UPT – Model Engineers’ Workshop magazine #334

[flatlineParticipant @flatline]

Good Morning,

 

I have just purchased back issue #334 (Dec 2023), specifically for the article on the UPT.

 

the article indicates that there was a follow-up article planned…. Can anyone tell me in which issue this was published??

 

I am new to model engineering & have just taken out my subscription to MEW, so please be patient with me!!

 

TIA 😎🇬🇧👍

[John HinkleyParticipant @johnhinkley26699]

There are follow-up articles – parts 2,3 and 4 – in issues 335, 336 and 337.

John

P.S. As you have a subscription (digital?) you’d be able to access these back issues there.

 

[flatlineParticipant @flatline]

Many thanks John, I have a print subscription – not sure if this gives me digital access too(?)..

[bernard towersParticipant @bernardtowers37738]

Mine did for a while now its ACCESS DENIED!!!!

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi flatline, you don’t get access to the digital archive with a print only subscription.

Regards Nick.

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

If you are thinking of making a UPT, it is well worth buying G H Thomas’s original book “Workshop Techniques” from Tee Publishing. Contains all the original drawings and instructions.

His other book “Model Engineers Workshop Manual” is also well worth having for general purposes.

[flatlineParticipant @flatline]

Many thanks for the advice, I also have several other publications, including his book ‘Building the Universal Pillar Drill’ – it looks like quite a project for an inexperienced lathe user, and perhaps a little much for a Myford Super-7, given the amount of cast-iron milling involved??

Having said that, my machine managed the Tool Height Gauge from Hemmingway ok, although I have yet to mill the final ‘flat’ on the base… for my first project I am pretty happy with the result.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

I think you will find most of the older model engineering designs were capable of being made with just a Myford combined with a vertical slide.

Recent article in 334,5 & 6 about the UPT including fitting a modern variable speed motor.

[flatline]

On flatline Said:

Having said that, my machine managed the Tool Height Gauge from Hemmingway ok, although I have yet to mill the final ‘flat’ on the base… for my first project I am pretty happy with the result.

For an “inexperienced lathe user” that looks pretty good from where I’m sat

[Craig Brown]

On Craig Brown Said:

On flatline Said:

Having said that, my machine managed the Tool Height Gauge from Hemmingway ok, although I have yet to mill the final ‘flat’ on the base… for my first project I am pretty happy with the result.

For an “inexperienced lathe user” that looks pretty good from where I’m sat

Thank you. I bought my 1955 Super-7 on 28th May this year; once I’d got it home and set up I turned the standard ‘test-piece’ as outlined in the Myford manual – I had to adjust the bed slightly to get a good result, and a small re-wire between the switch & motor as the original was a little tired & not ideal.

My previous lathe experience was a couple of metalwork lessons @ school in the late 1970’s, and a very brief time with a motorcycle race-team as a volunteer in the workshop, where I made a couple of small spacers in aluminium.

Apart from that I have read quite allot, and watched some tutorials on YouTube…

I am certainly please with my first proper project – I’d put it down to allot of forethought & a fairly meticulous approach based on what I’d read or seen on YouTube….

I am very tempted to embark upon the UPT, but it is still a pretty daunting second project for a newbie…

 

[Author]

Posts