Vince's version of the Monitor Steam Engine

[vcutajar]

Thanks Bill, Alan and Dave for the good wishes and yes I have a list of things I need to get here.

Vince

[vcutajar]

So, finally I have settled here in the UK close to Manchester airport and it is beautiful warm weather.  I thought I was going to spend the summer in cool weather!

So for those of you in the UK, what is there of interest to a model engineer in this area?

Still need to check if some of the well known model engineering shops are close by.

Vince

[sshire]

Excellent! Far-afield trip. Pictures!

[Bluechip]

So, finally I have settled here in the UK close to Manchester airport and it is beautiful warm weather.  I thought I was going to spend the summer in cool weather!

So for those of you in the UK, what is there of interest to a model engineer in this area?

Still need to check if some of the well known model engineering shops are close by.

Vince

A must IMO  : http://www.nmes.org/

Lots of others.

Like the Anson Engine Museum, Poynton. Probably about 1  hr away depends on traffic.

http://www.enginemuseum.org/

Maccmodels is a supplier in Macclesfield, not all that far.
( Who, incidentally, fulfilled an order for brass angle placed on Sunday evening rather smartly ... 
Came at 11:30 AM today ).

You need to define 'close by' .

Dave

[zeeprogrammer]

Enjoy the curry! It's a must have. 

[Bluechip]

Enjoy the curry! It's a must have. 

There is a thriving 'Chinatown' in Manchester with far, far better cuisine than curries!
Been there many times.
Unless, of course,  you're addicted to curry.
I got bored with the damn stuff years ago .. had one, had 'em all. Overrated junk.   

Dave

[vcutajar]

A must IMO  : http://www.nmes.org/

Lots of others.

Like the Anson Engine Museum, Poynton. Probably about 1  hr away depends on traffic.

http://www.enginemuseum.org/

Maccmodels is a supplier in Macclesfield, not all that far.
( Who, incidentally, fulfilled an order for brass angle placed on Sunday evening rather smartly ... 
Came at 11:30 AM today ).

You need to define 'close by' .

Dave

Thanks for the tips Dave.  I will try to visit those places.  In the meantime, today I visited the Museum of Science and Industry in the city.

Vince

[vcutajar]

After seeing Bruce's Monitor run I decided that I needed to do something to keep me occupied whilst away from home.  I had the crazy idea to try and build it virtually but to do this one needs CAD and a knowledge of using CAD, both of which I do not have.

So, undeterred by these limitations, I installed Fusion 360 and started climbing the cliff face of the learning curve.   Attached is the first part I did.  Took me three days to do with a lot of trial and error.  It's a jpg image because I could not find how to save to pdf.

Now I need to make another copy of the frame as two are required.  Hope I find an easy way of doing this.

Vince

[zeeprogrammer]

Nicely done! And for someone just starting out in CAD (and with Fusion360), that's extraordinary progress. 

[sshire]

Vince
File. Save as. (Some name like "Outer base frame 2")

[vcutajar]

Thanks Stan. Good tip.  With lots of trial and error (mostly errors) managed to shorten the legs of the inner frames.

Vince

[Alan Haisley]

Vince,
I tend to start a save by making a folder to hold all of a project. Then save CAD, pictures, docs, etc. all in that folder. Makes it easier to find a year later 
Alan

[pgp001]

So, finally I have settled here in the UK close to Manchester airport and it is beautiful warm weather.  I thought I was going to spend the summer in cool weather!

So for those of you in the UK, what is there of interest to a model engineer in this area?

Still need to check if some of the well known model engineering shops are close by.

Vince

Vince

You could visit the home of the full size "Agnes" near Doncaster, there are lots of other superb engines in that museum and its free entry which is a bonus.

If you go, ask them to show you their generating plant, they run the whole site including the nursery and museum from a steam plant burning waste wood chippings from kitchen furniture factories.

http://www.markhamgrangesteammuseum.co.uk/

Phil

[vcutajar]

Thanks for the tips Alan and Phil.

Vince

[vcutajar]

Managed to make a virtual assembly of the frames.

Vince