Model Engineer & Workshop Magazine January 2022 Vorige editie

On the Cover
The cover of this issue shows Ian Johnson receiving the Stevenson Trophy after an extended wait, due to the Covid pandemic. Behind the trophy itself you can see some of the toolholders from his quick-change system for the KX-1 milling machine. More details of plans to resume the competition in 2022 are inside.

Boring and Facing Heads
Graham Meek has made some significant refinements to his automatic boring and facing head design. This short series has detailed plans for making your own.

Shapeoko 3 CNC Router
John Hinkley won one of these new machines. Originally intended for wood, many people use it to engrave aluminium and even stainless steel. How did he get on?

Beginners’ Workshop
Geometer explains ways of locking nuts against unintentionally loosening.

Improving a Myford 254v Plus Lathe
Robert Trethewey already found this lathe excellent, but still found room for a few improvements – and then added a DRO and linear scales.

An X-Y Dual Axis Worktable for The Small Workshop
Further detailed plans for making Terry Gorin’s useful compact design.

Index to Model Engineers’ Workshop
Barry Chamberlain has once again compiled a comprehensive index, this one covers issues 297 to 308.

Improvements to a Milling Vice
Robert Sharp’s new vice was functional and accurate, but he felt it lacked refinement and so he made a few changes to make it more pleasant to use.

Reducing Play in a Drill Press
Laurie Leonard improves the accuracy of his bench drilling machine.

A Compac Bore Gauge Set
Howard Lewis fills in the missing pieces to restore a valuable precision instrument to service.

Filing Buttons
Making some simple aids to accurate hand filing, from Stub Mandrel.

Centre Finding on A Screen
David Hall updates a classic MEW design for a centre finder by adopting it for use with a computer.