MEW 209 landed in my letterbox today. Those which also got it up to now will see it's got a 'new look'. I'm not too sure if it is better or worse, others will perhaps express their judgment better than I can. So who really needs 1 and a half page of contents?
But that's not my most important concern. What I really miss is the yellow issue number in the upper left corner of the front page. How can we pull out a certain issue from a large stack when the issue number is hidden somewhere on the right margin of the page? This change is a big no-no, my dear Designer!
But that's not my most important concern. What I really miss is the yellow issue number in the upper left corner of the front page. How can we pull out a certain issue from a large stack when the issue number is hidden somewhere on the right margin of the page? This change is a big no-no, my dear Designer
Hans, that's how I sort my issues out. I sometimes have to remove the price sticker that my newsagent has plastered over the issue number (methylated spirit works). Definitely a big no-no. Where do they hire these people?
Regards from the land of the kangaroo
* Danny M
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Once again they should be one magazine not two. Mags were better in the 80's and before so I only buy it when I see something in them that interests me.
Once again they should be one magazine not two. Mags were better in the 80's and before so I only buy it when I see something in them that interests me.
Bri
How would that remove the sticker ?
Problem is now there are two mags and people are used to them. ME is mainly staem and loco's, MEW is tools.
Now if they were incorporated again because of costs the sizes would remain the same so that means content would be split and that's where dummies would be get throw out the prams.
The MEW boys would be moaning about choo-choo's, the ME boys would be moaning about lack of choo-choo's because there is no pleasing all.
So half of ME readers would threaten to cancel, half of MEW readers would threaten to cancel and at the first inclusion of a CNC article the rest would do the same
Personally I feel that if routers and 3D printers were included and that is where the future lies, then there is scope for a dedicated CNC mag but probably only 3 / 4 times per year at the moment.
Once again they should be one magazine not two. Mags were better in the 80's and before so I only buy it when I see something in them that interests me.
Bri
I'm really pleased there are 2 magazines one for tools one for steam I buy both excellent
magazines keep up the good work.
That really angers me when you go in WH Smiths and see people blocking up
the gangway reading the magazines with no intent of buying all magazines should be sealed
why should someone buy a magazine which has got a load of thumb prints on it
Well I prefer the two mags. I usually find something of interest in MEW and have most copies from issue 1 – although I am maybe more selective recently. I sometimes pick up ME but there do tend to be long running series there which are of little interest to me as is, I find, the whole "club" related scene.
As far as the location of the issue number goes, the top left hand corner of the cover is the most convenient for me as mine are filed vertically on bookshelves, spine outwards, and it is quick and to find a particular issue that way. I agree therefore that moving the number elsewhere is inconvenient and probably not properly thought through by the designer ( who may, of course, not be a reader of the magazine!) However I'll try not to get too stressed about it – after all how difficult is it to buy a pack of self adhesive paper labels and stick one of those on!
The new layout doesn't bother me one way or the other. If anyone is really inconvenienced by the number being on the right they will find that sticky labels are very cheap.
I was pleased with the content this time. Well balanced and a bit of everything. Thanks David.
For many years I subscribed to ME but when MEW came along I dropped ME and only buy when it contains something to interest me. I notice now that with the change to this site we can no longer browse the contents page of the magazines as before so I guess that I will have to join the thumbing brigade at WHS
Click on the magazine image at the top of the page and then click view contents which comes up below the enlarged front cover, like this for ME. MEW comes straight up with contents like this
Tried that, still does not work.Windows needing to go online to find the programme so I just gave up. Dont want another load of rubbish downloads to clutter up my computer
My copy has just dropped through the post, I don't know what you are all moaning about.
Fresh, clear and well produced, a credit to the MEW team. A good cross section of articles as usual, something for everyone. I am especially pleased to see a column on making the ML7 into needle roller bearings, something I have wanted to do for years.
I'm sorry – my lack of interest in the club scene has nothing to do with your writings which are fine and, I'm sure of interest, to the many club members up and down the country ! It is just that I am now some considerable distance from a club and have neither a loco nor a traction engine to run. In consequence I don't find what is going on in clubs of much interest to me – hence my preference for MEW