The Talk Exchange

The Talk Exchange

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Speaker

Title of Talk

Home Base

Range (Miles) ++ = more by arrangement

Tony Finn

A Potted History of the Lathe

Hedon, Hull

80++

Tony Finn

Some Thoughts on This & That (heat transfer & fluid flow)

ditto

ditto

Doug Hewson

Building a 5" gauge Ground Level Railway

Barnetby-le-Wold

North Lincolnshire

150++

Doug Hewson

Building 5" gauge Rolling Stock

ditto

ditto

Doug Hewson

Pattern Making for, and Production of Lost Wax Castings

ditto

ditto

Doug Hewson

Running to Time (timetable operation of a 5" gauge Ground Level Railway)

ditto

ditto

Doug Hewson

Building a 5" ga. BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4 Tank Engine

ditto

ditto

Doug Hewson

Building Track & Points in 5" gauge

ditto

ditto

George Howard

Historic Hand Tools

Southport

++

Barry J Jordan

Miniature Machine Tools

Derby

++

Derek A. G. Brown

Drill Sharpening

Rutland

100

Derek A. G. Brown

Injectors

ditto

ditto

Derek A. G. Brown

CAD for Model Engineers

ditto

ditto

Derek A. G. Brown

Designing a Locomotive using Modern Methods including CAD

ditto

ditto

David K. Hulse

Eighteenth Century Steam Engines

Stone (Staffs)

100++

Keith Wilson

Miniature Locomotive Construction

Wolverhampton

50++

Eric Basire

The Wuppertal Schwebebahn (German suspended monorail)

Ferndown (Dorset)

40

Eric Basire

The History of the Kenton Miniature Railway

Ferndown (Dorset)

40

Noel Shelley

The Small Scale Foundry

Ringstead (Norfolk)

100++

Brian Perkins

Design and Manufacture of a 1/4 scale Bristol Aquila 9-cylinder Sleeve Valve Aero Engine

Bristol

75++

Harry Barrow

Model Boat Building in Metal

Huddersfield

80++

John Elliott

Telescopes - An Amateur Approach

Barwell (Leics)

75++

John Elliott

Guglielmo Marconi and his Magic Boxes

Barwell (Leics)

75++

John Elliott

A Long Hot Day in May (running a car rally)

Barwell (Leics)

75++

Keith Catchpole

Steam Railways - Some Personal Experiences

Cockfosters (N. London)

45++

Bill Purvis

Rebuilding the "Baby" (world's first stored program computer)

Warrington

100++

Dr Michael R Bailey & John Glithero

The Engineering & History of Stephenson's 'Rocket'

Altrincham & Hyde

++

George Ray

The Bluebell Railway

Andover

50++

George Ray

"Strong Rubber Bands" (Royal Naval fixed wing flying - steam catapults, etc)

Andover

50++

Keith Hale

Silver Soldering - a Black Art?

Chesterfield

100++

Chris Macdonald

The Life & Times of LBSC

Tonbridge

50++

Keith McDonald

"Hot Lays and Cold Showers" (Fibreglass/resin technology)

Southport

++

George Ray

Stroudley and his Terriers

Andover

50++

Dr Murray Wilson

History & Construction of the Panama Canal

Sheffield

++

Dr Murray Wilson

"Is it Safe To Breathe In Now? (Provision of Aircraft Passenger Cabin Pressurised Atmospheres)

Sheffield

++

Rex Mounfield

Building a Railway in Your Garden – a Personal View

Bury St Edmunds

75++

Keith Ward

Renovating a Myford Super Seven Lathe

Hull

100++

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