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

Milling Machine Modifications • Geoff Andrews made a number of improvements to his Amadeal model type XJ12B bench top mill.

Third Dimension: Replacing the Film on a 3D Resin Printer • Neil Wyatt undertakes some routine maintenance for resin printers.

Getting the most out of your Brushless Mill. Part 3 • Jason Ballamy looks in more detail at using different types of cutting insert ony our mill.

Readers' Tips

From the Archives

Micro-Milling With A Home-Made Contraption Part 5 • Mike Tilby describes the control of automatic movement for his scratch built machine tool.

Wide Vice Jaws • Marcos Diniz increases the capacity and flexibility of a bench vice.

NEWS from the World of Engineering

Clamping and holding

The Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition • Thursday 17th to Sunday 20th October 2024 at Warwickshire Event Centre

How to Build a Seismometer… • Mark Noel will be giving a talk on this topic during the Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition in October. Here is a taster of what he plans to present.

A Myford/Drummond Lathe Spindle • David George makes as Morse Taper No2 spindle for his M Type Myford/ Drummond Lathe. Originally designed in 1902, in 1924 after a design update it was named the M-Type. In 1940 Myford took over manufacturing, introducing a number of improvements and the lathe continued to be produced until 1950.

Scribe a line • YOUR CHANCE TO TALK TO US!

Some Useful Gadgets for Model Making • Silver steel and gauge plate are hardenable steels that can have a multitude of uses for making jigs and custom tools, they are used to make several of the useful gadgets featured below.

The John Stevenson Trophy 2024 • Readers are invited to enter the workshop competition that puts practicality and function ahead of appearance.

Getting to love my Denford Novaturn, part 1 • Mick Knights describes his adventures in CNC control.

The PottyEngineering Cutter Grinder Part 2 • Stewart Hart continues his 'quick and easy' grinder build, featuring two more full pages of plans.