Artikelname: Making Clocks
Artikelbeschreibung: An introduction to the world of horology for the complete beginner. It explains the terminology of the clockmaker and provides general details of clock construction including layout of wheels and escapements, all of which are described and illustrated. The making of wheels, pinions, escapements, plates, pendulums, weights, cases, hands and faces is discussed. The necessary tools and equipment are described, with details of how to make specialised items and choice of most suitable materials for their construction.

Artikelname: Adhesives and Sealants
Artikelbeschreibung: David Lammas covers traditional adhesives, their advantages and shortcomings as well as synthetic products.

Artikelname: Air Brush Painting Techniques
Artikelbeschreibung: This title explains many ways in which airbrushes can be used, in precise, simple language and illustrations. A wide variety of models are shown being given paint jobs including weathering techniques

Artikelname: Airbrushing & Spray Painting Manual
Artikelbeschreibung: A guide to the art and techniques of spray-painting and airbrushing for the modeller. This book includes chapters on the history of equipment and techniques, building your own compressor, health and safety and comprehensive guides to all equipment and material.

Contents Include

The History of Airbrushes and Spray Guns/Basic Technology/Airbrushes/Spray guns/Compressors/Building a Compressor/Materials/Health and Safety/Basic practice steps and Spray Accessories/Spraying techniques for scale models/Spraying techniques for non-scale models/Customising techniques for models and full size/Special techniques for small scale models=1/72nd plastic kits and 00 gauge railways etc.

Artikelname: An Introduction to Robotics
Artikelbeschreibung: An introduction for the amateur to the ideas and concepts of robotics. The book is divided into two sections. The first part explains how and why robots work and are controlled, while the second part shows you how to make a simple two-legged humanoid robot that can be programmed to walk. Everything is presented in clear, concise everyday English. The robot can be built on your kitchen table and can be run from a personal computer. All the parts are easily obtainable both in the UK and the USA.

Artikelname: Basic Benchwork
Artikelbeschreibung: This title details normal bench practice suitable for home engineers. By avoiding broken tools and spoiled work, this book will save its cost many times over.

Artikelname: Building Simple Model Steam Engines: Book 1
Artikelbeschreibung: A superb illustrated guide to building simple oscillating steam engine models. It describes the making of four such models: "Polly", a vertical steam plant, "Elizabeth", a horizontal steam power plant, "Hercules", a model steam crane, and "Jenny Wren", a miniature vertical steam engine.

Artikelname: Building Simple Model Steam Engines: Book 2
Artikelbeschreibung: A guide to building simple oscillating steam engine models. It describes the making of four such models: "Kitty", a small overtype engine; "Otto", a simple steam turbine plant; "Wencelas", a superior Christmas present; and "Henry" a 19th-century vertical engine and boiler.

Artikelname: Dividing
Artikelbeschreibung: Dividing by Harold Hall explains how radial work on a metalworking lathe, such as the cutting of gear wheels or the drilling of holes on a set radius, calls for a method of precisely spacing the cuts. The principles underlying this aspect of engineering are explained in depth in this book.

Artikelname: Drills, Taps and Dies
Artikelbeschreibung: In this book, Tubal Cain discusses drills and drilled holes and threading with taps and dies, primarily by hand. Imperial and metric sizes plus conversions are included together with all standard thread gauges, sharpening etc.

Artikelname: Electric Motors in the Home Workshop
Artikelbeschreibung: The author's earlier book Electric Motors (Workshop Practice Series No. 16) described the basic principles of operation and methods of application of the wide range of motor types likely to be encountered in small application engineering. Although it included some practical information, it was mainly educational and this provoked many requests for more detailed practical information on popular workshop applications.This book provides this additional information. Detailed advice is given on how to identify and make good use of discarded and surplus motors from both domestic and industrial sources and also how to operate three phase motors from single phase supplies. Examples are given of actual workshop applications and conversions and. because many model engineers are interested in battery driven projects, sections are included on battery supplies and the use of motors in mobile projects.

Artikelname: Electroplating
Artikelbeschreibung: This title will be of value to model engineers and small workshops wishing to plate with any of the customary metals using simple equipment.

Artikelname: Foundrywork for the Amateur
Artikelbeschreibung: Revised and updated to reflect advances in technology and engineering since its first publication, this book explains and illustrates foundrywork skills for anyone involved with metalworking and model engineering.

Artikelname: Gears and Gear Cutting
Artikelbeschreibung: Explanations and reasons for all conventional types of gears are clearly set out in this book together with useful tables and machinery techniques to form an invaluable reference work for anyone dealing with machinery.

Artikelname: Hardening, Tempering and Heat Treatment
Artikelbeschreibung:

A comprehensive exposition of the structure of steels and the effects of different heat treatments, particularly in respect of tools. It includes solid fuel, gas and electric furnaces, case hardening, tempering and other practical information. Features accurate colour temperature charts.

Artikelname: Lathework: A Complete Course
Artikelbeschreibung: A Complete Course by Harold Hall, is based upon the author’s successful series of lathe projects originally written for Model Engineers’ Workshop magazine. When read together, they represent a complete course in model engineering from basic techniques to ambitious projects.

Artikelname: Making Simple Model Steam Engines
Artikelbeschreibung: In this book long-time model maker and author Stan Bray describes the construction of a range of uncomplicated miniature steam engines. Starting with a simple model of the first recorded steam engine. the featured designs increase in complexity, though none is difficult to make. Most are based on oscillating engines. models of which were highly popular in the Victorian age, and the range here starts with single-acting. single-cylinder types of various configurations and ranges through a double-acting model to two-cylinder versions. The final engine is known as a clapper. because of the noise it makes when operating.All steam engines require a boiler to operate. and a range of these is also covered, again starting with a very simple design and continuing to a fairly sophisticated vertical boiler. Any of the boilers will drive any of the models and it is up to the builder which boiler is paired with which engine. Plans for regulators and safety valves are also included.

Construction of each of the models is described in the text, but the book also provides plans and drawings for each one, and all measurments appear in metric and imperial. for the benefit of modellers of all ages and preferences in all countries. The models are designed to be built with the minimum of workshop equipment and it is not necessary to have anything more than a corner in the garden shed as the space in which to work. The models can also be very cheap to make - the models illustrated use a large amount of scrap material.

This well-illustrated book will be popular with all would-be and beginner model engineers. as well as those already engaged in the hobby, looking for quick and easy projects to build. The projects are also ideal for those wishing to pass on to the younger generation a knowledge of metalworking and a grounding in how engines work.

Artikelname: Making Small Workshop Tools
Artikelbeschreibung: The accumulation of odds and ends of bar and rod is inevitable with any lathework, but rather than throw them into an ever-growing scrap-box, why not turn them into useful little tools to simplify and speed up future work?In this book Stan Bray describes a variety of small implements, none of which demands much material or takes more than an evening to make. You may not see an immediate need for some of them but once made it is surprising how often they will be used. There is also the satisfaction of turning what might be wasted into something useful and the knowledge that money has been saved.

Artikelname: Measuring and Marking Metals
Artikelbeschreibung: Model engineers and many small workshops do not need, or have access to, much of the sophisticated measuring equipment used in industry. Accurate marking out and measurement by more basic means at all stages of work are comprehensively described by an expert engineer.

Artikelname: Metalwork and Machining Hints and Tips
Artikelbeschreibung: A workshop information pot-pourri combining useful advice and instruction for beginners, with explanations of tools and techniques often familiar in name but not always found described in detail.

Artikelname: Milling Operations in the Lathe
Artikelbeschreibung: This book by Tubal Cain, who needs no introduction to Model Engineer readers, is a thorough and practical discourse on how to use the lathe for all types of milling work. Next to turning, the most valuable use of the lathe is for milling operations, either using the lathe itself to drive the cutters or by extending its scope by adding a separate milling attachment.

Artikelname: Milling: A Complete Course
Artikelbeschreibung:

Harold Hall provides a self-tuition course which assumes no previous experience of using the milling machine. The detailed descriptions are aimed primarily at the intermediate model engineers but will also be of use to more experienced operators wishing to add to their workshop equipment.

Artikelname: Miniature Internal Combustion Engines
Artikelbeschreibung: Model engineers have been making models of internal combustion engines since the invention of the real thing, but it has always been surrounded by a mystique, and a perceived difficulty that has put many people off.This book sets out to show that any competent model engineer can make a working model petrol engine, and that there is nothing more difficult than would be encountered in the construction of an average steam engine.The author, well known from his contributions to Model Engineer magazine under the pen name 'Nemett', has put together a comprehensive guide to building model internal combustion engines that will be welcomed by beginners and experienced model engineers alike.

Artikelname: Model Marine Steam
Artikelbeschreibung: This book provides all the information any ship modeller interested in powering a model boat using live steam will need. It offers both the basic theory covering the steam power plant and fully detailed drawings for the construction of simple and advanced steam engines, boilers and ancillary equipment.There has been a huge growth in interest in live steam-powered model boats in recent years but modellers have endured a dearth of practical construction drawings for suitable steam plants. Here, the author covers many types of engine from simple oscillating cylinder types to piston and poppet valve engines and the application of radio control to the management of the boiler and engine. ? Simple single cylinder, single acting and double acting oscillating engines (including plans) ? Multiple cylinder oscillating engines (Including plans) ? Single and multiple cylindered slide valve engines (Including plans) ? Piston and poppet valve engines (Including plans) ? Principle of boiler construction and heat sources (Including plans) ? Control units, reversing systems, radio control valves. ? Mounting engine and boiler units in model boats

Artikelname: Model Traction Engine Construction
Artikelbeschreibung: Those of an engineering bent who wish to make a live steam model have a basic choice between a railway locomotive, a stationary or marine engine or a traction engine in one form or another. The locomotive needs a track, the marine engine a hull and a stretch of water, but a traction engine can run on any area of reasonable ground. Coupled with the enormous growth of interest in preserving and running full-size engines at agricultural shows and steam rallies, it is no wonder that traction engine models are increasing so greatly in popularity. In this book, the doyen of traction engine modelling, John Haining, explains what is involved in the construction of working steam models and outlines briefly the history and variety of such engines. A degree of reader familiarity with normal machine work and workshop practice is assumed, but even an inexperienced lathe owner will easily follow the procedures with the aid of the many clear illustrations provided by the author and will be encouraged to try his hand at this fascinating branch of model engineering.

Artikelname: Photo Etching
Artikelbeschreibung: Photo Etching by Brian King covers the application by model engineers of photo-etching techniques to the precision production of metal parts for all aspects of model making ranging from finely detailed grill work and artillery details to locomotive and traction engine emblems and nameplates.

Artikelname: Saws & Sawing
Artikelbeschreibung: This book examines all types of saw, hand and machine, their use, maintenance and useful tables relating to various applications.

Artikelname: Sheet Metal Work
Artikelbeschreibung: The author is an instructor in metal work and allied crafts and describes clearly all the processes likely to be encountered by the hobbyist in a model or light engineering workshop.

Artikelname: Simple Workshop Devices
Artikelbeschreibung: However well equipped the workshop may be there seems to be an incessant need to make up special gadgets of one sort or another. These may range from mutilating a clothes peg to act as a 'third hand' up to major modifications to an existing machine tool. The making of such devices can be fun (indeed, some may appear to do nothing else!) but nevertheless the time taken up in 'devising the device' can often delay the completion of an important project. Shared experience is a most potent tool in reducing such delays, and can, moreover, often provide solutions to problems hitherto believed to be intractable.

Artikelname: Soldering and Brazing
Artikelbeschreibung: Joining metals by one form or another of soft or hard soldering, or brazing with various alloys, are run-of-the-mill jobs in model and light engineering workshops - so much so that little thought is given as to whether there might be a quicker, more efficient or less expensive means of achieving the required end. In Soldering and Brazing respected writer Tubal Cain examines in detail the processes, equipment and materials, and explair;1s what is happening in the joints as they are made with practical examples, test pieces, tabulated data etc. This is a thorough, comprehensive and, above all, useful book.

Artikelname: Stirling and Hot Air Engines: An Insight into Building and Designing Experimental Model Stirling Engines
Artikelbeschreibung: Hot air engines, often called Stirling engines, are among the most interesting and intriguing engines ever to be designed. They run on just about any fuel, from salad oil and hydrogen to solar and geothermal energy. They produce a rotary motion that can be used to power anything, from boats and buggies to fridges and fans. This book demonstrates how to design, build and optimise Stirling engines. A broad selection of Roy’s engines is described, giving a valuable insight into the many different types and a great deal of information relating to the home manufacture of these engines is included in the workshop section.

Artikelname: The Art of Welding
Artikelbeschreibung: This book sets out the basic techniques for oxyacetylene welding, brazing, flame cutting and electric arc welding with mild steel, cast iron, stainless steel, copper, brass etc. in sheet, plate or cast form.

Artikelname: The Backyard Foundry
Artikelbeschreibung: At one time most towns of any size had somewhere a small foundry which would undertake small casting jobs, often more out of interest and good neighbourliness than for commercial gain. Those days are no more and model engineers in many areas must either adapt commerically available castings or send away to a specialist foundry which will undertake small work, often at some expense and with some delay. The alternative is to set up a home foundry and to make one's own patterns and castings. This text covers all the basic principles of foundry work, describes materials and techniques, pattern-making, moulding boxes, cores and core-boxes, metals, all types of furnaces, and includes step-by-step procedures with examples of cylinders and wheels.

Artikelname: The Countrymans Steam Manual
Artikelbeschreibung: John Haining forsook his father's farm to serve an apprenticeship in steam when it was still. the predominant source of power in the countryside. An apprentice's life was a hard one in those days but the hard work and strict training stood him in good stead and led on to further valuable experience gained in the drawing and design offices of Cammell Laird Ltd, Joseph Adamson the boilermakers of Hyde and Sentinel of Shrewsbury Ltd.For nearly thirty years, John Haining has contributed a vast range of designs and constructional articles to the pages of Model Engineer; These have covered types and sizes of engines and machines of the road and countryside and, to the delight of many readers, also the implements with which they worked. The latter have ranged from ploughs of all types to cider scratter mills, elevators and thrashing machines to name but a few, and the monthly "Countryman's Steam" feature has always been a welcome and versatile change of scene from the railway locomotive. As a technical consultant to Model Engineer, the author has built up an enviable reputation for the extent of his knowledge and the immense trouble he takes to reply fully and clearly to readers' queries and problems.The first "Countryman's Steam" Manual was published in 1982 and was written to expound on some of the problems encountered by engine owners, both in full size and also in smaller scale work. This new and enlarged edition has been written extended to cover more fully the design, construction and care of steel boilers in general, with formulae and data used by firms of repute. An extra chapter has been included covering the author's designs of three vertical boilers -the Sentinel, the Caradoc and a 3 inch scale version.This book is highly recommended to both beginners and experts alike.

Artikelname: The Model Rocketry Handbook
Artikelbeschreibung: The whole spectrum of the hobby is covered including;
History
Scale
Functional model construction
Propellants
Stability
Recovery
Ground support systems

Artikelname: The Watchmaker's and Model Engineer's Lathe: A User's Manual
Artikelbeschreibung: Now in its fifth edition, this is the definitive work on the small precision lathe past and present. Most of the original text has been retained but the current scene is dealt with at length in the final section and is the result of world-wide research. The directory of Lathe, Tool and Material stockists has also been completely revised.

Artikelname: Tool and Cutter Sharpening
Artikelbeschreibung: Sharpening workshop tools is probably the most diverse of all workshop activities and the one that is least understood by the majority of workshop owners. This is not unreasonable in view of the wide range of equipment suggested for the task, ranging from the complex, typically an industrial tool and cutter grinder, through to the humble off hand grinder.This book illustrates how most sharpening tasks can be carried out using an off hand grinder and a few simply made accessories, whilst doing this to a standard comparable to that achieved using much more sophisticated equipment. A lack of understanding of the processes almost certainly results in the workshop owner attempting tasks with far from perfect cutting tools that can diminish the satisfaction of a job well done. With the information in this book this situation can be avoided and working with blunt tooling should be a thing of the past.

Artikelname: Unimat III Lathe Accessories
Artikelbeschreibung: An acknowledged authority on the popular Unimat mini-lathe has developed numerous accessories and techniques to assist the model engineer in getting the best from the machine. The projects in this book increase the scope of the machine and advise in the performance of a number of tricky operations.

Artikelname: Useful Workshop Tools
Artikelbeschreibung: A collection of 15 additions to the model engineer's armoury of tools and equipment from the former editor of "Model Engineer's Workshop" magazine. This practical collection covers benchwork, the lathe and milling operations, and includes: marking-out and machining aids; a simple motorized filing machine; an unusual and improved milling vice; a micrometer stand; internal and external chuck stops; cross drilling jigs; a hand turning rest; rear mounted toolposts; and a self-releasing mandrel handle.

Artikelname: Vertical Milling in the Home Workshop
Artikelbeschreibung:

Small workshops, including those of model engineers, are making increasing use of small vertical milling machines. This revised edition describes many of the wide range of operations possible in clear and practical terms.

Artikelname: Workholding in the Lathe
Artikelbeschreibung: Tubal Cain discusses all the practical aspects of the subject, with many photographs to illustrate specific points.This is a superb book written with the home machinist  in mind. It makes an excellent primer for anyone new to the lathe and also contains many usefull tips that will mean it is refered to time and again. The author clearly describes various methods of working and gives real examples of how to overcome problems that are likely to be encounterded by amateur machinists

Artikelname: Workshop Construction
Artikelbeschreibung:

A complete guide to setting up a workshop for model engineering or other metalworking hobbies. The book explains every aspect of the self-build process; the methods of construction, floor, wall and roof assembly, layout, planning, regulations, tools, materials and other relevant topics.

Artikelname: Workshop Drawing
Artikelbeschreibung: The long-awaited new edition of Tubal Cain’s comprehensive, classic guide to making the reading technical workshop drawings, featuring the author’s classic text with completely new illustrations and technical drawings, specially created for this purpose. The book reflects the appreciation shared by model engineers when reading technical plans – especially those which are technically out of date.

Artikelname: Workshop Electrics
Artikelbeschreibung: This work deals with electricity in the garage or home workshop and includes everything from fitting a 13-amp plug to wiring up a new workshop. Safety, a key issue is fully covered. Starting with the planning necessary before electrical installation work commences, the book then deals with the fusing, equipment, lighting, fixtures, fittings and wiring for 240 volt mains electricity. Further chapters cover outside workshops, three phase supplies and low voltage equipment including security systems, telephones and TV aerials. Finally, there is a glossary of terms and useful addresses.

Artikelname: Workshop Materials
Artikelbeschreibung: A description of the many varied materials used by model engineers in their workshops and a reference to finding the right material for a task or an item specified on a technical plan. The book is aimed at those who build locomotives, traction, boat and stationery steam engines, oil, diesel, glow and petrol engines, gas turbines, artillery pieces, farming appliances, road vehicles, horse carriages and clocks. It is also directed at engineers who work with full-size machinery, such as vintage and veteran cars, motor and pedal cycles, traction engines and railways. Materials covered include: iron and steel; non-ferrous metals and alloys; aluminium; brass; copper; hard and soft abrasives; bearing materials; ceramics; refractory materials; glass; silicon; soft and hard woods; plywood; MDF; chipboard; thermoplastics; concrete; coatings; electroplating solutions; fuels; gases; lubricants; polishing materials; pickles; sealants; solders; and adhesives.