Setting Up a Workshop Special

Here's some advance notice for beginners and recent recruits to the hobby.

A new 100-page special will be published in a couple of weeks on the subject of 'setting up a workshop'. Aimed squarely at people with relatively little experience it offers advice on creating a workshop and kitting it out as well as reviewing and explaining many different types of machine tools.

It introduces some of the activities you may wish to pursue in your workshop and includes a few simple tools from the past pages of MEW that will be useful in a new workshop.

This is not an issue of MEW, but a stand-alone publication. It will be available as a digital edition as well as in W.H. Smiths and 'all good newsagents'.

Neil

Maybe a list of reading material could be compiled, I am sure the members could come up with some useful suggestions.

I would suggest Model Engineering: A Foundation Course by Peter Wright as a good starter for a complete novice.

Model Engineer's Handbook by Tubal Cain also has a lot of useful information in it.

Martin

Just hope the first 50 pages are not devoted to pictures of hinges and padlocks

Might I suggest a couple of reference books that would be very handy, maybe include some items that can be linked to their pages...

Workshop practice Series...

# 23 ... 'Workshop Construction'... Jim Forrest & Peter Jennings.

#22 ... 'Workshop Electrics' ... Alex Weiss.

George.

Or "level the bed, mount on steel plinths, dial indicate every surface possible, immerse in acid baths to remove the manufacturers grubby marks and re-oil with special super duper lathe lotion" wear thick glasses and suspenders, carry a pocket calculator and notebook with you and spout techno jargon to confooz the dunces and carry the holy bible of tubal cain/LBSC and Lawrence sparey(a signed edition or used tissue of them would make you very popular)...just dont have fun whatever you do.

Michael W

Edited By Michael Walters on 11/08/2016 14:46:05

No, but t has Hinge and Bracket on the cover

I'm having a terrible time finding good books and DVDs on model engineering. Mill on the Floss, Turn of the Screw, The Rasp, Mike Hammer, Turning Tables and Miami Vice - all completely useless.

Dave

I'm waiting for the black & White version - Fifty Sheds of Grey

It exists. My wife bought me a copy a couple of years ago... very funny little book.

There's the true story of a Quality Control Operative in a body-butter cosmetics factor - Fifty Grades of Shea.

Neil

... to shed & back ...    the 39 taps...  

George.

Edited By mechman48 on 11/08/2016 19:04:18

Then there is that book on coil spring manufacture called 'Gone with the Wind'.

Mike

Edited By Watford on 11/08/2016 21:21:06

The Ipcress File, groan...

for clockmakers - The Pit and the Pendulum.

I'm building a Britannia Loco and the instructions seem to come in a 10 volume set, neatly alphabetical but seems to digress into other topics .....a bit like this forum.

"Rule Britannia"!

Geoff

I'm just an old square, that's me to a 'T'.

Geoff

Don't forget "The Lathe of Heaven" by Ursula K LeGuin.

'Taming of the Screw' ??

Mike

Now lets avoid the electronics jokes too. They've got a few of their own "trannies" and "hard on/fully hard on".

Michael W

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Yes, let us avoid