The fifth LowestoftModel Engineering Exhibition (Lowmex) took place in October; organised by a sub-committee of the Halesworth and District Model Engineering Society (H.D.M.E.S.). Within the five years, the event has become the biggest exhibition of its kind in East Anglia.
It had all the things that you would expect to find at a model engineering exhibition (and more) and there were several things that would be of interest to workshop enthusiasts.
Andy Lockwood brought a collection of workshop items to display, including a miniature turret turning attachment, which is used by replacing the compound slide on the lathe, photo 1.
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Readers' Workshops - Patrick Cubbon
Patrick Cubbon describes his workshops – a portable one from 1963 and the current accommodation
Desktop Gear Hobbing
Toby Kinsey has designed this fascinating piece of gearmaking equipment
The John Stevenson Trophy 2020
Many readers and forum members will remember John Stevenson, a contributor to MEW but best known for his larger-than life presence on the Model Engineer forum.
From the Archives: Twist drill Sharpening by the Four Facet Method
Giles Parkes, MEW Issue 64, February/March 2000
Dividing on the Warco 220 Lathe
Peter Shaw describes a mandrel dividing attachment for this popular lathe that can be adapted to fit many other benchtop machines
Choosing Steels
Stub Mandrel offers some advice on choosing the right steel for the job
A Storage Story
Robin King shares the lessons learned from his experience of workshop moves
A Simple Drill Grinding Aid
A newcomer to our hobby was having trouble sharpening drills, so Howard Lewis made a simple aid for him
Yet Another Bodge-Up!
Peter Shaw finds a use for some aged homebrew slot drills.
Workshop Press Tooling Part 2
Will Doggett makes a set of tooling for his press tool described starting in issue 285
