Daniel continues to forge ahead with his models as you will see from his latest update. What intrigues me is how does he not get mixed up with having three models on the stocks simultaneously? Perhaps it’s the benefit of a youthful mind or of not having the distractions of a nameless party regularly walking Read more about Three At Once…….[…]
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……[…]
Updated 12th August 2023 Great news from Peter.R I am very pleased to let everyone know that my replica William Pearson orrery that I described some time ago on the ESME website (SEE BELOW) has been acquired by the Royal Astronomical Society for their important collection of astronomical objects. It takes its place amongst a 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’…..[…]
