Model Engineer Magazine 4582 Back Issue

Roger Backhouse celebrates 75 ‘Engineer’s Days Out’ with a look back over some of the more memorable visits he has made over the last nineteen years.
Martin Gearing begins the manufacture of the hand feed pump for the Model Engineer Vertical Boiler.
The Guildford MES track was showing its age after 30 years or so. Martyn Harrold relates how the club went about renewing its permanent way.
Having completed the hull of Wide-A-Wake, Ramon Wilson makes a good start with the restoration of the launch’s Stuart Double Ten steam engine.
Geoff Theasby offers his usual unique view of the club scene.
Graham Sadler demonstrates how to make two useful accessories: a pump centre and a tapping stand.
Anthony Mount makes the throttle valve for his 1862 Ferrabee pillar engine.
Having cast and machined the driving wheels for 4457, Bob Bramson describes how he quartered them.
Chris Gunn completes the governor for his 6 inch scale Garrett 4CD steam tractor.
Rex Hanman reports from the 2017 Rob Roy Rally hosted by the Andover and District MES.
Wolfgang Tepper begins the description of his water-cooled, four-stroke opposed-piston engine, which also features on our front cover.