Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	173	Postbag		Crisis of Confidence? (State of model engineering clubs at the present time... more Crisis of Confidence? (State of model engineering clubs at the present time)	Richard Guthrie	NAME Treasurer
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	173	Postbag		Content of Model Engineer	Michael Willerton
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	173	Postbag		Gunge (Small Hole Gauges, Roger Castle-Smith)	Graham Astbury
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	174	Locomotive	4	City of Stoke on Trent in 2 1/2 Inch Gauge	Robert Hobbs	Creates a longed for Pacific from an historic set of castings.
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	177	Educational	31	Lathes and More for Beginners	Graham Sadler	Machines the main block for the boring tool kit. The main block, a short di... more Machines the main block for the boring tool kit. The main block, a short discussion about deep drilling, back to the project, graduations
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	180	Exhibition	2	Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition 2018 - Club Stands and Displays	John Arrowsmith	Offers a retrospective of the club and display stands. Anthony's Battings 4... more Offers a retrospective of the club and display stands. Anthony's Battings 4" scale Foster and Ransomes baler, James Hill's gas turbine engine, gas turbine locomotive 18100 by Jerry Burchell, Ken Wood's 4" scale Burrell, Wallis & Steevens road roller (MSRVS), tool and cutter grinder (Wolverhampton), 2 1/2"g. locomotives and rolling stock (Gauge 3 Society), Olde Clock Shop (Milton Keynes), tug Gondia (Blackheath MPBC), HMS Hotspur (Kingsbury Water Park MBC), poor boiler management (Hereford SME), instructional models (Steam Apprentice Club), Midlands Meccano Guild
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	184	Railway	2	The Great Orme Tramway	Graham Astbury	Takes a trip on a unique tramway in North Wales. The upper section, the hau... more Takes a trip on a unique tramway in North Wales. The upper section, the haulage cables, the cars, visiting, acknowledgements, references
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	188	Educational		British and American Terms for Model Engineering	Gregory P.Widin	Offers a useful lexicon for improving trans-atlantic communications between... more Offers a useful lexicon for improving trans-atlantic communications between model engineers and home machinists. Machinery, machining and workshop terms, materials, special railroad terms, relevant slang, abbreviations, trade names
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	190	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Magna in Rotherham, Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, aerial tuner, b... more Magna in Rotherham, Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, aerial tuner, barcode reader, Dent Electronics, John Billard
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	190	Club News		Pickering EEMS
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	190	Club News		Stamford MES
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	191	Club News		Leeds SMEE
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	191	Club News		Otago MES (NZ)		Ian Marsh's Gaff Schooner (Photo courtesy of Gary Douglas)
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	191	Club News		Ottawa Valley LSME (Can)
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	191	Club News		Tyneside SMEE		Swing bridge hydraulic machinery (Photo courtesy of Malcolm Phillips
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	191	Club News		Guildford MES		Peter Langridge
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	191	Club News		Old Locomotive Committee
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	192	Club News		Gauge 1 MRA North Yorkshire		Alan Bullock's J50 at Adlestrop (Photo courtesy of Peter Vincent)
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	192	Club News		Stamford MES
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	192	Club News		West Riding SLS
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	192	Club News		MEE Auckland		Hack Green electrojumble, Dentistry anyone?
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	192	Club News		Worthing DSME
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	192	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Loss of access to photos file
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	192	Club News		And finally		Engineering is like maths but LOUDER!
	2019	18-Jan	222	4,604	193	Diary		Diary
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	71	On the cover ...		David Haythornthwaite's 1 inch scale ME Beam Engine		(Photograph: David Haythornthwaite)
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	80	Smoke Rings		Mystery Turbine
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	80	Smoke Rings		What's in Store? (ME content)
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	80	Smoke Rings		Vertical Boiler (ME Vertical Boiler)
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	80	Smoke Rings		Club secretaries (Diary)
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	81	Stationary Engine	1	Building the Model Engineer Beam Engine	David Haythornthwaite	Describes how to build this engine in 1 inch scale from available castings.... more Describes how to build this engine in 1 inch scale from available castings. Making a start on the baseboard, engine bedplate, references
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	85	Exhibition	1	Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition 2018 - Club Stands and Displays	John Arrowsmith	Offers a retrospective of the club and display stands. Avro Lancaster Bombe... more Offers a retrospective of the club and display stands. Avro Lancaster Bomber (Large Scale Society), 10 1/4 "g. LB&SCR Mogul by Lawson Billinton, Bob Shepard's BR Class 9F, Derek Morris' 5"g. slate wagon, Steven Ball's Trevithick dredger engine, Richard Betts 4" scale Garrett, Geoff Ball's Matador I/C engine, John Moorhouse's singing bird automaton, Chris Meyer's 1/12 scale MK V Panther tank, Erewash Valley display, Polly Trolley by Roy Hollingworth (Nottingham SME, Steamboat Association of Great Britain, Gordon Smith's 5"g. saddle tank loco
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	88	Workshop	6	Sieg SX2 Plus Miller CNC Conversion	Graham Sadler	Explains how he converted his Sieg milling machine to CNC operation. New sp... more Explains how he converted his Sieg milling machine to CNC operation. New spindle motor mounting, Z axis components
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	91	Exhibition	2	Macclesfield's Paradise Mill and Silk Museum	Roger Backhouse	Looks at the silk industry in this Cheshire town. Flying shuttle, tape weav... more Looks at the silk industry in this Cheshire town. Flying shuttle, tape weaving, printing, dyeing and block engraving, silk maps and pictures, other processes, strength of materials, decline, about the museum, other places with engineering interest, references
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	94	Locomotive	4	L&NWR 0-8-2T Heavy Shunting Tank Locomotive	Chris Rayward	Describes the construction of his 'D' tank locomotive. Fitting the centre c... more Describes the construction of his 'D' tank locomotive. Fitting the centre crank and yoke shaft bearings
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	97	Locomotive	23	Technologie sans Frontieres	Ron Fitzgerald	Looks at English and French locomotive design in the second half of the nin... more Looks at English and French locomotive design in the second half of the nineteenth century. Nord Baltic 3.1101, cylinder arrangement, nord Atlantic 2741 with du Temple boiler, Nord Baltic with du Temple boiler 3.1102, references
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	99	Aeronautical	8	Quarter Scale Bentley BR2 Rotary Aero Engine	Mick Knights	Makes the thrust cover plate and then roughs out the crankshaft
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	102	Educational	30	Lathes and More for Beginners	Graham Sadler	Starts a new project - to make a boring tool kit. Matters arising, grinding... more Starts a new project - to make a boring tool kit. Matters arising, grinding photographs, tool post, spindle indexing arm, dimensions, boring tool holder
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	103	General		Next Issue		Garrett Tractor; City of Stoke; Midlands Show; GWR Pannier Tank
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	104	Automotive		A tipper Lorry	Lucas Hall	Of the Eastleigh young Engineers (EYEs), builds the tipper lorry seen at th... more Of the Eastleigh young Engineers (EYEs), builds the tipper lorry seen at the recent Midlands exhibition. Scaling, chassis, front axle and wheels, rear axle and transmission, cab, tipper
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	106	Rally	2	Out and About 2018	Martin Wallis	Takes his annual look at the summer season of road steam on the rally field... more Takes his annual look at the summer season of road steam on the rally field. Stroud Vintage Transport and Engine Club, steam roller by Arthur Trotter, the 'Runscombe Gentleman's Steam Bicycle' by Mark Drake, Richard Harvey's 4" scale Waltzer, steam driven pile driver/hammer owned by Daniel Smith, traction engine by Marshalls of Gainsborough, Aveling and Ported (Porter?) light shunting engine No. 9449 owned by Mick smith, Wallis and Steevens Advance roller owned by J.Homersham, 4" scale Foster owned by N.Read at Old Warden
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	109	Workshop	1	A Large Capacity Coventry Diehead	David Earnshaw	Revisits his Coventry diehead attachment and reworks the design for a large... more Revisits his Coventry diehead attachment and reworks the design for a larger lathe. CHS and CH dieheads, Mark 2 attachment, body, shell reamers and arbors
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	112	Track	3	Renewing the Raised Track at Bradford MES	Graham Astbury	Reports on the trials and tribulations of rebuilding their ageing raised tr... more Reports on the trials and tribulations of rebuilding their ageing raised track. Fitting the sleepers, laying the rails, the anti-tip rails, earthworks, testing, summary, acknowledgements
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	115	Railway	4	A 1/3 Scale GWR Swindon 8 inch Water Crane	Canon Roger Davis	Better ways of watering a locomotive. Plumbing, safety arm lock
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	118	Boiler	21	ME Vertical Boiler - Fittings	Martin Gearing	Adds to the pile of parts for boiler fittings. Mounting stub, spindle gland... more Adds to the pile of parts for boiler fittings. Mounting stub, spindle gland nut, gauge glass gland nut, clack valve body, stop valve body
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	122	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Martin Gearing, moving atoms around, energy monitor, downloaded caliper dia... more Martin Gearing, moving atoms around, energy monitor, downloaded caliper dial
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	122	Club News		MES Northern Ireland
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	122	Club News		Norwich DSME		Robert Webber's NER Atlantic (photo courtesy of Pete Ottley)
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	122	Club News		British Columbia SME (Can)
	2019	04-Jan	222	4,603	122	Club News		Northern Districts MES (Perth, Aus)
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