Readers' Workshops - Patrick Cubbon

Patrick Cubbon describes his workshops – a portable one from 1963 and the current accommodation

Desktop Gear Hobbing

Toby Kinsey has designed this fascinating piece of gearmaking equipment

The John Stevenson Trophy 2020

Many readers and forum members will remember John Stevenson, a contributor to MEW but best known for his larger-than life presence on the Model Engineer forum.

From the Archives: Twist drill Sharpening by the Four Facet Method

Giles Parkes, MEW Issue 64, February/March 2000

Dividing on the Warco 220 Lathe

Peter Shaw describes a mandrel dividing attachment for this popular lathe that can be adapted to fit many other benchtop machines

Choosing Steels

Stub Mandrel offers some advice on choosing the right steel for the job

A Storage Story

Robin King shares the lessons learned from his experience of workshop moves

A Simple Drill Grinding Aid

A newcomer to our hobby was having trouble sharpening drills, so Howard Lewis made a simple aid for him

Yet Another Bodge-Up!

Peter Shaw finds a use for some aged homebrew slot drills.

Workshop Press Tooling Part 2

Will Doggett makes a set of tooling for his press tool described starting in issue 285

Garden Tractor Refurbishment

Stan Nesbitt uses his workshop to rescue some garden machinery.

Theasby's Wrinkles A Lashed Up Lathe

Geoff Theasby makes a temporary lathe for a long, thin rod in the middle of the night

Repairing a ‘Safe-D-Speeder'

R. Finch saves a useful device from the scrap box

Opening the spindle bore on a Mill

Brian Wood had to enlarge the bore on his Dore-Westbury Mk II miller

A Topslide DRO for a Boxford Lathe

Egret fits a removable readout to his lathe

Bench Lamp

Rod Renshaw makes a brace of handy small bench lamps.

A Day at Ally Pally

Jason Ballamy visits the London Model Engineering Exhibition 2020.

A Rotary Table from Scrap

Terry Cleife explains an interesting approach to improvising a rotary table

Toolholders for a Myford M Lathe

David Smith makes a batch of toolholders for one of these wellregarded old lathes

The Prusa Mini, a small but versatile 3D-printer

Martin Petersen reviews a new, compact 3D printer

Shortening a Chain

Will Doggett makes a special link to shorten the Hand Chain on a lifting block

A Tapping Attachment for Small Taps

During my engineering apprenticeship and while working as a toolmaker spanning 40+ years I would imagine I must have tapped countless thousands of holes.

A Model Engineers' Fantasy Lathe Concept Design

Alex du Pre shares his thoughts on what might make an ideal lathe

Repairing a Bicycle Crank

Alex du Pre tackles an unusual workshop task

More Thoughts on Tachometers

Noel Shelley follows up on Andrew Carruther’s recent article

Beginner's guide to tailstock alignment

If you want to turn parallel or drill small holes in the lathe without breaking bits, lining up the tailstock is essential. Pete Barker shows how simple it is.

The Simplicity Jig No. 1

John Harding introduces this jig for sharpening end mill cutters, the first of a series of related grinding accessories.

Workshop Press Tooling

Will Doggett makes a set of tooling for his press tool described starting in issue 285

An Exercise in CAD, or How to Draw (Internal) Gears.

Peter Shaw takes readers through his approach to drawing gears on a computer

A Small Shop Sand Blasting Cabinet

Graham Meek makes a versatile cabinet with a modest footprint and a ball joint for the gun which maximises the internal space available.