Model Engineer - 4.01.2019

The Model Engineer magazine is an almost limitless source of construction articles and techniques in building railway models, clocks, jigs, gear cutting, workshop projects, cnc machining, metalworking, lathe and milling techniques and the making of tools.

***David Haythornthwaite begins his description of how he built the Model Engineer Beam Engine to 1 inch scale. Canon Roger Davis looks at the plumbing of his one third scale GWR water crane and discusses the workings of the safety arm lock. Lucas Hall (aged 11) of the Eastleigh Young Engineers builds a radio controlled tipper lorry to one eighth scale. David Earnshaw revisits his Coventry diehead attachment and reworks the design for the larger lathe. Martin Wallis concludes his retrospective of the year’s road steam rallies. Graham Astbury describes how the rebuilding of the Bradford track was brought to a successful conclusion. Martin Gearing adds to the growing pile of fittings for the Model Engineer Vertical Boiler. Mick Knights roughs out the crankshaft for his quarter scale Bentley BR2 rotary aero engine. Graham Sadler embarks on the manufacture of a boring tool holder for his lathe. Geoff Theasby, as always, provides his own view of the happenings in model engineering clubs up and down the country. Roger Backhouse concludes his account of his day out at Macclesfield’s Paradise Mill and silk museum. John Arrowsmith takes a look at the club and display stands at the Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition.***