Model Engineer & Workshop

Model Engineers' Workshop is the ideal workshop companion for all hobby engineers. Model Engineers' Workshop shines a spotlight on the tools and techniques used by model makers, light engineers, restorers and customisers and those who like making and modding their own tools. You'll find readers' tips, reviews of workshop equipment as well as articles on restoring old tools and making your own as well as the latest new technologies, techniques and materials. Model Engineers' Workshop magazine publishes 12 great issues a year.

Model Engineer & Workshop

SMOKE RINGS

PART 1 Embracing New Technologies From Concept to Completion • Jason Ballamy uses a range of new approaches in the workshop.

POST BAG • The Editor welcomes letters for these columns, but they must be brief. Photographs are invited which illustrate points of interest raised by the writer

The Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition 2025 • In a first report from this year's MMEX, John Arrowsmith reviews the competition entries.

Custom 3D Printing of Challenging Materials • PCBway invited the Editor to try out their transparent resin and TPU printing services.

Readers’ Tips

On the Wire • News from the world of engineering

Gearing Around PART ❶ • Brett Meacle made some advanced modifications to his lathes to increase the range of screws he could cut and give a better choice of fine feed rates.

The BR Standard 2-6-0 Class 4 Tender Engine PART 22 • Doug Hewson returns to complete the boiler.

REPAIR TO PUMPS

PART 1 Re-imagining the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Microscope • Inspired by memories of a toy from his childhood, Mark Noel set about recreating a primitive microscope given for his 8th birthday.

PART 19 A GWR Pannier Tank in 3 ½ Inch Gauge • Gerald Martyn completes fabrication of the loco's platework using laser-cut parts.

A Workshop Challenge Fluting Tapered Columns • Neil Wyatt recounts how he tackled a job that is a bit more complex than it appears at first sight.

A Coventry Die Head Sharpening Jig PART 2 • Peter King gives further details for replicating a Coventry die head chaser sharpening jig

Club Diary • Please send your events for Club Diary to meweditor@mortons.co.uk

A Workshop Diary • Tube Notching without a Tube Notcher

LittleLEC 2025 • Bill Edmondson, Tiverton & District Model Engineering Society, reports from the annual competition for smaller locomotives.

WORKSHOP TECHNIQUES 2 Forming curved brass angles • Chris Rayward describes his approach to forming brass angle around curves without distortion.

A Tandem Compound Mill Engine PART 22 • David Thomas makes the air pump/condenser water valve and the atmospheric exhaust valve - the final working parts.

Club News • Geoff Theasby reports on the latest news from the clubs.