Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	788	Workshop	2	Warco WM18 CNC Mill	Canon Roger Davis	Describes how he converted his Warco mill to CNC operation. Optional extras... more Describes how he converted his Warco mill to CNC operation. Optional extras, electrics and electronics, final thoughts, examples
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	792	Automotive	3	Six Inch Oldsmobile	David Tompkins	Describes the construction of an electrically driven 1/2 size horseless car... more Describes the construction of an electrically driven 1/2 size horseless carriage based on the 1901 Oldsmobile Curved Dash car. Ancillary components, electrical components, after completion, project overview
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	795	General	2	The Inquisitive Fiddler: Learning the Trade!	Mitch Barnes	Tells how he used incomplete projects as his way into model engineering. St... more Tells how he used incomplete projects as his way into model engineering. Stage 2 the nervous beginner begins, stage 3 a solution: machined kits! John Dilly, Anthony Mount, 10H, E.S.Hindley & Sons, stage 4 Working on other people's discarded projects
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	798	Book Review		Joseph Locke: Civil Engineer and Railway Builder 1805-1860	Anthony Burton	Reviewed by Roger Backhouse
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	800	Steam		The Tea Coaster Steam Plant - The Wright Way	Tony Wright	Makes a tiny steam plant for your guests to admire at tea time. The boiler,... more Makes a tiny steam plant for your guests to admire at tea time. The boiler, let's solder on, testing à testing àone two three! The case and the base, the safety valve and the chim-chiminy, final assembly, ready to run?
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	802	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Defence Electronics History Society, all-band radio transceiver, chutney, T... more Defence Electronics History Society, all-band radio transceiver, chutney, Thin Lizzy, coaxial adapter cables, stereophonic sound, Alan Blumlein, Andre Rousseau, radial-engined motorcycles, Automobile Engineer, steam powered aircraft, Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, hypergolic
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	802	Club News		Hutt Valley and Maidstone MES (NZ)		Palmerston North Weekend, Graeme Hall's upside down I/C engine, David Turne... more Palmerston North Weekend, Graeme Hall's upside down I/C engine, David Turner's Brian Rupnow designed I/C engines (photos courtesy of Peter Anderson)
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	802	Club News		Welling DMES
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	803	Club News		Ottawa Valley LSME (Can)
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	803	Club News		Stockholes Farm MR
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	803	Club News		British Columbia SME (Can)
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	803	Club News		Bristol SMEE
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	803	Club News		Norwich DSME
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	803	Club News		MEE Auckland
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	803	Club News		Richmond Hill LS (Can)
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	803	Club News		SM&EE
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	803	Club News		Ryedale SME
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	803	Club News		Bromsgrove SME
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	803	Club News		Leeds SMEE
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	804	Club News		And finally		Wisdom highlights
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	804	Diary		Diary
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	804	Club News		Portarlington Bayside MR (Aus.)
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	804	Club News		City of Sunderland MES		Meyer & Burger convertible lathe (photos courtesy of Peter Russell)
	2018	25-May	220	4,587	804	Club News		Reading SME
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	683	On the cover ...		A wheel set from Tornado		On the balancing lathe at Sulzer's works in Middlesborough (Photo: A1 Steam... more On the balancing lathe at Sulzer's works in Middlesborough (Photo: A1 Steam Locomotive Trust)
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	692	Smoke Rings		Diane - welcome back!		As Assistant Editor
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	692	Smoke Rings		Dear Readers	Diane
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	692	Smoke Rings		Melton Mowbray		Open Weekend at Whissendine, Peter Butler's 1932 Morgan Super Sports, Doug ... more Open Weekend at Whissendine, Peter Butler's 1932 Morgan Super Sports, Doug Crampton's Foster traction engine
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	693	Internal Combustion	3	Two Pistons and Three Con Rods	Wolfgang Tepper	Describes a water-cooled four-stroke opposed-piston engine. Pistons and con... more Describes a water-cooled four-stroke opposed-piston engine. Pistons and connecting rods, crankshaft
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	698	Stationary Engine	14	Ferrabee Pillar Engine, 1862	Anthony Mount	Continues his construction series; an unusual stationary steam engine. Simu... more Continues his construction series; an unusual stationary steam engine. Simulated stone base, wooden base, painting, assembly
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	702	An Engineer's Day Out		Lion Salt Works, Northwich, Cheshire	Roger Backhouse	Trent & Mersey Canal, salt pan, workings, steam engine and nodding donkey p... more Trent & Mersey Canal, salt pan, workings, steam engine and nodding donkey pump, other works, transport, salt mining effects, facilities, Anderton Boat Lift, National Waterways Museum, The Daniel Adamson, Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	706	Railway		Balancing and Adhesion	Duncan Webster	Takes a look at the mathematics behind wheel balancing, Introduction, rotat... more Takes a look at the mathematics behind wheel balancing, Introduction, rotating mass, reciprocating mass, sums, balancing the reciprocating mass, cross balance, effects of scale, put some numbers in, suppose we had no balance weights at all, balancing my little locomotive, conclusion, references
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	708	General		Next Issue		ENV Aero Engine; Falcor; Warco CNC Conversion; Oldsmobile Car; Tea Coaster ... more ENV Aero Engine; Falcor; Warco CNC Conversion; Oldsmobile Car; Tea Coaster Steam Plant
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	709	Boiler	6	ME Vertical Boiler - Hand Pump	Martin Gearing	Completes the hand pump body and makes a plunger to fit. Main body, inlet s... more Completes the hand pump body and makes a plunger to fit. Main body, inlet stub, outlet stub, silver soldering - part two, plunger
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	712	Fire	2	The 1721 Newsham Fire Engine	John Clarke	Constructs a miniature replica of Richard Newsham's 'new' water engine. Mak... more Constructs a miniature replica of Richard Newsham's 'new' water engine. Making the sector, making the piston cups, making the gooseneck elbows and hose, cobbles, in conclusion
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	715	Educational	13	Lathes and More for Beginners	Graham Sadler	Discusses the projection of 3D shapes onto plane surfaces.
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	718	Workshop	2	Manual to CNC	Angus French	Completes the conversion of a Clarke mill to CNC by adding the electronics.... more Completes the conversion of a Clarke mill to CNC by adding the electronics. The Arduino processor, stepper motor control, software, proof of the pudding
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	723	Road Locomotive	42	Garrett 4CD Tractor in 6 inch scale	Chris Gunn	Describes the Garrett tractor's simpling valve. Pop valve, pressure gauge m... more Describes the Garrett tractor's simpling valve. Pop valve, pressure gauge modifications
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	727	Locomotive	35	The Barclay Well Tanks of the Great War	Terence Holland	Describes and constructs two appealing, century old locomotives. Inner stea... more Describes and constructs two appealing, century old locomotives. Inner steam dome, firebox end plates, firehole and safety valve plate, boiler bushes, foundation ring, stay ends, rivet stay detail and crown stays, sequence of assembly
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	731	General		If you don't want to miss an issue just ask!
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	732	Track	1	A 7 1/4 Inch Gauge Riding Trolley	Jon Edney	Makes a riding trolley for his garden railway. Getting started, getting it ... more Makes a riding trolley for his garden railway. Getting started, getting it right, design principles
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	734	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Caterpillar bulldozer Ripin kit, Parkinson's disease
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	734	Smoke Rings		Gauge 1 MRA		Mike Flemen's Rail Zeppelin (photo courtesy of David Halfpenny), LBSCR Atla... more Mike Flemen's Rail Zeppelin (photo courtesy of David Halfpenny), LBSCR Atlantic by Charles Simon at Toulon GTG (photo courtesy of Charles Simon)
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	734	Club News		Worthing DSME
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	734	Club News		North London SME
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	735	Club News		Brighton & Hove SMLE
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	735	Club News		Nottingham SMEE
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	735	Club News		Northern Districts MES (Perth, Aus)
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	735	Club News		Portarlington Bayside MR (Aus.)
	2018	11-May	220	4,586	735	Club News		North West Group Gauge 1 MRA
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