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

A Retracting Topslide for the Emco Compact 5 • Graham Meek describes a device to make screwcutting a much easier task.

First Steps in CNC • After a long time dithering, at last Mark Noel decided to dive into CNC machining.

Scribe a line • YOUR CHANCE TO TALK TO US!

Cleaning A Surface Plate • Roger Backhouse rescues a fifty year old surface plate.

Sharpening a Boring Tool • Howard Lewis explains how he sharpened his boring tools using a Worden grinder.

NEWS from the World of Engineering

Readers' Tips

The Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition 2024 • Neil Wyatt, MEW Editor, concludes his report with a closer look at tooling at the Show.

A Guide Block Challenge • Asked to produce some special parts with an awkward shape, Marcus Bowman made use of new technology to make a series of jigs for the task.

DENT and BULGE removal

Combination Door Bolt • Stewart Hart finishes off this a security bolt for your workshop.

From the Archives

Reversing Time • This Christmas, Humphrey Park has drunk too much sweet sherry to go into the workshop to escape all the re-runs of old movies, so he shares his thoughts on the march of time instead.

An Eccentric Turning Chuck • It’s no surprise that several readers have asked for more details of Bernard Towers’ nicely made eccentric chuck, with which he won the 2024 Stevenson Trophy. Here he describes how he made the tool.

Funding Model Engineering Part 2 • Martin Berry concludes his thoughts on how to make our hobby more affordable, he starts by looking at supermarket tools and bargain buys.

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