One of my farther's cartoons B Terry Aspin "CHUCK"

**Aspins** · Aug 26, 2019, 09:38 AM

One of many cartoons my farther did for the Model Engineer.

This was from 1954 and it's just the same now.

**jimfols** · Aug 26, 2019, 07:17 PM

Thanks. First time I ever laughed at parting-off.

**neilbourjaily** · Aug 26, 2019, 08:14 PM

I have "The Backyard Foundry" and others!

**MeJasonT** · Aug 27, 2019, 04:09 AM

Originally Posted by neilbourjaily

I have "The Backyard Foundry" and others!

Same here.
your Dad is a genius

Over the years i have found/seen many work related cartoons - granted most had something to do with avionics or the navy.
if i manage to find them again i will post them on here.

**olderdan** · Aug 27, 2019, 06:16 AM

I always enjoyed Chucks articles in the Model Engineer and the way he used humer in his clever ideas. One I remember was his die casting of model pistons and a cartoon if him dancing around on a pile if hot pistons. A very clever chap indeed.

**Hans Pearson** · Dec 5, 2024, 09:11 AM

Love that cartoon, a back tool post is the only way to part off on a small lather, and I have managed =to acquire one for my Myford ML7. Otherwise, I have been there with all the other ones, but never managed to be the Hero. A quote from one of my books, "reverting to the undignified method of cutting in the lathe with a hacksaw".

**mklotz** · Dec 5, 2024, 10:24 AM

If you make miniatures the major parting-off problem is not so much how to do it but how to avoid losing the tiny part you're parting-off. Some time ago (almost a decade) I built a device to address this problem. If you're interested, you can read about it here...

Catcher for small part-offs