A full set of drawings for Norden can be downloaded HERE. What follows is the slightly edited text from the introductory article. Norden, A Nineteenth Century Mill Engine to 1:12 Scale One of the attractions of model engineering is the opportunity to makes a model of unusual prototypes, perhaps something that no-one has tackled before.…
The accompanying article in issue 3 (available to subscribers in the MEW archive) was wiritten in Stan's inimitable style, so I suspect it is another of his designs, although it isn't credited. To quote from the article: "While this is a departure for Model Engineers' Workshop, it is in fact an exercise in many metalwork…
Because of the significant interest in this series we have compiled it into this single document. It includes a detailed design for a driving/passenger trolley with hand and footbrakes and many other refinements. Please note no corrections have been made to the original articles, and that there may be changes in materials or best practice…
Each plan had an accompanying article in the magazine, these can be found in the digital archive. Although a bit of thought may be needed, it should be possible to construct each project from the plan alone. Please be aware that these plans have not been corrected in any way – builders are advised to…
This nice small rotary table by J Rhea was on the PEEMS stand, It looks like one from the College Engineering castings? P Bramley exhibited a number of sets of tooling on the same club stand. Aside from PEEMS, workshop tooling was sadly under represented. Let's see some at Sandown this year! Mark Noel's hi-tech…
Many readers will be familiar with the Duke of Edinburgh trophy, a hotly contested award competed for by previous Model Engineer Exhibition medal winners. This visit, in the year of the Coronation, was what inspired the Duke to set up the trophy.
Looking around for something that would leave my mark on the Colchester Society of Model and Experimental Engineers, of which I have been a member for some years, I decided, after some discussion with other members, that an axle weighing machine incorporated into the steaming bays at the site could be the answer. Photo 1:…
The Trophy. This year’s prestigious event sponsored by the Model Engineer will take place on Sunday 1St September and is kindly hosted by the North West Leicester MES at their track site in Whitwick. The track is situated in the grounds of the Hermitage Leisure Centre with plenty of parking and additional facilities in this…
Why two authors? Easy … I do the metal mangling and act as scribe and Paul does the clever bit; the electronics and software. Photo 1:The encoder. This project started out when I decided to build a clock. My 5 inch centre height lathe simply would not grip the 1⁄8 inch bar from which I…
Recently put back onto its wheels after being jacked up for inspection and repair, 140C314 is a 2-8-0 tender locomotive built in 1917 by North British Locomotive Co. Ltd., Glasgow, works No. 21651, for the Chemin de Fer de l’État (photo 1). She is one of a longlived and successful class, the origins of which…
