Model Engineers' Workshop Magazine  |  January 2016
Issue 237 of Model Engineers’ Workshop brings you even more great features!
On The Cover: Marcus Bowman tackled a challenge in 3D to help out a friend who was fitting Yamaha forks to his Harley.
A SACRIFICIAL WORK TABLE FOR A SMALL ROTARY TABLE Mike Checkley returns with a neatly finished aid to repeat accuracy.
MYFORD ML7R POWER CROSS SLIDE Keith Wraight details his solution to adding conventional power cross feed to an ML7R.
HEAVY DUTY ROLLERS Will Dogget concludes the description of these powerful rollers
A REVIEW OF PIPE BENDING OPTIONS There are many options for creating neat bends in pipes and tubes, Stuart Walker explores some of the solutions.
A TUBE BENDING TOOL We reprint W. T. Barker’s excellent design from 1947.
DESIGNING SPRINGS VISUALLY Linton Wedlock brings it all together with a worked example and some helpful advice.
CAROLS, CAPPUCCINOS AND LOFTED SOLIDS Bob Reeve overcomes a few more hurdles to complete his manifold adaptor.
ONE MAN AND HIS LATHE A Drummond Type M is Geoff Walkers machine of choice.
MAKING PARALLELS A technique for making accurately sized bars with Richard Gordon.
AN ENGINEER’S T-SQUARE Mark Frampton describes an aid to working accurately with his spring parallels.
FILING BUTTONS How do you make rounded shapes by hand? Sub Mandrel shares the secret.
A SWING TOOLHOLDER FOR INTERNAL THREADING Mike Cox’s swing up threading tool holder was a success, now here’s the internal version.
A PARALLEL STUB MANDREL WITH A DIFFERENCE Harold Hall stakes a claim for novelty with this little fixture.
THREE JAW CHUCK MOUNT Henry Hicks makes a special arbour for an watchmaker’s lathe.
Plus our Regulars:
READERS’ TIPS: A brace of lathe tips this month.
SCRIBE A LINE: More news and views from readers.
ON THE WIRE: News from the world of big engineering.
READERS’ FREE ADVERTS: Hunt down a good bargain.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Model Engineers' Workshop Magazine January 2016.