I have an elderly pal who has worked as a mechanical engineer all his life. He has bought a computer, and I thought it would be good for him to look the newsgroups. I've shown him this one, but are there any others he might like? He's into lathes and presses and welding and stuff like that. He still has his workshop (for the time being) and to me it is an amazing place full of big machines and cleverness.
Bill
Bill, He could try uk.rec.model.engineering. Lots of guys into machining on there. I post occasionally when there is a motor drive question.
Rob.
I daresay there are any number of relevant newsgroups, so why not show him how to use the search function and let him choose for himself.
Cliff Coggin.
Tell him tp try rec.crafts.metalworking. Though there is a lot of political stuff these days there is still metalworking going on there too. Eric
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Not much, and some of the most plonkable are metalworkers who occasionally contribute something of value.
jsw
sci.engr.joining.welding is a nice group...
That's true and it's too bad. Eric
Thanks guys. I've passed this on.
Bill
There`s these two forums.You need to register to post and they`re moderated but a lot of interesting stuff in them and they could do with more Brits.
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There are quite a lot of machine-specific Yahoo groups he could subscribe to. These can be a bit irritating in that they are "owned" by someone, but you can get the posts sent direct to your computer as e-mails, and reply likewise.
The ME forum is also worth looking at:
David
but a lot of interesting stuff in them and they could do with more Brits.
Thanks for that.
Bill
Your friend might find something of interest on these (web based & moderated) groups.
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