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A Sharpening Jig for End Mills and Slot Drills
A. Longworth describes a method of sharpening the end faces of end mills and slot drill for those who have no access to a tool and cutter grinder. Reprinted from Model Engineers' Workshop number 14.
Two Free Apps for every MEW Reader
This page hosts two free workshop Apps available to MEW readers and accompanied by articles in MEW issue 246 the 2016 Autumn Special.
The Crayford Telescope Focuser
Many amateur astronomers and some model engineers will be familiar with the friction-drive Crayford focuser used on many telescopes, which is typically far superior to rack and pinion arrangements. They may not be aware that its inventor, John Wall, named it after the Crayford House Astronomical Society, of which he was a member.
A Heavy Duty Boring Bar Holder
In MEW 240, April 2016, Alistair Sinclair revisits an old design by D.H. Downie.
Dividing Head Calculation Spreadsheet
This spreadsheet allows you to easily identify a suitable number of holes and turns for dividing with any indexing head.
Corrected Dividing Tables for Vertex HV6 Dividing Head
This is a corrected table giving correct figures for dividing with the vertex HV6 dividing head.
Minnie Traction Engine in 3D
David Thomas was interested to see the online '3D models' for a belt drive modification to an X3 Mill. He thought that his detailed model of L.C. Mason's Minnie traction engine design might provide further interest.
Adding belt Drive to an X3 Mill
In MEW 236 we featured an article by David Thomas on converting an X3 mill to belt drive. You can download the 3D PDFs here. Subscribers Only
Indexes to Model Engineers Workshop
Several different indexes are maintained for Model Engineers' Workshop by third parties. This page give links to those we are aware of and brief details of each one.
Why Climb Mill
In the past climb milling was seen as bad practice, leading to broken cutters and spoiled work, but the advent of CNC and minimal backlash machines has seen it become a preferred approached under these circumstances.
Free Plan: Cross Vice to Vertical Slide
Produced in response to a reader request, E. G. Hartwell proposed this method of converting a cross vice into a vertical slide. This free plan was first given away with issue 15 of Model Engineers' Workshop, February/March 1993.
A Sharpening Jig for Slot Drills and End Mills
This handy accessory by A Longworth was first published in MEW 14, December/January 1995. The particularly clever aspect is a simple setting device.
Martin Cleeve's Rack Tailstock Designs
In 1956 The Model Engineer published a design for a Myford rack tailstock modification, 'the Rack Tailstock' by Martin Cleeve. In 1960 it published a revised version for the EW lathe.
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Disposing of a Workshop
It's a sad fact that sooner or later we will all have to leave our workshops behind or sell them on. Roger Backhouse's 2014 MEW article on disposing of a workshop offers some sage advice that may make the process easier for us or our families and friends.
A Jeclanide Handwheel
This intriguing device by W.B. Taylor, first published in MEW 13 October/November 2013, will serve little purpose other than to promote much discussion between all those who are shown it! It does, however, provide some interesting machining operations and could be made and finished to a high standard in which case it would make a nice Christmas present as an executive toy for that friend who otherwise has everything!
3-Phase Conversion and Other Alternative Methods of Powering a Mini-Lathe
After much experimentation with different ways of powering my mini-lathe on a keep it going basis, I finally decided to go the whole hog and install an inverter and 3-phase motor – to give me variable frequency drive. This is the whole story.
Miniature Steam Locomotive Management
Steve Addy provides a short driving course for novice enginemen
Model Engineers Workshop 25th Anniversary Photography Competition
Take a photograph that sums up the spirit of home-workshop engineering. The subject can be anything that reflects what you achieve in your home workshop, from a home-made machine tool to the intense concentration on the face of someone carrying out a delicate machining operation. The challenge is to take a picture that captures the spirit of home workshop engineering, rather than just documenting a tool or a process.
Free Plan: A Fretsaw and Filing Machine
Another design from Mt G. Gray. Following on from his lathe-mounted bandsaw this is a neat design for a filing machine that can also used with fretsaw blades. It first appeared in issue 12 of Model Engineers' Workshop, August/September 1992 - more details can be found by looking up this issue in the online archive*.
Martin Cleeve's Screwcutting Clutch
This article was previously published in Model Engineer No. 3557, March 1977, and was drawn to our attention by the letter below submitted to MEW by Alastair Sinclair. Given the high levels of interest in screwcutting clutches for modern lathes based on the Hardinge design in recent years, we felt that this article would be particularly useful for readers. This article is copyright My Time Media and the Author.
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