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.

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Model Engineer & Workshop

An LB&SCR Terrier in 5” Gauge PART 1 • Bruce Boldner describes some of his approaches to the construction of a London, Brighton and South Coast Railway A1 Class Locomotive in a brief series.

POSTBAG • The Editor welcomes letters for these columns, but they must be brief. Photographs are invited which illustrate points of interest raised by the writer

Batteries and Cells for Workshop Projects PART 1 • The first instalment of a brief introduction to different battery chemistries and their applications.

A Christmas Story – Old Friends • Mike Joseph continues a long standing Model Engineer tradition to tell a workshop tale during the long, dark winter evenings.

The Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition 2025 • John Arrowsmith reports on the Display Classes and Club stands.

SIMPLE MACHINE ADJUSTMENTS • These articles by Geometer (Ian Bradley) were written seventy years ago. While they contain much good advice; they also contain references to things that may be out of date or describe practices or materials that we would not use today either because much better ways are available of for safety reasons. These articles are offered for their historic interest and because they may inspire more modern approaches as well as reminding us how our hobby was practised in the past.

Readers’ Tips • We have £30 in gift vouchers courtesy of engineering suppliers Chester Machine Tools for each month's ‘Top Tip’. Email your workshop tips to neil.wyatt@kelsey.com marking them ‘Readers Tips’, and you could be a winner. Try to keep your tip to no more than 400 words and a picture or drawing. Don't forget to include your address! Every month we'll choose a winner for the Tip of the Month and they will win £30 in gift vouchers from Chester Machine Tools. Visit www.chesterhobbystore.com to plan how to spend yours!

PART 2 Re-imagining the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Microscope • Inspired by memories of a toy from his childhood, Mark Noel set about recreating a primitive microscope given for his 8th birthday.

On the Wire • News from the world of engineering

PART 23 A Tandem Compound Mill Engine

PART 2 Embracing New Technologies - From Concept to Completion • Jason Ballamy uses a range of new approaches in the workshop.

A GWR Pannier Tank in 3 ½ Inch Gauge PART 20 • Gerald Martyn makes an improved oil pump based on the Rob Roy design and suitable for many 3 ½” gauge locomotives.

Club Diary • Please send your events for Club Diary to meweditor@mortons.co.uk

The BR Standard 2-6-0 Class 4 Tender Engine PART 23 • Doug Hewson tackles the smokebox.

A Drill Stand • Laurie Leonard took half a century to make this handy storage device.

Using Threaded Bore End Mills • Jacques Maurel offers some advice on using internally threaded milling cutters with an adaptor.

A 3D Printed Tool to Achieve Precision Cylindrical Surfaces • Alan Bryan demonstrates that 3d printed tools can be used for precision finishing.

2025 Cardiff Rally • Ross Hopkins reports from South Wales.

Gearing Around PART 2 • Brett Meacle made some advanced modifications to his lathes to increase the range of...