Magazines for Metalworkers

Of course no list of relevant magazines can be complete, but here is our best try at it --

"Dedicated to precision metalworking" Published 6/year by Village Press, $27.50/year. Note that many back issues are not available, though most of the projects are available in the "Projects" book series. Mostly techniques, no steam, some gasoline engine projects, many tooling projects. Probably the best of the US magazines. Some projects will span several issues.

Machinist's Workshop, formerly Projects In Metal (PIM)

Published 6 times per year by Village Press, $23. Mostly projects, few advertisements. Each project is complete in one issue. A "weak sister" to HSM, apparently started in part to handle overflow projects from HSM. Earlier back-issues have been combined into a new book series called "Metalworking".

Live Steam Magazine

Published 6 times per year by Village Press, $35. Mostly trains, some techniques, some stationary engines, lots of history and club information. Usually each issue has one stationary engine and two locomotive construction projects in various stages.

Model Engineer's Workshop

Published bimonthly by Argus (or is it now Nexus?). Described as the British version of HSM, and similar to the tool-oriented writing in Model Engineer. U.S. subscription rate is $38. More "packed" than HSM, and features the uniquely English way of doing machining (e.g., spending hours to make a cutter to make the cutter for gear cutting, when many of us in the US would just order the gear cutter and be done with it). See the Model Engineer entry, below, for details on subscriptions.

Modeltec

"Machinist Projects of Beauty and Usefulness" Published by George R. Broad, 12 per year. P.O. Box 1226 St. Cloud, MN 56302 Phone: (612) 654-0815 http://www4.infoanalytic.com/modeltec $36 per year ($45 in U.S. funds if outside U.S.). Similar to Live Steam but not restricted to trains. Lots of projects for railroad cars.

Strictly IC

(IC stands for Internal Combustion) Published 6 times per year
$24.25 (+$2.00 US foreign, WA residents add $2.00 sales tax)
Robert A. Washburn, editor
24920 43rd Avenue S.
Kent, WA 98032

Concentrates on construction of miniature internal combustion engines, and has a few classified ads, usually for engine castings.

Gas Engine Magazine

P.O. Box 328
Lancaster, PA 17603
(717) 392-0733, (717) 392-1341 (FAX)

Model Engineer

Published twice each month, about $79 US/year (as of 2/2/95) Formerly published by Argus, now by Nexus. Their USA agent (also for Model Engineer Workshop) is Wise Owl Worldwide Publications. The king of model machining magazines it has been around for about 100 years. Varied construction articles, lots on trains. Some projects can take years to complete! Extensive back-issues are available from Tee, and we presume from Argus/Nexus since they publish it in the first place! An index to back issues is available from:
G.V. Wilkinson
129 Springside Road
Hillcrest 3610
South Africa
The index used to cost 30 pounds sterling last I heard.

A computer-readable index is apparently available from Henri Larose, covering about 30 years (growing as he gets time to do more). Cost is 30 UK pounds if in the UK, or $30 US if in the US. Contact the author vie e-mail at 73114.3203@compuserve.com. Or, his mail address is 211 Lanitos Ave, Sunnyvale Ca 94086.

Engineering in Miniature

Published monthly, about $30/year. Tee Publishing. Similar to Model Engineer, more steam traction engines. Has an extensive collection of back issues of this and other model magazines.

Clockmaker

Tee Publishing. Discussed how to build mechanical clocks, with many projects spanning several issues. Big names like John Wilding write in this magazine. Classified ads for clockmaking supplies.

Started in April/May 1990 it ceased with the April/May 1994 issue, followed by a photocopy supplement to tie up loose ends. Though no longer being published, Tee does offer back issues.

Timecraft

Similar to Clockmaker, including the fact it has ceased publication.

Workshop Masters

Published by Tee, ceased regular publication in 1991.

American Machinist

Penton Publishing
1100 Superior Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44114-2543
(216) 696-7000, (216) 696-0177 (FAX)
One of those free trade publications with lots of ads.

Metalworking Digest

Gordon Publications, Inc.
301 Gibralter Drive, Box 650
Morris Plains, NJ 07950-0650
(201) 292-5100, (201) 898-9281 (FAX)
Another free trade publication with lots of ads.

Modern Machine Shop

6600 Clough Pike
Cincinnati, OH 45244-4090
(513) 231-8020, (513) 231-2818 (FAX)
Another free trade publication with lots of ads.

Horn & Whistle

Richard Weisenberher
2655 North Friendship, Lot #8
Paducah, Kentucky 42001
$18 per year. Low budget, in that they publish anything people send in. Some technology, some nostalgia, lots of stuff on meets where they get together and have "steam blasts."

Traction Engine Magazine

Don't know anything about it, other than the title.

The Anvil's Ring

This is the publication of ABANA published 6 times a year; cost is $24 per year, or you get it as part of the $35 dues for joining ABANA. An index is currently being maintained at:
ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/edu/arts/metal/ABANA/RingIndex.txt
The newsletter of one of their chapters, BAM (Blacksmith's Association of Missouri), is kept at:
http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/edu/arts/metal/News/BAM/BAM.html
ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/edu/arts/metal/News/BAM/00Latest/
ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/edu/arts/metal/News/BAM/
For more info on BAM contact: Jim McCarty, JimfromLC@aol.com

Anvil

Published monthly, about $30 per year by Argus.

American Craft (bi-monthly) (jewelry)

Published by the American Craft Council
40 West 53rd St.
New York, NY 10019
(212)956-3535
Current work in metal, clay, glass, wood, textiles, mixed media; featured artists, calendar of events.

Metalsmith (quarterly) (jewelry)

published by Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG)
5009 Londonderry Drive
Tampa, FL 33647
(813)977-5326, (813)977-8462 fax
Jewelry, techniques, featured artists, current exhibits. An index is at: ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/edu/arts/metal/SNAG/Metalsmith_Index.txt A contact is: Bob Mitchell, rmitchel@cftnet.com

Ornament (quarterly)

P.O. Box 2349 San Marcos, CA 92079 Jewelry (metal and beads) and textile/fiber art.

Machinery Journal

P.O.Box 7767 Long Beach, CA (310) 595-5731, (310) 424-1563 (FAX)
Free. A monthly list of machinery dealers.

Punch Press News

P.O.Box 127 Toledo, OH 43607 (800) 255-0114, (913) 983-4398 (FAX) http://www.machinetools.com
A sort of classified listing of machinery, alphabetical by type of machine; very neatly laid out. Apparently costs $10 for a subscription.

Weldon F. Stump & Co.

1313 Campbell Toledo, OH 43607 (419) 243-6221, (419) 243-7277 (FAX)
No prices, just inventory numbers of used machines, alphabetically listed by type.

Locator

Published by the MDNA (Machinery Dealers National Association) in Silver Springs, MD, (301) 585-9494. A monthly listing of used machinery. You can call them for a free list of dealers, and/or a free issue of Locator.

used equipment (name of publication unknown)

Used Equipment Directory/Network
P.O. Box 823
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604-0823
(201) 393-9558, (800) 526-6052, (201) 393-9553 (FAX)
BBS (201) 625-2636 8N1 modem settings
telnet buyused.hsix.com or http://www.hsix.com

Used equipment list, available on-line or in printed form. They reportedly will give you one free copy of the printed magazine for evaluation.

INDUSTRIAL MACHINE TRADER

P.O. Box 1415
Fort Dodge, IA 50501
(800) 247-2000, (515) 955-3753 FAX

A heartland Industrial Group Publication. "The only weekly nationwide publication that links active buyers and sellers of new and used industrial Machinery"

The Surplus Record

20 N. Wacker Dr.
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 372-9077, (312) 372-6537
tscanlan@surplusrecord.com
http://www.surplusrecord.com

An industrial database of used and surplus machinery and equipment. There is also a Listserv: machine@surplusrecord.com where users can e-mail their machine tool inquiries, whether the machine(s) are wanted or for sale.