When anyone takes their first steps into setting up a small model engineering workshop, they face a bewildering number of logistical problems Where and how to build the workshop; how big; how to power; light and heat; how to equip it. When I built my own workshop, I simply utilised the small concrete standing at the back of my garage, the space I had available controlled the size of my workshop. This governs the size and range of machine tools I could fit into it, stretching my ingenuity to its limits but in the end, I managed to shoe horn everything in. I think using the available space to the best possible advantage is what most model engineers do. All this takes time and money. Starting with a lathe and perhaps a pillar drill, and some basic equipment, you start making models or equipment for your workshop. Then gradually your workshop evolves and allows you to pursue your particular modelling interest to the best of your ability.
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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