Clif I keep meaning to go to Bristol with distaff side for a long week-end a,nod visit the ME .show. So far, never made it, so couldn't include as no first-hand experience. Perhaps this year ! Andy There is no limit to the good you can do in the World - - - so long as you don't mind who gets the credit. On 19 Jan 2014, at 15:53, "Clifton" <clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi All, Andy , you have forgotten to include the Bristol ME Show. For a Model Engineering club show which takes up three halls in the Sports Centre it is a pretty good day out . As I live in deepest Cornwall, I stopped going to the London show and the East Midlands show some years ago but still make the trek to Harrogate which I rate as the best. Regards Clif ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Houston" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2014 3:00 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: Ally Pally > Hi all > > I went on Friday with the "Zimmer-frame brigade" from Welling MES. We > treat > it as a fun day out with the lads and an opportunity to buy a few goodies > and save some postage cost. > > I agree that many of the models on club stands were the same as last year > and it was a bit crowded early on. We got there - most of us using our > Freedom Passes - at 11am and left at 2pm, to miss the "schools rush". > > Yes. A lot of Traders weren't there like Reeves, Maidstone > Engineering/Maxtrak & Chronos for the first time, but EKP and Arc-Euro > Trading haven't exhibited for a number of years. Arc Euro, as far as I > can > tell, don't now attend any ME shows. > > What is worrying is that Axminster and Chester - who usually have large > stands selling a good selection of their products - only had small areas > showing their machine tools. Looks like the cost may have risen to > warrant > the reduction in area and, maybe they will drop-out next year. > > I think that in order of "value" and models, it's looking like 1. > Harrogate. 2. Midlands. 3. London. 4. ME at Sandown. Unfortunately, for > us "Southerners" Harrogate is "a once every few years" trip. W&DMES run a > coach to the Midlands each year. London is easy to get to and only cost > most of us the advance entry fee of £8.00 less 10% for bulk order - ie > £7.20. Sandown is a "dead loss" for traders and the Competition Models > don't compensate for the travel costs and higher entry fee. > > I did buy two QC tool-holders on Friday (Chinese ?) from RDG for my > genuine > Dixon, S1 size, QC tool posts (said to be "Boxford size"). Unfortunately > they need a little modification to fit on to either of the two Dixon posts > I > own. I bought two similar holders from Chronos, last year, with the same > result. The results of Optimism vs Experience - I should know better. > Anyone else had problems with these ? > > Keep Modelling ! > Andy > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.