Model Engineer & Workshop Magazine Jul/ Aug 2020 Back Issue

Our cover shows Mark Noel’s MEWsonic ultrasonic cleaning tank. See Constructing the MEWsonic: a homemade ultrasonic cleaner with detailed instructions on how to make a powerful sonic cleaning tank for your workshop.
A Simple Scratch-Gauge Jim Binnie offers this handy little tool that gives greater precision and accuracy when you need to mark parallel to an edge.
Harold Hall’s Grinding Rest- Probably one of the most well remembered tool builds published in MEW. Many readers have made this device to add precision to a standard bench grinder or devised their own versions of it.
New Motion Nuts for a Tom Senior M1- Laurie Leonard replaced the worn and battered feed nuts in his otherwise very nice old mill.
Home Made Precision Optics -This article by Stan Bray appeared in the very first issue of MEW; you won’t argue with the usefulness of these handy tools.
Machine of the Future- Geoff Harding muses on lathes of the future, inspired by his Murad Bormilathe.
Desk top Gear Hobbing- In this month’s instalment, Toby Kinsey looks at the electronics for this gear hobber.
Cherry Hill’s Workshop-Concluding the 2008 exclusive interview with Cherry Hill which previously only appeared in a special magazine with limited distribution.
The Rawson Divider-With a different take on electronic dividing Adrian Rawson details his ‘intelligent’ device.
Geometer- Ian Bradley offers advice to beginners on using taps and dies – although in 1954 he assumed we wouldn’t need metric threads!
Starrett-Type Clamps for Model Engineers- Stewart Hart completes this handy device inspired by a 19th century design.
Readers’ Workshops- Andrew Johnston gives us a tour of his comprehensively equipped workshop, sized to tackle large scale traction engine models.
Plus all your regular favourites!