No. 4501 The MEX Judges Reports

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

So the judges decision is final is now deemed to be put on the list starting with

"The cheques in the post"

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[Alan JacksonParticipant @alanjackson47790]

I am in full agreement with Harold Hall. I also entered two items in the 2012 MEX. It was relatively easy for me because I attended the exhibition full time displaying my Stepperhead lathe. The MEW editor had mentioned many times before that entrants should be encouraged to enter exhibits. The two items I entered, a four jaw chuck and a lever locking topslide both items featured a novel ( to me so I applied for a patent) oval gib. I entered the items with detailed descriptions. At the show I found that due to lack of space for all the workshop items, all the workshop entries not just mine where crowded together so much so that the descriptions I had prepared where placed under the exhibits and where thus hardly visible. When I complained about this to one of the organisers, I was told that they had to do this because the photographers wanted more space to photo a series of award winning miniature horse and carts. Subsequent editions of the MEW and ME made very little mention of the workshop exhibits just listing eventually a list of names and awards. Surely a better effort should have been made for the time, trouble and expense an entrant makes.

Alan

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

I had hoped to have a special display of (loan) items made by MEW readers at the latest exhibition, and has reserved space for it.

Sadly only one reader responded with an offer of something include in the display.

Neil

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