Useful MEW Table

[Michael BelferParticipant @michaelbelfer47979]

Well I took photo, copy/pasted it in, but the insert ended up looking like a miniature matchbox. Im not sure how to increase image size????

[Michael BelferParticipant @michaelbelfer47979]

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

How to post photos here

[Maurice TaylorParticipant @mauricetaylor82093]

Hi, Is this the chart you want ?

[Michael BelferParticipant @michaelbelfer47979]

Edited By JasonB on 09/12/2020 07:40:06

[Michael BelferParticipant @michaelbelfer47979]

Maurice, a bit difficult to answer "is it this?" when you have in fact posted two. But I succeeded in posting a picture of my dillapidated one, you can see that the one I am chasing is in the first of your two photos, (labelled, strangely, Photo 2)

I dont suppose a quality scan or photo of it, unpinned and flattened, is out of the question?

Michael

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[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi Michael Belfer, your chart was in issue No. 73 MEW May 2001.

The two charts that Maurice have were , top one issue 134 Jan 2008 and the bottom one issue 135 Feb 2008.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 09/12/2020 01:20:47

[JourneymanParticipant @journeyman]

I have scanned the 2008 chart to a PDF (40MB) It is downloadable from Journeyman's Workshop I assume that MTM have the copyright so I don't know how long it can stay there! I had to join four scans together and the fold lines are a bit visible but everything is readable despite it being printed in a strange faded blue colour.

I am sure one of the Mods will let me know if they want it taken down.

John

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

There are some old threads where DC1 says he has the original files, wonder if Neil could access them and reprint as it may be welcomed more than some of the archived content.

[Thor 🇳🇴Participant @thor]

Hi John,

Thanks for for the chart.

Thor

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Big thanks to Nick Farr for sending me PDFs of the two sides of the chart, plus the whole chart.

These are much smaller than Journeyman's scans but seem to be perfectly legible.

You can download them here, where there is some advice on printing:

http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/model-engineers'-workshop-drill-size-chart/

Neil

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Michael Belfer on 08/12/2020 22:22:39:

Edited By JasonB on 09/12/2020 07:40:06

It seems someone misunderstood and used that chart for tap dancing…

Neil

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by JasonB on 09/12/2020 11:44:45:

There are some old threads where DC1 says he has the original files, wonder if Neil could access them and reprint as it may be welcomed more than some of the archived content.

If I can find them or other data tables…

Neil

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Thanks Nick & Neil

Very nice scans … now accessible in GoodReader, on my trusty iPad

MichaelG.

[JourneymanParticipant @journeyman]

Managed to reduce the file size down to 10MB on my version. Both the huge and small available to download. I don't know if the charts are any different, I don't think so. Download @ Journeyman's Workshop

John

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 09/12/2020 17:42:25:

 

Very nice scans …

 

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Here’s a sample … Screen grab in png format, converted to jpg to enable upload to my Album

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MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 09/12/2020 19:00:17

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 09/12/2020 17:42:25:

Thanks Nick & Neil

Very nice scans … now accessible in GoodReader, on my trusty iPad

MichaelG.

Hi MichaelG, thanks for the appreciations of the scans that I did, I must admit that I'm a bit of a perfectionist with most of the scanning I do, these ones took three separate successful scans stitched together to get it to my satisfaction, but it was fortunate that the chart had never been removed from the magazine prior to me scanning it and so it was in almost mint condition and needed very little tidying up along the fold and the staple holes.

Regards Nick.

[Martin KyteParticipant @martinkyte99762]

Posted by JasonB on 08/12/2020 08:11:04:

Myford do the laminated ones

Edited By JasonB on 08/12/2020 08:11:21

I have one of those behind my lathe.

Laminated onto Melamine facesd MDF and then sliced up to fit.

regards Martin

[Richard JarvisParticipant @richardjarvis95040]

Being a newcomer to the model world, I have been looking on the net for drilling and tapping sizes, recently I found this among some lathe bits and pieces and I think it’s really good. It must be a few years old because I’ve had it about 30 years.

[Michael BelferParticipant @michaelbelfer47979]

So of course the original chart I searched 4 is somewhat useful, but basically a drill sizes in decimal, metric, fractional and letter sizes. Possible to get some tapping info from, but a real pain in the proverbial. Journeymans chart has EVERYTHING, but in a readable size would probably paper the outside wall of my garage

What I really wanted was something you vould easily read the tapping drill for any common thread from, with ease.

I think I have found it, and here is one of its two A3 pages…. hope I got the photo load correct!

Michael

Mod Edit: Photo Rotated

Edited By SillyOldDuffer on 16/03/2021 07:38:32

[Michael BelferParticipant @michaelbelfer47979]

Forgot to ask: does anyone know which issue it was in, and/or have a good scan file of it? The pic was of a not- fantastic quality photocopy.

Michael

[Howard LewisParticipant @howardlewis46836]

Look back at Nicholas Farr's post of 9th December 2020, timed at 00:51:50

This quotes the three Issues of MEW when the charts were issued.

Zeus Charts? Don't knock 'em.

They are handy pocket sized.

Still using mine (rather grubby ) from 1958!

Howard

[Michael BelferParticipant @michaelbelfer47979]

OK I see his two charts were in issues 134 and 135 – but why cant I see them, or at least photos of them?

Michael

[Nigel Graham 2Participant @nigelgraham2]

I have one of those Tracy Tool poster-size charts hanging up in my workshop, suspended by an old dress-hanger.

If it's really only tapping-drill sizes you need, you could create a table on an A4 sheet of the relatively few for 90% of your work, as that would be quick and easy to read, and leave the reference-books in the house for the odd time you need something else. Make a smart-looking printed form and laminate it, or just hand-write it and keep it a clear polythene bag.

When I made my workshop's travelling-hoist (all Metric screws), I wrote the 3 or 4 tapping-drill sizes needed, in big felt-tip pen characters, on a scrap of white building-fascia plastic and propped it up on a convenient ledge!

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And yes – I have a couple of Zeus books – one in the workshop, other the lives indoors along with my engineering library. The only thing is that over the years the numbers have shrunk… (Rather as big lathe chucks become heavier.)

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 09/12/2020 16:59:46:

Big thanks to Nick Farr for sending me PDFs of the two sides of the chart, plus the whole chart.

These are much smaller than Journeyman's scans but seem to be perfectly legible.

You can download them here, where there is some advice on printing:

http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/model-engineers'-workshop-drill-size-chart/

Neil

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@ Michael Belfer

For clarification … Have you followed the link in Neil’s post ?

MichaelG.

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