asian in good condition and may well have chucks, etc.

How about a short/long series about building a coal-fired vertical boiler with a horizontal engine about 25mm-30mm bore rather than repeating articles which are available in EIM? I would then sub to ME.

I agree with IanT about reports on rallies and photos of engines – most of which are available on the internet

There is a series about building an oscillating engine and simple boiler in MIW so it would be nice to have a design for something that requires some workshop skills to build.

What do others think on these points?

richard 2.

Standards have slipped since the good old days! For Two shillings and sixpence the MAP editorial team in 1966 consisted of:

• D J Laidlaw-Dickenson (Editorial Director)
• Vic Smeed (Managing Editor)
• Martin Evans (Editor, previously Technical Editor)
• Edgar T Westbury (Technical Consultant)
• W J (Bill) Hughes (Technical Consultant)

And they still made mistakes!

I don't mind the odd overlapping articles – comparing similar material often helps me understand the subject better.

Dave

Engineering in Miniature comes to mind

Is it true you Edit MEW part-time on your own Neil, and that Diane / Martin are 'it' for Model Engineering? If so productivity has clearly improved! Also, is Martin Evans in 2017 the same Martin Evans as the 1966 editor?

I'd willingly pay £20 per issue if it was delivered by a nubile maiden, remarkably perverse. On second thoughts better not, these days beer is best…

Dave

Shuffling off this mortal coil wouldn't suit me either – I'm hoping to be a nuisance on the forum for ages before I go.

Building a Workshop Ouija Board for getting the advice of Engineers gone to a better place is a brilliant idea – those old guys really knew their stuff. Wiring an Arduino to some ectoplasm would do the trick. No problem getting the parts – you can buy anything on ebay these days…

Dave

Looks like a load of carp to me…

Might have to put it on a 'Perch', the passed on ones probably find getting down to ground level none too easy

Edited By V8Eng on 21/11/2017 19:15:13

I have dropped EIM as they don't bother to remind me that my subscription is ending so it runs out. This time I am not renewing as it has gone downhill also. I am delighted to see Graham Meek's article on the ML-7 screwcutting clutch in MEW as he usually publishes his excellent stuff in EIM.

Every time I get annoyed with magazine content I remind myself that the editors can only publish what they get. I have no interest in 3D printing, CNC machining, and get very annoyed with articles on irrelevant stuff like workshop storage or lighting. But interests change too. I used to hate the dominance of articles on Myford lathes and accessories, thinking them to be over-priced, under-performing, obsolete little machines. Now I have an ML-7, as it fell into my lap for peanuts, I have gone back through the magazines and read everything on them. I'd hate to actually have to use it as my lathe though.

I think beginners would do better with books, u-tube and assistance from friends/club members, and I am surprised Neil gets many requests for these articles.

To Neil Wyatt please … WOW !!! MAP from Model Aeronautical Press Ltd , 38 Clarendon Road , Watford , Herts … that was a long time ago … Vic Smeed was also the editor of another magazine called MODEL MAKER in the 1960`s I believe … that time was definitely BC … before colour pages ( apart from the cover ) and before computers.

Just looking at this thread in particular, please can you tell me why so many parts of the contributions show up in duplicate or even in triplicate ? Is it inevitable when one computer system talks to another ? Or do others prefer to have the same words repeated within the same thread ?

martin

Because some people 'quote' a comment they are replying too. Sometimes without deleting irrelevant parts.

Neil

Harry plenty of us out here with similar views although DROs have made it onto my milling machine. No need to crawl away and hide even if you do someone will track you down in my case SMEE who asked me to be a speaker at one of thier meetings.