Model Engineers' 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 Engineers' Workshop

On the Editor's Bench

Extending the rack on a lathe • Brian Wood had an unexpected surprise when he made this useful modification to his Churchill Cub III lathe.

From the Archives

Micro-Milling • Mike Tilby describes the construction of a scratch-built machine tool for use with very small milling cutters.

Medway Queen Centenary 2024

New Clarke MIG103NG No Gas MIG Welder

Arrival of 'Fire Queen' at Vale of Rheidol Railway

Addendum modification for involute gears. Part 2 • Jacques Maurel explores the theory behind the gear modifications used in his earlier articles about the Filengrene gear design software.

Scribe a line • YOUR CHANCE TO TALK TO US!

EazyCNC on Raspberry Pi with TOAD5 • Following on from the last issue’s description of TOAD5, Kusti Nyholm explains how his hardware can work with a Raspberry Pi for an inexpensive solution to CNC control.

An A to Z of Metals - A to G. • This short series by Neil Wyatt aims to clarify some of the technical terms you are likely to come across in Model Engineers Workshop and elsewhere, with the focus on terms relating to metals and their properties. It uses material from his Model Engineers Workshop Dictionary.

Readers' Tips

Upgrades to an Optimum tu2004V Lathe. Part 2 • Ron Sharp in Australia downsized after a house move. He recounts his experiences with his Optimum lathe.

Tales from the Workshop - Fred Umpelby and The Umpleby engine. • Geoff Theasby tells the story of the little-known pioneer of the revolving rotor internal combustion engine.

Different types of BELT DRIVES

A Visit to the SMEE at Marshall House. • The editor paid a visit to the home of the Society of Model and Experimental Engineers.

A New Boring and Facing Head. Part 2 • Graham Meek presents his latest design for an advanced boring and facing head. There are six sheets of figures accompanying the series, and two will appear in each instalment.

Fifty Years of George H Thomas' Universal Pillar Tool Part IV • Warren Williams describes an integral variable speed drive for the sensitive drilling attachment.

Workshop Lighting • If you want to get the best out of your workshop, it’s essential to have good lighting.

A Basic Leadscrew Clutch for Mini Lathes • Howard Lewis finds a way round the limitations of an earlier design.