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

Fly by Wire - A Manual CNC controller • This project by Chris Gabel combined a lot of skills, although thework itself is quite simple, some of those being CNC control, a continuingvaluing ofmanual machine toolwork, 3Dprinting, and research into howto easily enable the programable keypad.

Artful Dodge #6 – Tool setting, and marking out with precision using a vertical mill • Essential reading for beginners and valuable to old hands, this series by the late John Smith shares some of his wealth of skill and experience from over half a century in hobby engineering.

Myford Spindle Bearing Replacement • Robert Trethewey changes the worn spindle bearings on his Myford 254V+ Series Lathe.

From the Model Engineer Archive • To celebrate 125 years of Model Engineer magazine and the Society of Model and Experimental Engineers, each issue in 2023 features fascinating historic content from Model Engineer relevant to workshops, tools or techniques. These pages from Model Engineer Volume 78, No. 1922 feature a 'lathe clutch’ from March 1938.

Scribe a line YOUR CHANCE TO TALK TO US! • Readers! We want to hear from you! Drop us a line sharing your advice, questions or opinions. Why not send us a picture of your latest workshop creation, or that strange tool you found in a boot sale? Email your contributions to meweditor@mortons.co.uk.

Workshop Photography Part 5 • The first four articles in this series have chiefly looked at the technical side of workshop photography. This final part looks at the more creative aspects, like lighting and colour, that can make the difference between a simple record of an object or process and a more engaging image.

A foray into casting • Laurie Leonard shares his experiences of casting in the home workshop.

Notes For Newbies - Part 2 • Howard Lewis is a long-standing model engineer, he shares more of the lessons he has learned the final part of this two part series.

On the Wire NEWS from the World of Engineering

Readers' Tips

Upgrading a Mill with a High Speed Spindle Part 1 • When his shop made spindle reached the limit of its capabilities, Simon Davies decided to replace it with an off the shelf design, but this still demanded some accurate mounting arrangements.

Beginner's Workshop TESTING and FACING VALVES

Sharpening Cutting Tools - Part 1 • Having used his attachment to sharpen taps and dies, Jacques Maurel makes some further accessories for sharpening other types of tools.