[SEL] Please critique

[Jeff Allen]

Well said Arnie,

With my limited space and budget, I am looking at a small lathe/mill 
combo. Still can't get a bit of feedback on them on the list BTW.

The thread on shop equipment a while back shows that some on the list 
have some great machine shops and I for one envy them. It is not in my 
future though. For the hacks like me the stuff you show is great. It 
does belong in GEM. One more vote to contact them. Great stuff Curt.

Jeff Allen

Arnie Fero wrote:

>Hi Curt,
>
>I agree with Steve on this one.  I look at the range of machining skills
>that exist in the hobby in the same way that I look at the range of
>engines.  We all love to read about and drool over the rare and exotic
>sideshafts and camstoppers.  They're really cool.  But we also like to
>read about the Hercs and Economys and Associateds too because we have a
>chance to own those engines.  Likewise with the machining.  It's really
>fun to see the work that Craig does, because of the variety, the clever
>setups, and the cool old machines being put to work.  But for most of us,
>we may own a lathe and drill press.  Maybe a milling adapter for the
>lathe.  So its also good to read articles that are describing projects
>that are in the range of something we could do in our home shops.
>
>I keep telling Jim French that he should send in an article to SEM on how
>he built the Fairbanks Eclipse model.  They did a really fancy six-part
>article with one of the top flight English model builders doing it.  That
>bloke had the full machine shop, did all the fancy setups, etc.  Very
>nice article and very nice piece of work.  Jim had his little lathe.
>I think it would definitely be a piece that more readers could relate to.
>It would make an excellent counterpoint to the six-part article.
>
>So I say go for it!!
>
>See ya,  Arnie
>
>Arnie Fero
>Pittsburgh, PA
>fero_ah at city-net.com
>
>On Fri, 15 Apr 2005, Steve Royster wrote:
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>>Now Curt, Please reconsider . Most of us GEM readers are just back yard
>>tinkerers and never will be as  good as Tommy or Craig, but we all can learn
>>a lot by articles like yours. I've never had any machine shop lessons at
>>all, I just blunder my way along and somehow get by. So send that in to
>>Richard  right now.  Steve
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>>>From: Curt <curt at imc-group.com>
>>>I'd rather you not send it as I don't think it has much merit for a high
>>>quality publication like GEM. My piddly contributions to the hobby pale in
>>>comparison to the greats of the hobby like Craig Prucha or a couple of my
>>>local buddies Tommy Berry and Doug Kelley. These are the guys we need to be
>>>encouraging to write articles for GEM about engine restoration and model
>>>building.
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