Model Engineers' Workshop is the ideal workshop companion for all hobby engineers. Model Engineers' Workshop shines a spotlight on the tools and techniques used by model makers, light engineers, restorers and customisers and those who like making and modding their own tools. You'll find readers' tips, reviews of workshop equipment as well as articles on restoring old tools and making your own as well as the latest new technologies, techniques and materials. Model Engineers' Workshop magazine publishes 12 great issues a year.
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A Tool and Cutter Grinder PART 1 • Paul Lousick has designed this tool and cutter grinder around a readily available cutter holder. It offers a great deal of flexibility while being relatively straight forward to construct. There are about a dozen groups of drawings which may appear slightly out of synchronisation with the text in order to keep each instalment a reasonable length.
Modelling Tray • Mike Joseph proposes a handy work tray to make working on small parts less frustrating.
POSTBAG • The Editor welcomes letters for these columns, but they must be brief. Photographs are invited which illustrate points of interest raised by the writer
The Silver Crest BR Class 1500 PART 1 • Mark Thatcher builds a 5” Gauge Live Steam BR Class 1500 loco kit from Silver Crest Models. He starts with a kit overview and constructing the frames.
On the Wire • News from the world of engineering
Vibration, Sound and Noise PART 2 • Rhys Owen continues his exploration of the phenomenon of ‘vibration’ and turns to the application of the mathematics to some practical issues
Easy 3D Printed Workshop Aids • Paul Zeusche shares some ‘quick and dirty’ jigs and fixtures.
Setting Up Walschaerts Valve Gear • Duncan Webster explains how to get the best performance from the Walschaerts valve gear fitted to many scale model locomotives.
A Gib Lock Screw Extension • Gary wooding has a handy tip for Centec Mill owners that can work for many other mills with limited access under the table.
A Clutch for the ML7 • The use of a clutch on a lathe is most desirable. In this article from Model Engineers’ Workshop issue 5, June/July 1991, Alan Buttolph described how to make a clutch which operates freely and positively. We have received reports of this design providing decades of trouble-free service. Although the measurements given apply to the Myford ML7 there is no reason why the idea cannot be adapted to any lathe fitted with a countershaft. A trial of the methods used produced a fully operational clutch in a weekend.
Club Diary • Please send your events for Club Diary to meweditor@mortons.co.uk
The Clarkson 24x38 Horizontal PART 2 • Jason Ballamy tackles the crankshaft and cylinder for this stationary steam engine with beginners in mind.
Beginner's Workshop CENTRES and TAPERS • GEOMETER tells how to achieve accuracy of work between centres
An Orenstein and Koppel Regulator • Edward Draper has been bringing a 1914 narrow gauge locomotive back into running condition.
Book Review • London and North Eastern Railway 4-4-0 tender locomotives: North Eastern, North British, Great North of Scotland, LNER. (Locomotive Portfolios Series), by David Maidment.
The BR Standard 2-6-0 Class 4 Tender Engine PART 25 • Doug Hewson describes the sanding gear for the Mogul.
Readers' Tips
Writing For The Model Engineering Press • Would you like to see more about your favourite topics in Model Engineer & Workshop? One answer is to contribute something yourself - Roger Backhouse shares his perspective.
A Sleeper Grooving Machine • The West Huntspill Model Engineering Society faced a...