Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	842	Workshop		Measuring Dovetails and Slant Plane Surfaces	Jacques Maurel	Explains how to take accurate measurements of dovetails. Dovetail adjustmen... more Explains how to take accurate measurements of dovetails. Dovetail adjustment, measurement, making the 'with plate pin' or WP pin, adding a gib strip, working with slant plane surfaces
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	845	Boiler	7	ME Vertical Boiler - Hand Pump	Martin Gearing	Knocks out a handful of small parts for the hand pump. Valve plug, drilling... more Knocks out a handful of small parts for the hand pump. Valve plug, drilling plug, handle, handle links, links spacer, plunger pin, erratum
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	847	General		If you don't want to miss an issue just ask!
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	848	Workshop	1	Creating a Playpen for Life	Alan Pickering	Recalls what inspired him to be a model engineer and how his workshop - or ... more Recalls what inspired him to be a model engineer and how his workshop - or 'playpen' - came into being. Smart and Brown toolroom lathe, universal mill, Swiss co-ordinate drill ,Union grinder, Corona drill
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	851	Educational	15	Lathes and More for Beginners	Graham Sadler	Makes some clamping bars and a set of 'T' nuts.
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	854	An Engineer's Day Out		Maid of the Loch and Balloch steam slipway	Roger Backhouse	Dereliction, restoration, slipway restoration, other sailings, future, than... more Dereliction, restoration, slipway restoration, other sailings, future, thanks, contact and support, Bata Griene, Waverley, SS Sir Walter Scott, Loch Lomond Outlet Stores, Riverside Museum and the Tall Ship, Turbine Ship Queen Mary, Denny Experimental Tank
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	858	Road Locomotive	43	Garrett 4CD Tractor in 6 inch scale	Chris Gunn	Describes the Garrett tractor's drain cocks and water lifter
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	862	Locomotive	36	The Barclay Well Tanks of the Great War	Terence Holland	Describes and constructs two appealing, century old locomotives. Finishing ... more Describes and constructs two appealing, century old locomotives. Finishing the boiler/smokebox assembly Belpaire box, boiler barrel, steam dome cover, making the steam dome from sheet metal, reference
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	866	Postbag		French Locomotives (Technologie sans Frontieres)	J.Bailey
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	866	Postbag		Unseen S50	Rhys Owen
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	866	Postbag		Oil Pumps	James Wells	Nick Feast
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	866	Postbag		Falcor Sealant	Barrie Purslow	Red Hermetite, Hylotyte Red
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	866	Postbag		Balancing and Adhesion	Geoff Moore	Aluminium pistons
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	866	Postbag		Inquisitive Fiddler	Tony Clarke	Kirtley 0-6-0, editorial note
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	867	Postbag		Balancing and Adhesion	Robert Walker	Aluminium pistons
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	867	Postbag		Balancing and Adhesion	Jeremy Buck	Aluminium pistons
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	867	General		Next Issue		BR2 Aero Engine; Doncaster MEX; Wiring (electrical); Thames Industries
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	868	Historic		Cars and Men In Sheds	James Wells	Offers more memories of the activities of men in sheds after WW2. Big enoug... more Offers more memories of the activities of men in sheds after WW2. Big enough to sleep in (sidecar on Ariel Square Four), Indian mechanics
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	870	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Minsk Tractor Works, Alfred Waterhouse's Town Hall, Manchester Museum of Sc... more Minsk Tractor Works, Alfred Waterhouse's Town Hall, Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, Beetham Tower, Mies van der Roe, Dot motorcycles, hi-fi wire joints, John Bauer, ship recognition
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	870	Club News		Waushakum LS (USA)		Joe Ng on his 0-4-0 switcher (photo courtesy of J.B.Mentzer)
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	871	Club News		Model Steam Road Vehicle Society
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	871	Club News		Bournemouth DSME
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	871	Club News		Grimsby & Cleethorpes MES		Alex Loadman's tram (photos courtesy of Barry Green)
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	871	Club News		Halesworth DMES
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	871	Club News		Old Locomotive Committee		John Brandrick writes, Hereford SME
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	872	Club News		City of Oxford SME
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	872	Club News		MEE Auckland
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	872	Club News		North London SME		Putarora to Rotorua branch line, New Zealand (photos courtesy of Ian Johnst... more Putarora to Rotorua branch line, New Zealand (photos courtesy of Ian Johnston)
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	872	Club News		Hutt Valley and Maidstone MES (NZ)
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	872	Club News		British Columbia SME (Can)
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	872	Club News		Bradford MES
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	872	Club News		Norwich DSME
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	872	Club News		And finally		Antigravity book
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	872	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Eight newsletters to go
	2018	08-Jun	220	4,588	873	Diary		Diary
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	751	On the cover ...		The half-scale Zenith Carburettor from Stephen Wessel's ENV aero engine		With float chamber cover CNC milled by Roger Davis (photo: Stephen Wessel)
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	760	Smoke Rings		Are we Luddites?		Peter King, is CNC model engineering?
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	760	Smoke Rings		MSRVS rally
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	760	Smoke Rings		Welshpool festival
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	760	Smoke Rings		Rosie's Governess car
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	761	Locomotive	4	Falcor A Beginner's Locomotive in 32mm Gauge	Martin Ranson	Presents a design for a simple quick build gas-fired 32mm steam locomotive.... more Presents a design for a simple quick build gas-fired 32mm steam locomotive. Frames, cab floor, rear buffer, water filler and support
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	764	Educational	14	Lathes and More for Beginners	Graham Sadler	Discusses milling tools and explains why climb milling is a bad idea
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	767	Historic	1	More Shipbuilding in the Thames. Days of Iron Men and Iron Ships	James Wells	Looks back at the days when wrought iron was 'king'. Woolwich Arsenal great... more Looks back at the days when wrought iron was 'king'. Woolwich Arsenal great steam hammer, wrought iron and shipbuilding, steel moves in, wrought iron bows out, the triumph of steel, big guns, hard times
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	770	Boiler	2	Designing Model Boilers Or, The Truth About Model Boilers	Martin Johnson	Explains what really happens inside model boilers. Validating the computer ... more Explains what really happens inside model boilers. Validating the computer model, Busbridge's test on 3 1/2 inch gauge Brittania (Britannia?) boiler, Ewin's tests on 5 inch gauge Mona locomotive, full size tests, references
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	773	Aeronautical	8	The ENV Aero Engine	Stephen Wessel	Continues an occasional series on the construction of an elusive prototype.... more Continues an occasional series on the construction of an elusive prototype. The Zenith principle, calibrating the jets, the float chamber, construction
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	776	Locomotive	15	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. The Baden, Midi and Nord 4-6-0s, Midi 1424, 1301 class, Nord 3.152 by Schneider, the de Glehn 4-6-0s in Germany, the Est mixed traffic 4-6-0 3401 class, Elsass-Lothringen Eisenbahn 4-6-0 Ehn, Est 3401, the Ouest mixed traffic 4-6-0s, Ouest 2500 series, the Ouest 4-6-0 2702, references
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	780	Workshop	4	A Large Capacity Coventry Diehead Attachment	David Earnshaw	Describes an attachment for fitting a Coventry diehead to a larger lathe. T... more Describes an attachment for fitting a Coventry diehead to a larger lathe. The shank, machining the outside profile, finish machining of the shank, fixing holes, mark 2 emerges
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	784	General		Governess Car	Rosie Turner	Explains what a Governess car is and how she made one. Wheels, the body, de... more Explains what a Governess car is and how she made one. Wheels, the body, details, display
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	786	Workshop	18	A CNC Beginner's Experience	Peter King	Continuing narrative of a CNC learner driver; a few lesson learned during '... more Continuing narrative of a CNC learner driver; a few lesson learned during 'hands on' operation.
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	787	General		Next Issue		Playpen for Life: Riding Trolley: Wolverhampton Club: Barclay Well Tanks: T... more Playpen for Life: Riding Trolley: Wolverhampton Club: Barclay Well Tanks: Turbines
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