MEW Articles written by Barry Gordon (micro-model maker)

[Steve WanParticipant @stevewan33894]

Hi guys!

 

Does anyone out there ever read about Barry Gordon’s work? His articles appeared in MEW some years back. He was well known for his reproduction of a scale down working Bridgeport miller which was made mainly from cast iron billets. I hope to get a scan copy as I’m now building a scale down working Deckel type miller…just wanted to know his workstages and methods as a guide to follow.

 

Possible to PM (stewan@gmail.com)

 

Appreciate inadvance, once my miller is done and tested…you guys will catch a glimpse of my home made tabletop -knee mill which is rare. Most tabletop millers in the market are bed mill type.

 

Steve Wan

ps. so much talk about this decline interest in model-making, I support you guys whether young or old to carry on. I’m 46yrs old, had a fair share, once a toolroom machinist in the 80s. Let’s march on guys!

[Steve WanParticipant @stevewan33894]

Seek articles written by Barry Gordon (A Master Craftsman of his trade)

[TomkParticipant @tomk39956]

Steve

            Do you mean Barry Jordon he built the model od the Bridgeport mill

This is a web page about him
http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/Jordan.htm

[adyParticipant @ady]

Ex-Rolls Royce engineer…

 

Lathes.co.uk has a nice story.

http://www.lathes.co.uk/rolls-royce/

 

And the result

http://www.lathes.co.uk/rolls-royce/page2.html

 

And guys…this was in the 1940s.

 

Like the SR71 and Concorde and the Moon landings were in the 1960s.

 

so…

How are we doing in 2010?

 

Edited By ady on 25/11/2010 00:01:11

[adyParticipant @ady]

oops. page 1

http://www.lathes.co.uk/rolls-royce/index.html

[Steve WanParticipant @stevewan33894]

Hi TomK and Ady,

 

Thanks for the info, never know Rolls-Royce made their very own precision machines!

Hope I could get Barry Gordon written articles from MEW publisher or any readers out there…

 

Steve Wan

[TrevorKParticipant @trevork]

Steve

 

I’ve PM’d you

 

Trev

[Steve WanParticipant @stevewan33894]

Hi Trevor

 

Thanks got your email look forward for any scan pages from Barry Jordon.

I did reply to your email plus attached some photos.

 

Steve Wan

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