Model Engineer Index 1898 onwards

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	489	Historic		The First Year of Model Engineer	Roger Backhouse	Looks back at the beginnings of our magazine. Percival Marshall, early mast... more Looks back at the beginnings of our magazine. Percival Marshall, early masthead for the Model Engineer and Amateur Electrician, W.Martin and Co., Frank Spicer - first winner of a Model Engineer competition, his engine, developing the magazine, the Britannia lathe made by Colchester, lathe screw carriers, casting brass at home, the Crypto Works Company Ltd., telegraphy, electricity, radio and other new technologies, wireless telegraphy receiver by Miller and Woods, Mr Burnham's model dynamo, Lawrence Scott and Co., the American Talking Machine Co., 'Ever Ready' portable darkroom, steam power, Como by Dr Bradbury Winter, engine made from Lipton's cans, Chicago to Jericho Railway, 2 7/8"g. railway by Leonard Jones, model railways, gas power, 'Godiva' engine, Bateman;s museum of models, Wimshurst machine drawings, motor transport, proposed warship design, model boats, other devices, electric tramcar by G.H.Rooke, clocks, models from Model Engineer, shaping the hobby - Society of Model Engineers, circulation, overseas sales and spin-offs, pocket galvanometer from North London Electrical Stores, themes today, thanks to Mike Tilby, coloured illustration of sun through the old casement from Model Engineer January 4th 1923
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	498	Personal	1	Percival Marshall	Ron Fitzgerald	Looks at the life of our founder and first editor. The Hoe printing press, ... more Looks at the life of our founder and first editor. The Hoe printing press, Hermet & Miquet, bicycle, references
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	504	Postbag		Skills	J.E.Kirby
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	504	Postbag		Director's Saloon	Peter Cooper
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	505	Postbag		Electrical Safety	John Bauer
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	505	Postbag		Electrical Safety	Ed.
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	505	General		Next Issue		Curtains: Percival Marshal: LNER B1: Manx Motor Museum: Clupet Rings
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	506	Book Review		The Planet and Samson Locomotive: their design and development	Anthony Dawson	Review by Roger Backhouse
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	507	Horology	2	A Model Engineer's Clock	Jim Clark	Makes a skeleton clock making good use of modern manufacturing methods. The... more Makes a skeleton clock making good use of modern manufacturing methods. The main spring, barrel and stop work, mainspring winder with improvised measuring weight, chart of mainspring torque vs. turns, more to do about springs …, mainspring torque chart, barrel with stop work fitted, spring winding force
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	511	Locomotive	6	Recycling A 3 1/2 Inch Southern Schools Locomotive	Robert Hobbs	Takes a box of bits and turns out a Schools Class 4-4-0. Tender chassis wit... more Takes a box of bits and turns out a Schools Class 4-4-0. Tender chassis with brake gear fitted, front and rear views, the boiler installed complete with boiler bands, handrails, completed locomotive
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	514	Competition		Little LEC 2023 Report	Arthur Green	Reports from the Swansea Society of Model Engineers. The busy steaming bays... more Reports from the Swansea Society of Model Engineers. The busy steaming bays, Sean Pritchard, William Powell and the 'Purple One', Tom Henderson preparing his Rob Roy, William Musselwhite drives the late Bill Roebuck's Rob Roy, the winners line-up, results, postscript from Bryan Finch, LittleLEC co-ordinator, photographs by various Swansea SME members
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	517	Workshop	2	The Twist Drill Bit	Neil Raine	Remembers the 160th anniversary of the invention by Stephen A.Morse. The cu... more Remembers the 160th anniversary of the invention by Stephen A.Morse. The cutting action of a drill bit, a factory ground drill bit, damage, functional properties of some design elements of the twist drill bit, conclusion, references
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	520	Locomotive	29	LNER B1 Locomotive	Doug Hewson	More On Smoke Boxes. Presents an authentic 5 inch gauge version of Thompson... more More On Smoke Boxes. Presents an authentic 5 inch gauge version of Thompson's B1 locomotive.
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	522	Workshop	2	Joint Failure in Silver Soldered Stainless Steel	Graham Astbury	Researches an unexpected Metallurgical problem. Galvanic corrosion, reducin... more Researches an unexpected Metallurgical problem. Galvanic corrosion, reducing the corrosion, the solution, the problem with zinc, fluxes, conclusions, acknowledgment, references
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	525	Club		New From Cardiff	Mike Denman	Brings us the latest. Signals & 1/4 inch gauge Hunslet
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	526	Steam	10	Radial Valve Gears Again	Duncan Webster	Greenly's Corrected Gear. Sheds light on what is often seen as a complex su... more Greenly's Corrected Gear. Sheds light on what is often seen as a complex subject
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	528	Locomotive	13	A Five-Inch Gauge 0-4-0 Padarn Railway Tender Locomotive (Fire Queen)	Luker	Builds a five inch gauge model of a Welsh slate quarry locomotive. The cros... more Builds a five inch gauge model of a Welsh slate quarry locomotive. The crosshead pump, crosshead pump air bleed valve, the sight glass, the sight glass tap, the clacks
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	532	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Lack of newsletters, Deborah, mobile chairlift embarkation
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	533	Club News		Sheffield DSMEE		Battered wheelbarrow (chip shop?)
	2023	06-Oct	231	4,727	533	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		A workshop on a 'ute' by Max Leggett, NDMES [Northern Districts MES (Perth,... more A workshop on a 'ute' by Max Leggett, NDMES [Northern Districts MES (Perth, Aus)?], Max's Moveable Machinery … (photo courtesy of Jim Clark), wreck somewhere south of IoM, steel hulled Training Ship Staatsraad Lemkuhl in Kristianasund, Bollinder engine at Alta Museum, the Midnight Sun in Glorious Monochrome
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