Model Engineer & 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

Tap Guidance – a tip from the past.

Fitting a Rubber Membrane Roof • R Finch describes how he re-roofed his ‘engineering stores’ with a rubber membrane.

Scribe a line • YOUR CHANCE TO TALK TO US!

A File Organiser • Martin Berry brings order to his file collection.

Scrapers and how to use them • In this article GEOMETER describes the operations involving scrapers

Changing a Shell Mill Arbor • David Everett adapts a cutter to a different machine and reduces its overhang at the same time.

A Chain Alteration Tool • Will Doggett makes some savings with a home made rotary riveting tool

Readers’ Tips

Rewinding a Single Phase Induction Motor

Vehicle Customisation and Restoration • A surprising number of MEW’s readers use their workshop to help with maintain, customising and restoring cars and motorbikes. Although the value of ‘classic’ vehicles is rising, it’s still possible to find a bargain, and workshop skills can help keep the cost of restoration down and the work can be its own reward.

Building a Free Pendulum Clock Part 4. • Tony Jeffree experiments with sensors and modules to make an efficient pendulum.

NEXT ISSUE

A Bandsaw Blade Tension Meter • Gary Wooding makes a useful gadget to take the guesswork out of blade tensioning.

Upcycling with HR Hobbies Airbrush-Ready Metallic Lacquers • A review of these specialist paints led to an insight into a movement that’s reducing waste and letting people unleash their creativity.

The Origins of Modern Engineering • Stub Mandrel visits one of the world’s greatest museums to see machinery from the days when some of our most fundamental workshop equipment was invented.

Bob’s Better Bevels Part 4 • Using a CNC machining to make bevels

In our Next Issue