Model Engineer Magazine - 4642

In this issue

Geoff Spedding machines the cylinder for his Murdock oscillating engine. Terence Holland takes a break from building his Barclay well tanks to take a look at the role these engines, and narrow gauge railways generally, played in the First World War. Les Phillips describes the useful depth stop he made and fitted to his Myford 7 lathe. Rodney Oldfield nears the end of the construction of his Middleton double beam engine with the completion of the valve gear and the crosshead slides. Mark Smithers witnesses the restoration of a Baldwin ‘10-12-D’ narrow gauge locomotive and suggests it would be a fine model to build in miniature. Chirs Gunn continues to add the details to his 6 inch Garrett tractor with the making of the belly tank fairleads. Nick Feast makes a displacement lubricator for his 3½ inch gauge Southern Q1 locomotive. John Arrowsmith continues his tour of the clubs with a visit to the newly relaid track of the Cardiff model engineering society. Doug Hewson describes the inner and outer domes for his 5 inch gauge GWR pannier tank. Martin Gearing finds a reliable and simple way of tempering the tools he needs for gear cutting.