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

Making Your Own Resettable Lathe Dials • Pete Barker uses some innovativemethods to solve a vexing shortcoming on manyhobby lathes, including his Myford ML7

A Chamfer Tool for Small Bores • Chamfer tools are used to ‘break’ sharp edges using an angled cutting face. John Scott modified his standard chamfer too to make it double ended and suitable for smaller work.

An Eagle Surface Grinder • Bob Trethewey stripped down a Dronfield Eagle Surface Grinder in preparation for a full restoration.

The Dandelion Salvager Salvagers and Salvaging • We've been reading this book by Alan McEwen, Hardcover, 176 pages published by Sledgehammer Engineering Press Ltd.

Workshop Tales • In 1912, Welsh radio pioneer Arthur Moore picked up the wireless distress signal from the Titanic in his garden shed workshop, and it all started with Model Engineer magazine.

A Retracting Toolholder For Screwcutting With A Twist • David George modifies a classic design by George H. Thomas for automatic operation. Full drawings commence in this issue and the balance will appear next month.

Measuring internal diameters • 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.

Beginner's Workshop CASE-HARDENING

The Harrogate Model Engineering Exhibition and Model Rail 2023 • John Arrowsmith reports on the return of a much-missed model engineering exhibition.

The Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition is Coming!

On the Wire NEWS from the World of Engineering

A Component Tester from a Kit • Stub Mandrel builds JYE Tech's M162 LCR Tester from a kit, with some valuable advice on approaching such projects.

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.

From the Model Engineer Archive

Making a Handrail For a Church • REMAP is a charity that uses volunteers’ engineering skills to help improve the lives of people with disabilities. Gary Wooding got an unusual REMAP request one day.

Readers' Tips