Model Engineer Magazine - 4663

In this issue

"Luker explains the process he has developed for making casting patterns on a 3D printer. David Earnshaw completes the manufacture of his 5 inch gauge ‘Duchess’ cylinders by machining the steam passages and forming the outside profiles. Ron Fitzgerald explores the history of the first steam powered textile mill engines. Graham Astbury explains how more refined online search techniques can help to pinpoint that elusive information more precisely. Luker builds the frames for the tender of his 5 inch gauge American outline 4-4-0 locomotive, Wahya. Jason Ballamy silver solders together the parts he made for his Thompstone mill engine cylinder and then carries out the machining on the resulting block and goes on to make the valve chest a set of end covers. John Arrowsmith pays a visit to the Nene Valley Railway near Peterborough to check on the progress of their new 5 inch gauge line. Graham Langer explains the design philosophy behind the design of the cylinders for the new-build full -size P2 locomotive, 2007 Prince of Wales. Adrian Garner makes an astronomical bracket clock with a separate chapter ring showing sidereal time. Peter Wilding looks back over the early years of clock maker John Wilding’s life."