A Visit to Chesterfield

摘要

As editor, it's one of my aims to visit various Model Engineering societies and see their facilities for myself. Having visited a few already, it's apparent that there is a great variation between them in facilities and the interests of members. What they do seem to have in common is a shared facility with good sized lathes and milling machines - and often other machines like shapers and surface grinders. This combination of heavy equipment and plenty of friendly advice should be borne in mind by any 'lone hand' hobby engineer. While many will join a club to use its track and perhaps take advantage of a boiler-testing service, the other benefits of membership should not be ignored.