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

An Auto-Oiler for a Myford Lathe • Julian Palmer struggled to set the drip oilers on his ML7 lathe, and was fed up of finding the machine standing in a puddle of lubricant. He decided to design an electronic auto oiler system and get rid of the problem once and for all. It’s potentially suitable for use with any drip-oiled lathe.

Sharpening Cutting Tools - Part 2 • Having used his attachment to sharpen taps and dies, Jacques Maurel finishes some further accessories (part numbers follow on from the previous articles) for sharpening other types of tools.

Artful Dodge #7Boring with precision using toolmakers’ buttons • 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.

The Morphing of a Tool • Matt Shaw made a lathe spindle stop for his Boxford lathe, but like Topsy it just kept growing!

Review: The Creality Halot One Plus • Neil Wyatt has been using fused filament deposition 3D printing for nearly a decade, at that time it was almost unknown to have a resin-based stereolithography printer in your workshop. The latest generation of SLA printers promise outstanding quality at a similar price to FFD machines. How does this machine from Creality measure up?

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.

The King Is Dead! Long Live The King! • Matt Shaw made a lathe spindle stop for his Boxford lathe, but like Topsy it just kept growing!

Laminate Your Wallcharts! • Michael Belfer in Australia offers a handy solution to making the most of reference charts.

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 189, No. 4177 feature a ‘Thread Striking Attachment’ and a short article on vintage Drummond lathe from September 2002. I remember reading these, was it really over two decades ago?

Readers’ Tips

Upgrading a Mill with a High Speed Spindle Part 2 • When his shop made spindle reached the limit of its capabilities, Simon Davies decided to replace it with an off the shelf design.

Beginner’s Workshop HARDENING and TEMPERING • GEOMETER discusses the merits of various metals and their uses

On the Wire NEWS from the World of Engineering

Newbies - Find Out More About Your Hobby • Have you only recently started to establish a workshop, or maybe you are only thinking of doing so. Where can you go for more information and advice? The good news is that hobby engineering is a popular, active and friendly hobby so there are a whole host of ways to find out more.