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2023 02-Jun 230 4,718 723 On the cover ? An engine gearbox pattern 3D printed to check for clearance and fit (photo: John Arrowsmith)
2023 02-Jun 230 4,718 728 Smoke Rings Fire Queen Copper Boiler
2023 02-Jun 230 4,718 728 Smoke Rings Summer Events LittleLEC, IMLEC, Welsh Rally, Weeting Rally
2023 02-Jun 230 4,718 728 Smoke Rings Great Central Railway
2023 02-Jun 230 4,718 729 Club 1 We Visit the Pickering Experimental Engineering and Model Society John Arrowsmith Visits another club in North Yorkshire well-known for the quality of its wo... more
Visits another club in North Yorkshire well-known for the quality of its work, PEEMS, steam powered motor cycle engine block by Paul Windross, Gardner 0 hot Tube Gas engine, Atkinson Cycle engine & Atkinson Differential Engine by Mel Doran, 20 cc OHV V-Twin I/C engine by Brian Rees, Bentley turbocharged engine, components & tools and formers by Mike Sayers, 4 cylinder I/C engine by the late Tom Pascoe owned by Mike Sayers, Anzani 3 cylinder aero engine, 3D printed gearbox housing to check dimensions and fit, 1930 3 litre Bentley 2 seater, Riley Lynx sports car, 1928 Indian twin cylinder 1000cc motor cycle, 1935 Rudge motor cycle, new Grand Prix engine by Mike (Sayers?), Norton 650 SS bike, Velocette Valiant circa 1957
2023 02-Jun 230 4,718 734 Locomotive 15 The Eating of Elephants Steve Goodbody A New Start. Finds some things are best tackled in small helpings. Summer h... more
A New Start. Finds some things are best tackled in small helpings. Summer holidays, introducing Elidir, A.J.Reeves Model Engineer advertisement June 1984, Alan Ruston, an ounce of planning, Elidir's basic chassis, Bluebell, Rob Roy & Elidir, slippery slopes, postscript to Part 15
2023 02-Jun 230 4,718 737 Locomotive 21 LNER B1 Locomotive Doug Hewson More on Cylinders. Presents an authentic 5 inch gauge version of Thompson's... more
More on Cylinders. Presents an authentic 5 inch gauge version of Thompson's B1 locomotive. Views for John Bruce's B1 tender (Photos John Bruce), LNER B1 at Elgin East shed (Photo by Rail Online)
2023 02-Jun 230 4,718 740 Steam 1 Radial Valve Gears Again Duncan Webster Sheds light on what is often seen as a complex subject. Introduction, termi... more
Sheds light on what is often seen as a complex subject. Introduction, terminology, outside admission slide valve, inside admission piston valve, valve movement, derivation of equations, crank geometry, port opening, lead and clearance volume, simple eccentric gear, the equivalent eccentrics
2023 02-Jun 230 4,718 745 Drawing 3 Basic Oscillator Steam Engine in CAD Luis Trincao Takes us through the CAD process step by step. Cylinder and cover
2023 02-Jun 230 4,718 748 Boiler 1 Fire Queen Copper Boiler Luker Goes old-school and designs a copper boiler. Introduction, some fundamental... more
Goes old-school and designs a copper boiler. Introduction, some fundamentals (from the codes) that are often misunderstood
2023 02-Jun 230 4,718 753 Book Review Making Model Victorian Stationary Engines Stewart Hart Review by Roger Backhouse
2023 02-Jun 230 4,718 754 Workshop A Nameplate Stamping Jig Graham Astbury Builds a simple jig for stamping a motor nameplate. Introduction, the namep... more
Builds a simple jig for stamping a motor nameplate. Introduction, the nameplate design, a shaky start, the jig, spacing, references, summary
2023 02-Jun 230 4,718 759 Diary Club Diary
2023 02-Jun 230 4,718 760 Railway 3 KMYCA - A new raised miniature railway with two elevated switches Luc Hoorelbeke Describes the construction of a new raised track in Antwerp. Materials, pro... more
Describes the construction of a new raised track in Antwerp. Materials, progress of works, precautions
2023 02-Jun 230 4,718 764 Railway 3 Beer Heights Light Railway Signalling Mike Hanscomb Signals. Hon. Signal Engineer, BHLR, explains the workings of the signallin... more
Signals. Hon. Signal Engineer, BHLR, explains the workings of the signalling system at Pecorama. Semaphores and shunt discs, arm 'on' proving, colour-light signals, main signals, shunt signals, signal feeds and returns, unexpected drop-shunt values, notes, volt drop calculations
2023 02-Jun 230 4,718 766 General Next Issue LNER B1: Oscillator: Steam Engine: Slotting: Signals
2023 02-Jun 230 4,718 767 Railway 2 Railway Braking for Model Engineers Bob Bramson Explains the important business of bringing trains to a halt in a controlle... more
Explains the important business of bringing trains to a halt in a controlled manner. Creating vacuum, air compressors, reservoirs, driver's brake valves, brake cylinders, brake linkages
2023 02-Jun 230 4,718 772 Club News Leeds SMEE
2023 02-Jun 230 4,718 772 Club News Geoff Theasby's comments Lost chord, East, Horncastle, spracht Zarathustra, Meccano correspondent He... more
Lost chord, East, Horncastle, spracht Zarathustra, Meccano correspondent Henk Jan de Ruiter, STEM subjects for girls, pink Meccano, IoM Motor Museum, Dodge La Femme
2023 02-Jun 230 4,718 772 Club News UK Men's Sheds Association