Model Engineer & Workshop

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.

Model Engineer & Workshop

SMOKE RINGS

Making the Stuart Models Planer PART 1 • Chris Gunn builds an unusual model from castings and this month he starts by introducing the Stuart Models machine tool range.

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

Readers' Tips

The BR Standard 2-6-0 Class 4 Tender Engine PART 18 • Doug Hewson makes a start on the cylinders of his BR Standard Class 4. 155 of these locomotives, known as Moguls, were built for British Railways.

Another collection of hints and tips for the workshop • In our last issue we shared the sad news that our regular contributor, Brian Wood had passed on. Brian was always ready to share his experiences to help other model engineers and, with the blessing of his family, we would like to share his final article with readers.

Headstock Modifications • Bret Meacle makes some changes to his 920-type lathe.

A Toolpost Drill • As the saying goes -‘waste not want not’, Jim Perry recycles an old battery drill as a lathe accessory.

A GWR Pannier Tank in 3 ½ Inch Gauge PART 15 • Gerald Martyn builds a locomotive he can lift. Continued from Model Engineer & Workshop issue 4766

A Response to the Yield Point Method • Mark de Barr offers a critique of the recent article on boiler shell design calculations.

Backyard Foundry Techniques Riser and Ingate Design (Methoding) • Methoding refers to the process of planning and optimising the steps involved in creating a cast metal part. Luker looks in detail at riser and ingate design to help those with home foundries increase their success rate.

Quick Notes from the Workshop

A Workshop Diary PART 4 • In his last article, Alex du Pre described using superglue to hold work on the lathe and since then, he has experimented with the same method on the milling machine.

An Introduction to IMLEC • The editor, Neil Wyatt, visited this year’s International Model Locomotive Efficiency Competition. As a prelude to the full event report, he explains the competition.

Building the Iron, by Geoff Lewis.

A Tandem Compound Mill Engine PART 18 • David Thomas builds Arnold Throp’s model of a Corliss mill engine. Continued from Model Engineer& Workshop issue 4766.

On the Wire • News from the world of engineering

SPARKING PLUG SPANNERS • GEOMETER suggests ways of avoiding damage to plugs during servicing

Cheap Nasty Plastics PART 2 • Patrick Hendra, Tutor for Eastleigh Young Engineers moves on to thermosetting plastics.

Club Diary • Please send your events for Club Diaryto meweditor@mortons.co.uk

Cutting A Circular Slot In an Unusual way • As part of a project involving the design of a small tilting table, Johannes Schiff stumbled across the need to mill a radiused slot into the bottom of a plate.

Club News • Geoff Theasby reports on the latest news from the clubs.