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1956 09-Feb 114 2,855 246 Postbag Paddle Steamers Ralph H.Dormer
1956 09-Feb 114 2,855 246 Postbag Facilities Wanted H.C.Embrey Gas turbine
1956 09-Feb 114 2,855 246 Postbag A Steam Car? Editor
1956 09-Feb 114 2,855 246 Postbag Paddle Steamers Editor
1956 09-Feb 114 2,855 247 Postbag Shutting The Eyes F.H.Brooks
1956 09-Feb 114 2,855 247 Postbag Cry From The Heart G.W.Cooper Electrical queries
1956 09-Feb 114 2,855 247 Postbag "Nab Tower" S.R.Bostel
1956 09-Feb 114 2,855 247 Postbag Iron Supplies D.W.L.Davies
1956 09-Feb 114 2,855 247 Postbag Steam and Diesel A.J.Richards Double-header, steam and diesel leaving Elkhart for Chicago
1956 09-Feb 114 2,855 248 Readers' Queries Steel Hardening G.M.
1956 09-Feb 114 2,855 248 Readers' Queries Forming safety valve L.W.
1956 09-Feb 114 2,855 248 Readers' Queries "Doris's" balance J.T.
1956 09-Feb 114 2,855 248 Readers' Queries Beginner on the lathe S.B.
1956 09-Feb 114 2,855 248 Readers' Queries Small generating set W.D.
1956 09-Feb 114 2,855 248 Readers' Queries Digger's steam engine C.J.S.
1956 09-Feb 114 2,855 249 Club News Maidstone MES Stolen track
1956 09-Feb 114 2,855 249 Club News Rednal DSME
1956 09-Feb 114 2,855 249 Club News Edinburgh SME
1956 09-Feb 114 2,855 249 Club News Exeter DMES
1956 09-Feb 114 2,855 249 Club News Isle of Wight MES
1956 09-Feb 114 2,855 249 Club News The Tyneside SMEE
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 167 Cover Picture Woolwich Ferries on the Thames
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 168 Smoke Rings Sir Felix Pole (Death of); SM&EE members Vulcan
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 168 Smoke Rings Shame, sir! Vulcan French steam trains south of Lyon
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 169 Smoke Rings The Wheel of Orffyreus; Insoluble problem Vulcan Perpetual motion
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 169 Smoke Rings Desert island diesel; A solitary tree Vulcan Masirah Express, R.A.F. railway
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 169 Smoke Rings Torbay crossing Vulcan A.T.Sallis, Brighton and Hove SME
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 170 Railway The Story of K.916 F.Roberts New Zealand Government sponsored model railway system. Castings and finish,... more
New Zealand Government sponsored model railway system. Castings and finish, life-like reversing, whistle ends with a sharp pop! More sound effects, sequence of sounds, expensive smoke, Wa.288, Joe Patrick
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 173 Workshop M.E. Workshop Test. A New Solder Paint
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 174 Automotive Motoring in 1887 G.Herbert Volk Novel reversing gear, transport in miniature, car lives in South Africa
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 176 Nautical Barges on the Rhine A.S.Marshall The Weser at Hamelin, Osnabruck
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 178 Nautical How I Built 'Tenacity' Anthony Beaumont Sweated labour, exclusive use of brass, making a rowing boat, learning from... more
Sweated labour, exclusive use of brass, making a rowing boat, learning from experience, a pollution preventative, section amidships, -of bulwarks
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 181 Exhibition L.T.S.R. Centenary Show London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 182 Nautical A Million Trips Across the Thames C.E.Page Woolwich Ferry. Double-ended ships, Woolwich ferry steamer Gordon
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 184 Beginners' Workshop Joints and Washers Geometer Imprisoned joints
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 185 Lathe A 3 1/2 in. Wood Lathe Midlander Plan view, making the faceplate, tailstock dimensions and details, alternat... more
Plan view, making the faceplate, tailstock dimensions and details, alternative design, tool rest
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 187 Readers' Queries Hydraulic pumps R.B.S.
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 187 Readers' Queries Finding the right wheel E.B. C.R.Jones' battery-driven electric clock
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 187 Readers' Queries Diamond finishing K.H.D.
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 187 Readers' Queries Power for a launch H.S.
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 187 Readers' Queries Deep cutting G.T.H.
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 188 Electronic Notes on Radio Control. Additional Control Raymond F.Stock Variations on a theme, additional controls, excellent alternative, small ex... more
Variations on a theme, additional controls, excellent alternative, small expenditure, size of wheels, two-in-one design, electromagnet calculations, determining the pull, reckoning the A.T., design for a magnet, increasing the air gap, additional equipment, weighing the anchor, beware bedsteads
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 192 Notable Model I.C. Engines The Super Cyclone P.G.F.Chinn Aluminium alloy cylinder, power output and weight
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 194 Locomotive Ivy Hall LBSC Firebox and Smokebox. Making the firehole ring, squeeze to shape, crown sta... more
Firebox and Smokebox. Making the firehole ring, squeeze to shape, crown stay material, advice for amateurs, fixing the tubes, making the smokebox tubeplate, the second stage of assembly, the tubes and productivity, fixing the tubeplate, the next brazing job, directing the flame, two blowlamps for soundness, care with the pickle
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 197 Readers' Ideas A simple floating cutter H.R.Hodges
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 198 Expert's Workshop Machining large-diameter holes Duplex Trepanning. The machining operation, greater accuracy of centring, cleaning... more
Trepanning. The machining operation, greater accuracy of centring, cleaning-up operations, the Enox tool, other types of hole saws
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 200 Workshop Making socket head screws Marting Cleeve Press for the job, turn of the screw, construction of the auxilliary press,... more
Press for the job, turn of the screw, construction of the auxilliary press, auxilliary press dimensions, backlash avoided, lifting moment to legs, materials for punches, grinding in the lathe, saddle dead stop
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 202 Trade Synthetic lubricant (Bardahl)
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 203 Postbag Blackpool's Big Wheel A.E.Lloyd 1920s picture
1956 02-Feb 114 2,854 203 Postbag Fate of "Grosvenor" J.N.Maskelyne