Welcome Neil.

I was going to post a longer welcome but I don’t think the cheque has cleared

Welcome Neil.

Hi Neil, congraulations, and I hope you get positive support from everyone.

May (dare) I ask why the sudden change change in editor, as there hasn't been any hint that David was quitting, no disrespects to either party.

Regards Nick.

Neil, congratulations. I very much enjoyed reading the Norden series in ME as well as your thoughtful postings in this forum.

And of course we all need to offer an enormous thank you to DC who for many years had the difficult task of keeping both magazines afloat.

Regards,

Clive

Hello to all members of the Forum,

I’m very pleased to have the opportunity to edit a publication with the status of Model Engineers’ Workshop. I’d like to start by thanking David Clark for all he has done for MEW, and for helping me to get off to a good start.

As Diane has said, many of you will already be familiar with my postings as Stub Mandrel on this forum. I suppose I’ll have to be a little less irreverent now.

MEW has a few decades or more to go to equal the track record of its illustrious companion, Model Engineer. Nonetheless, the first issue was in 1990 so next year will mark a quarter century of MEW. My predecessors, Stan Bray, Harold Hall, Geoff Sheppard, David Fenner and David Clark have all proven to be talented writers and engineers. I hope I can live up to the standards they have set. While I am not an engineer by training (I’m an ecologist and environmentalist), I am an enthusiastic model engineer, and I have, on and off, been involved with editing a variety of publications over the last thirty years.

Like the previous editors, I hope I will be able to stamp my own character on MEW without fundamentally changing what the magazine is about. There’s no doubt it has evolved considerably since the first issue – Stan Bray’s original vision was an occasional special, rather than a regular monthly magazine.

Those first issues were more or less quarterly, so serials were problematic, and many of the articles in issue one were very straightforward examples workshop tooling. One stand out article in issue one comprises two pages on ‘engineering of the future’ – it’s in the archive at http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/members/digitaleditions.

My aim will be to give all readers, both regular subscribers and those who just pick up the occasional copy, an engaging, informative and entertaining read. I look forward to hearing from readers and subscribers in my new role. I’ll probably start a few discussions going on this forum, but if anyone wants to contact me on a specific (including suggestions and offers of future articles) I’m happy to be contacted by email at neil.wyatt@mytimemedia.com.

I started with a thank you, I’ll finish some. Thanks to Diane and everyone at MyTimeMedia who has helped me climb the start of a really steep learning curve. Thanks to Mike Chrisp for publishing my first articles in ME – which gave me a great boost, and encouraged me to try more challenging projects and write about them. I hope I can encourage some beginners in the same way. Finally, thank you to all of MEW’s readers and contributors over the years. It’s your interest and contributions that really make the magazine and I look forward to getting to know many of you over my tenure as editor.

Neil

P.S. I hadn't the faintest idea this might happen when I posted the link Michael refers to. It looks like I've given you all plenty of rope to hang me by if I get it wrong!

I was genuinely considering if I should continue with my subscription to MEW but now I feel I must carry on as I think it would be bad timing to cancel it just as a new editor is appointed. So no pressure Neil!

From what I have read, both in the magazine and on the forum recently I think it is time for a new editor (sorry but it has to be said) but even so, I for one recognise that if DC had not been in post, the magazine(s) would probably have been history some time ago.

So DC – Thank you and whatever your reasons for standing down you have some good achievements to look back on.

Neil – Thank you for taking over and look forward to a magazine with your stamp on it.

Regards to you both

John

I have deleted my text on this post as it was in response to a question from DC but on posting it  I noticed the question had been removed.

Edited By John Shepherd on 10/02/2014 20:11:28

Surely not

Congratulations Neil!

Russell.

Does he sell Chinese lathes, by any chance?

Rick

Welcome Neil and may I wish DC all the best for the future and thanks for editing a great magazine for the past 7 years or so.

Ken.

This is a break with tradition – an editor of MEW who doesn't have a Myford!