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Posted by Ian Johnson 1 on 28/01/2021 17:28:03: Finally bit the bullet and bought a Creality ender 3 V2 and two reels of PLA, which all arrived today, a day early which is nice! Just got to assemble it, then think of something to make with it! No idea how to use the thing though, but Ill give it a go, after all its just another toy to play with. IanJ I got the same one a few weeks ago. The first things I made with it were a bearing holder for the top end of the Z ball screw, and an extension b...

Thought I’d put my head above the parapet and say Hi. I’m a semi retired Carpenter joiner from the New Forest. Embarrassed to say I bought my Myford ML7 R on a whim 12 years ago and apart from regularly cleaning it in my workshop and wiping off wood dust I never actually used it in anger. Finally have a lot more time on my hands and just treated myself to a Sealey mini mill and a Stuart S50....zero experience within the field although I do have two classic cars and restored a few over the y...

Im all for pictures of models in the narrow sense i.e. of miniature copies of real machines but my definition of model is much wider. Engineering models rather than model railways, toy soldiers, and baby traction engines, lovely though they all are. To me a model is anything that represents the structure and/or behaviour of the real world. Models can be diagrams, words, numbers, formulae, symbols, graphs, 2D plans, and computer programs just as effectively as a physical build. Modelling includ...

Hi Recently retired and ive always wanted to finish a project of making a working model steam engine that i started with our teacher at school in metalwork. Now seems the right time. I served my apprenticeship as a tuner, back in the late 70s at Crabtree Vickers, but its been many a moon since i used a lathe, so Ive a bought a little ZELUS 7 x 14Inch Mini Lathe to start off with. First though, i think i need to get my eye back in and make a few basic things. Looking through some threads has gi...

As you probably already know: What machines you buy will depend on a ) What you want to do. b) space available and c ) budget. When you have decided (a ) and (b ), (c ) will need to be drip fed over the years as the need / wish for extra equipment comes to light. So apart from letting yourself in for a lifetime of pleasure, frustration and learning, the almost endless road of decision making extends before you. Be proud to be an Engineer with practical skills, as well as knowledge. You will be...

Both my geology club and model-engineering society send out frequent e-post flyers. The former is mainly links to various published articles of geological matters. Wed arranged a small-group. local field-trip for November - then that had to be cancelled. The MES round-robins fall into two camps. One camp is admin notices from the Committee including the booking-system for access to the club site (very few allowed at a time, with their names published a day or so beforehand). The other is memb...