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2007 05-Jan 198 4,290 43 Electronic Electronic Boiler Control for Model Boats Tim Greenwood Returns to the subject with a new look. Prototype under bench testing, refe... more
Returns to the subject with a new look. Prototype under bench testing, references
2007 05-Jan 198 4,290 45 General In The Next Issue IMLEC 2007; I/C topics; steam boat; once I built a railroad; lifting and sh... more
IMLEC 2007; I/C topics; steam boat; once I built a railroad; lifting and shifting; Vale of Rheidol locomotive; Champion milling machine; Keith's Column; Edwardian elegance; index July - December 2006
2007 05-Jan 198 4,290 46 Lathe Tailstock Alignment Inchanga (South Africa) Explains how he got his lathe to turn parallel. A Myford Series 7 tailstock... more
Explains how he got his lathe to turn parallel. A Myford Series 7 tailstock, adjustment, tailstock alignment, headstock alignment to bed, setting up the test bar, using a feeler gauge, see 198 4295 320
2007 05-Jan 198 4,290 48 Club Chat Ascot LS
2007 05-Jan 198 4,290 48 Club Chat Maidstone MES MMES01 - Martin Parham's wining (winning?) entry to the photography competi... more
MMES01 - Martin Parham's wining (winning?) entry to the photography competition
2007 05-Jan 198 4,290 48 Club Chat MES Northern Ireland North Down Model Railway
2007 05-Jan 198 4,290 48 Club Chat North London SME Owen Chapman on his Natal 16Da SAR locomotive (photograph: Bryn Morgan)
2007 05-Jan 198 4,290 48 Club Chat Rochdale SMEE
2007 05-Jan 198 4,290 48 Club Chat Saffron Walden DSME
2007 05-Jan 198 4,290 48 Club Chat SLS Victoria (Aus) Martin Myer's 3 1/2"g. Stanier Pacific with Messrs Gaal, Fedley, Ousey and ... more
Martin Myer's 3 1/2"g. Stanier Pacific with Messrs Gaal, Fedley, Ousey and Faccenda (photograph: Dave Smith)
2007 05-Jan 198 4,290 49 Club Chat Melbourne SME
2007 05-Jan 198 4,290 49 Club Chat British Columbia SME (Can)
2007 05-Jan 198 4,290 49 Club Chat Toronto SME (Can)
2007 05-Jan 198 4,290 49 Club In Memoriam Harry Boneham, Toronto SME; Peter Gray, SLS Victoria (Aus); Malcolm Hall, S... more
Harry Boneham, Toronto SME; Peter Gray, SLS Victoria (Aus); Malcolm Hall, Saffron Walden DSME
2007 05-Jan 198 4,290 49 Club Chat Hutt Valley MES (NZ)
2007 05-Jan 198 4,290 49 Club Chat Maidstone MES (NZ)
2007 05-Jan 198 4,290 49 Diary Club Diary
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 719 On the cover ... Benson Vertical Engine by Ian Hall Shown running at the Bristol Model Engineering Exhibition (Photograph by Ne... more
Shown running at the Bristol Model Engineering Exhibition (Photograph by Neil Read)
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 729 Smoke Rings From all of us (Hearty season's greetings) Editors
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 729 Smoke Rings Model Engineer Exhibition Centenary Editors
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 729 Smoke Rings One for the Xmas list ... (Indexable carbide end mill from Tracy Tools) Editors
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 729 Smoke Rings ... And another (One for the Xmas list...) (Hemingway Kits gift voucher) Editors
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 729 Smoke Rings ... And another (One for the Xmas list...) (How (not) to paint a locomotive... more
... And another (One for the Xmas list...) (How (not) to paint a locomotive by Christopher Vine)
Editors
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 729 Smoke Rings SEQLEC Editors
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 729 Smoke Rings Xmas day dawning (Poem by G.W.Roberts Law) Editors
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 729 Smoke Rings Don't forget! (Change of address for Model Engineer) Editors
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 729 Smoke Rings Important Notice (Postponement of Model Engineer Exhibition) Editors
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 730 Post Bag A query and a useful tip Paul Campbell The Bellis and Morcom engine, the type of wash bottle used to apply cutting... more
The Bellis and Morcom engine, the type of wash bottle used to apply cutting fluid
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 730 Post Bag Drills and milling cutters (Asian machine tools, Dennis Randall) Roger Castle-Smith
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 731 Post Bag Yet more on Stoichiometry Jeff Morris
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 731 Post Bag Combustion in I/C engines (Stoichiometry) R.L.Wright
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 731 Post Bag Leadscrew replacement (Myford lathes, Derek Dean) Stephen Lockie The Halifax Rack and Screw-cutting Company
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 731 Post Bag Stainless steel Peter Mercer
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 731 Post Bag Winston Churchill kit Tim Rickard
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 732 Post Bag Help wanted (Capco surface grinder refurbishment) Tony Ashgrove
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 732 Post Bag Pacemaker problems? Leonard Dowden
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 732 Post Bag Bavarian tram engine Terence Dowling The coach to the tram engine
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 732 Post Bag Pressurised plastic bottles (Bubbly bottle challenge, K.F.Hillier) Ted Jolliffe
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 732 Post Bag Cross drilling Derek Cooke
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 733 Railway 1 Once I Built a Railroad ... Tony Finn Describes the construction of his 5"g. garden track using commercial compon... more
Describes the construction of his 5"g. garden track using commercial components. Proposed 5"g. garden track at Hedon, basic planning and preparatory work, how the lifted pathway slab was supported, surveying in progress, making a start on the formation; first ballast laid, September 2004 - the formation reaches the patio, divining rods used for dowsing to find the drain, a divine experience! The first turves are cut across the front lawn, what track system?
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 737 Stationary Engine 2 James Beggs and Co. Bottle Frame Engine Anthony Mount Continues the description with the base casting. A version with a two-webbe... more
Continues the description with the base casting. A version with a two-webbed crankshaft and both bearings in the base of the bottle frame, general arrangement, main frame
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 740 Internal Combustion I/C Topics. The Nemett 15s Nemett Rounds off the series with response to a query and describes the assembly a... more
Rounds off the series with response to a query and describes the assembly and running. Assembling the engine, 12v electric starter (Turbex 2), 7,500rpm with spark ignition
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 744 General 96 Letters to a Grandson M.J.H. Ellis Moves from light to sound waves. Example of effect of overtones on wave-for... more
Moves from light to sound waves. Example of effect of overtones on wave-form, basic diatonic scale
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 745 Steam LBSC Revisited. A Christmas Novelty Terence R.Holland Describes how he built a coffee, or tea-making, attachment for live steamer... more
Describes how he built a coffee, or tea-making, attachment for live steamers. Body, cones, construction notes
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 746 Workshop Two Dial Test Indicator Mountings (For the price of one and a half!) The late Len Walker Describes two useful accessories. First type, second type
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 749 General 3 Lifting and Shifting Long Ago John Ditchfield Continues his series. A bit of history, dock side cranes, period engraving,... more
Continues his series. A bit of history, dock side cranes, period engraving, sheer legs, four-wheeled railway truck on rails used with sheer legs at London's Victoria Docks in the 19th century
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 753 Steam How Does a Steam Engine Work? Inchanga (South Africa) Explains what every model steam engine enthusiast need to know. Latent heat... more
Explains what every model steam engine enthusiast need to know. Latent heat, sensible heat, temperature and pressure, datum points for the ebullition temperature against pressure, saturated & superheated steam, piston thrust, admission valve and cut off
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 755 General In The Next Issue IMLEC 2007; OHV steam engines; Vale of Rheidol locomotive; machine tools - ... more
IMLEC 2007; OHV steam engines; Vale of Rheidol locomotive; machine tools - Centec milling machines; REMAP; ratchet drill, tailstock alignment, T-slot extensions
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 756 Historic 1 Edwardian Elegance: The London and North Western Railway and George Whale's... more
Edwardian Elegance: The London and North Western Railway and George Whale's 'Precursor' 4-4-2 Tank Locomotives
Ron Isted Redresses some of the lack of respect accorded to the 'Premier Line', see 1... more
Redresses some of the lack of respect accorded to the 'Premier Line', see 198 4295 320
2006 20-Dec 197 4,289 761 Keith's Column 28 Lillian. A Narrow Gauge Locomotive for 7 1/4in. gauge Keith Wilson Discusses accidents on railways and boiler construction. Back to work, Wils... more
Discusses accidents on railways and boiler construction. Back to work, Wilson's Words of Wisdom (E.Temple Thurston), in the beginning, boiler plate formers, GWRillian boiler plate formers, tender of 7 1/2"g. King undergoing overhaul