I will keep this short as I have pretty much explained everything in the video. It is a great shame that during this lovely weather we cannot play trains at the club. However, I decided to give the largest steam engine in my collection a run. This is a “Doll” steam plant manufactured by ‘Doll Read more about Oh, You Beautiful Doll…..[…]
With the current heatwave, production has been ‘furloughed’ as the ambient temperature in the workshop exceeds regulations. Robert did manage to fire off a selection of photographs before he retired to the garden! Progress with ‘Maude’ has been steady, with a number of fiddly jobs interspersed with swarfe production! First on the fiddly list were Read more about Little Fingers Required……[…]
Ken Elliott has sent in a progress report on his work with Alec in producing a logo: ‘Following up on a request for help in the April ESME Newletter, I have been working with Alec to come up with a design for a suitable logo for his engine ‘Locomotor’. Version 1 started after a conversation Read more about What’s An Ambigram??[…]
Peter B. has been in touch with the latest on his small power hacksaw project: ‘The trial run being successful. The motor box and case for the control panel was then fabricated from a mixture of 8mm and 2.5mm plywood. Outline cut to clear the motor and the support frame, then the 2mm plywood was Read more about Power Hacksaw Project Update……[…]
From South Cheshire, member Peter R. has emailed with a description & photographs of an unusual, but fascinating model he has been working on: ‘Since completing my large two cylinder marine engine a few years ago, I decided to downsize my models since the size and weight of 7¼” locos was becoming too much to Read more about A Replica of the Orrery built by the Revd. William Pearson[…]
Daniel has been busy in the workshop, a mixture of ‘Round Tuit’ work, progressing his current projects & starting a new one! My ‘Round Tuit’ job was based on the decision that I had become tired of having to retrieve things from behind the lathe. As I didn’t want to pay the few hundred Read more about A ‘Riveting’ Update…..[…]
Cliff H. contacted the News Desk to say: ‘I’ve been enjoying the ‘what our members are making’ section on the website. Very nice work with Brewstina – I imagine your colleague’s daughter was delighted to receive her. Perhaps I can contribute with an update to the Nixie Tube Clock I first showed at the 2018 Read more about Nixie – A Quick Project…..[…]
An interesting aspect of this lockdown has been to see the diversity of interests & talent amongst our membership. We seem to have used the time productively and have shared these results via t’internet. A case in point being the email from Ken describing his most recent work: ‘I too have been busy in my Read more about Wave Sculpture…..[…]
Well, if that hasn’t grabbed your attention…..! When Dave S’s email dropped into the News Desk inbox with the same title, I was intrigued. I knew that the bell was being refurbished, I know that Dave has capacity in his workshop for large engineering, but this? Surely not…. ‘The dome for ‘Dholphur’ which I had Read more about Machining ‘Big Ben’…..[…]
Alec W. has been in touch about a project he has been working on. It is slightly unusual, but shows the ingenuity model engineers have when faced with challenges in the construction of our models: ‘A few years ago whilst making small valves for the 9F I needed to create 1/8” square holes in some Read more about Broaching The Subject….[…]
