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"DRILL SHARPENING WITH A CUTTER GRINDER Two useful accessories to aid the sharpening of both large and small twist drills using a cutter grinder. MAKING A DIVISION PLATE FROM SCRATCH Paul Murray offers his solution to making division plates for dealing with awkward numbers. ONE MAN AND HIS LATHE Sixty years ago, young Trevor Winter saved up for a Zyto Lathe. Still in excellent condition it remains his faithful workshop companion today. MAKING A VALVE ROD COUPLER Andrew Johnston tackles another challenging part, this time with putting a hydraulic copying attachment through its paces. MODERN FLUTE MAKING IN A SMALL WORKSHOP A different kind of flute as Stephen Wessel looks at the techniques and materials involved in his craft. LEHMAN ARCHER AND BA TAPS An Ed’s Bench mention of Lehman, Archer, Lane (LAL) has encouraged readers to unearth some nuggets of engineering history. PROTOTYPE TOOLING MANUFACTURE Richard Smith concludes his article describing making a range of holders for his tooling system. SILVER SOLDERING A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE The conclusion of David Banham’s short series includes a design for a useful ‘third hand’ device. ON THE WIRE FROM THE DONCASTER SHOW This month On the Wire features some of the fascinating tools and tooling on display at May’s National Model Engineering and Modelling Exhibition. A TALE OF TWO SCREENS More engineering accomplishment in the virtual world as Bob Reeve invites readers to compare his CAD model with the real thing. GEAR CUTTER – ADDITIONAL INFORMATION In a footnote to his gear making machine, Alan Aldridge presents some useful data tables and advice on making cutters with the two-disk method. MEASURING MINUTE POWER LEVELS WITH A DYNAMOMETER After last month’s instalment on design of the dynamometer sparked some interesting online debate and further experimentation, Silly Old Duffer reports on his findings with the device.