Model Engineer – 24 May 2018

Tony Wright adds a dinky boiler to complete his miniature tea coaster steam plant.
Graham Sadler discusses the various different types of milling cutters available and warns against the perils of climb milling.
David Tompkins describes the electrical system which powers his half scale Oldsmobile Curved Dash car.
James Wells reminisces further on shipbuilding in the Thames and explains how wrought iron gave way to steel.
Rosie Turner explains what a Governess car is and recalls her experiences of building a model of one to one twelfth scale.
Martin Johnson compares the results of two boiler tests to the results predicted by his computer model.
Mitch Barnes weighs the merits of machined kits as a low-cost way into model engineering.
Martin Ranson makes a set of frames for his 32mm steam locomotive, FALCOR.
Peter King raises the question of whether the use of CNC machines really counts as ‘model engineering’.
Canon Roger Davis completes his Warco WM18 milling machine CNC conversion by discussing the electronics and giving a few examples of the work produced by the converted machine.
Stephen Wessel makes the Zenith carburettor, the design for which he discussed last time; the completed carburettor appears on our front cover.