MEW 346 creates new definition of ‘universal’,

[Ian PParticipant @ianp]

I read the article by G.P. Widin about how he made a tool that he could use on three different places on his mill. Its a bit of a stretch to call the tool itself as universal when it required two of the three places he wanted to use it having their bolt head/hexagon sizes changing!

Cover description is a bit hopeful too, ‘…operate multiple function on your mill’

Ian P

[Ian PParticipant @ianp]

Bumping my own post of a couple of days ago, not because I expected it to get a flood of replies, but because it seems that not even one member (oh, I should say participant) has even viewed the topic.

It might be my imagination but there seems to be less connection between this forum and ME/MEW magazines than there was a few years ago.

Ian P

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

I went and looked at it again yesterday and decided it was reasonable and not worth the post.

But do feel free to send Neil some content that you feel is better

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

So far as I am aware, Ian … there is no facility for us [we the participants] to access the number of views.

Yes, I read it on the day

No, I didn’t feel the need to comment.

MichaelG.

[Ian PParticipant @ianp]

Silly me. I posted this morning after I had been browsing on another forum which shows the number of replies as well as the number of views a topic has. When I then looked at latest replies on this forum I misinterpreted the ‘voices’ column as ‘Views’.

Ian P

[JasonB]

On JasonB Said:

I went and looked at it again yesterday and decided it was reasonable and not worth the post.

But do feel free to send Neil some content that you feel is better

Jason

Lack of time and lack of writing skills are my excuse for not submitting my work (some of which is under NDA’s) for consideration for publication.

I do understand its hard for Neil to get content for MEW but to be brutally honest there have been several articles in the last year or so that really should not have been included.

Maybe it is just down to opinion, but calling a tool ‘Universal’ when it requires standard parts to be modified so that they fit the tool, is I think is stretching it a bit.

Ian P

Ian P

[Ian P]

On 18 November 2024 at 21:38 Ian P Said:

I read the article by G.P. Widin about how he made a tool that he could use on three different places on his mill. Its a bit of a stretch to call the tool itself as universal when it required two of the three places he wanted to use it having their bolt head/hexagon sizes changing!

Changing bolt heads so the machine can be operated by one adaptable tool seems like a reasonable use of time to me. Old machines tend to be scattered with different sizes seemingly chosen at random, which is exacerbated by newer metric additions. I’d prefer to not need tools at all, but that’s not always possible.

[JasonB]

On JasonB Said:

I went and looked at it again yesterday and decided it was reasonable and not worth the post.

But do feel free to send Neil some content that you feel is better

I’ve read your reply again and I’m not sure how to interpret it

Did you suggest that I should not have bothered posting?

or, that you did not think it was worth posting about?

or, that you thought it (what?) was reasonable?

Your last sentence is not very (forum user) friendly, its more of a put-down.

 

Ian P

[CirclipParticipant @circlip]

“No, I didn’t feel the need to comment.” ????????

 

That MUST be a first

 

Regards   Ian.

[Circlip]

On Circlip Said:

“No, I didn’t feel the need to comment.” ????????

 

That MUST be a first

 

Regards   Ian.

Why?

 

Jimb

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

It’s a pity the new forum doesn’t clock reads, or provide like/dislike buttons because makes it hard to judge if a topic is popular or not.

I read many topics without commenting, including Ian’s opening post in this one. Kept silent because there was nothing in Ian’s mild complaint about the words ‘universal’ and ‘your’ for me.  On this occasion I’m afraid Ian didn’t pass my ‘so what test’ .  Nothing personal.

Are ME and MEW going downhill?  Probably not.  The mags arrive through my letterbox with a mix of articles.  Some interest me highly, others don’t.   Occasionally all the articles in an issue leave me cold, and equally rarely one arrives chock full of hot stuff.  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.   Fortunately I don’t expect either magazine to cater exclusively for my interests, which I’m sure would bore the pants off everyone else.  On average both magazines contain enough to keep me entertained, which is why I still subscribe.

As for Jason’s reply: I think he’s commenting on the article not Ian’s post.  Jason read the article and, like me, decided it wasn’t worth a comment in this topic.

Dave

 

[jimmy b]

On jimmy b Said:

On Circlip Said:

“No, I didn’t feel the need to comment.” ????????

 

That MUST be a first

 

Regards   Ian.

Why?

 

Jimb

Because Ian [Circlip] simply cannot resist trying to persecute me, and takes every opportunity  to make gratuitous insults.

I’m sure he is ‘mature’ in years … but in attitude it is lower-school playground taunting.

MichaelG.

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

I have an idea the old Fergie tractors had only two bolt sizes so you only needed two spanners. Might be rural myth. I do know it is useful on my MG that while a bolt and its nut might be expected to be the same size head the fan belt adjustment bolt uses different sizes so you don’t need two spanners of the same size.

On my own mill I do keep thinking I ought to make ‘nuts with lever’ for the two column locks but that wouldn’t work for the drawbar. And I  have 3 vices so maybe I first need to make an universal vice spanner. Now I come to think of it everything really needs to match the clamping bolts set.

[Michael Gilligan]

On Michael Gilligan Said:

On jimmy b Said:

On Circlip Said:

“No, I didn’t feel the need to comment.” ????????

 

That MUST be a first

 

Regards   Ian.

Why?

 

Jimb

Because Ian [Circlip] simply cannot resist trying to persecute me, and takes every opportunity  to make gratuitous insults.

I’m sure he is ‘mature’ in years … but in attitude it is lower-school playground taunting.

MichaelG.

On Michael Gilligan Said:

On jimmy b Said:

On Circlip Said:

“No, I didn’t feel the need to comment.” ????????

 

That MUST be a first

 

Regards   Ian.

Why?

 

Jimb

Because Ian [Circlip] simply cannot resist trying to persecute me, and takes every opportunity  to make gratuitous insults.

I’m sure he is ‘mature’ in years … but in attitude it is lower-school playground taunting.

MichaelG.

It’s sad to see Michael, Ian clearly starting eating mardy nuts when no one replied to the original post….

On Michael Gilligan Said:

On jimmy b Said:

On Circlip Said:

“No, I didn’t feel the need to comment.” ????????

 

That MUST be a first

 

Regards   Ian.

Why?

 

Jimb

Because Ian [Circlip] simply cannot resist trying to persecute me, and takes every opportunity  to make gratuitous insults.

I’m sure he is ‘mature’ in years … but in attitude it is lower-school playground taunting.

MichaelG.

Michael, I agree. Ian had clearly already started eating mardy nuts when he didn’t get any replies…. (on this forum)

 

Jimb

[CirclipParticipant @circlip]

You clearly need a reality check Jimb, Very confusing when there are TWO members named Ian on the forum. Mine doesn’t have a suffix, but I think, you think you’re replying to one that started this thread.

Not all Ians are created equal.

Regards  T’other Ian.

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