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
Upgrading a vintage Drummond lathe • David George wondered for quite a while if he could get a MT2 taper into the quill on his Drummond M-Type Lathe, it turned out it was possible - with a fair amount of work.
Readers' Tips
Making an ER25 collet holder for a Worden Grinder • Laurie Leonard explains his approach to making Giles Parkes’ ER25 collet holder for drill sharpening the Worden, to complement last month’s article by Howard Lewis which focused on the sharpening process.
In our Next Issue
Modifying my Mini Lathe Part 3 • In this third instalment Geoff Andrews details another selection of excellent practical modifications for mini- lathes.
Overhauling a Vintage Churchill Lathe • In 2019 Brian Wood bought a dirty and neglected 1947 Churchill-Redman Cub lathe as a restoration and overhaul project to use as a 13-inch swing lathe in his workshop.
The Stevenson Trophy 2022
Artful Dodge #1– Always use at least two clamps to hold a workpiece when milling or drilling • Essential reading for beginners and valuable to old hands, this new series by the late John Smith shares some of his wealth of skill and experience from over half a century in hobby engineering.
Readers’ Photography Competition
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.
Replacing a Vintage Thumbscrew • Brett Meacle explains how to remove broken screws and an unusual way to ‘age’ replacement parts.
HAND FITTING METHODS • Reducing thicknesses and widths of distance washers and piston rings
On the Wire NEWS from the World of Hobby Engineering
A Mobile Workshop Crane
Making four-lobed knobs in the home workshop • Al Hanson, from Illinois, makes some four lobed control knobs from aluminium alloy.