Established 1898

The home of model & experimental engineering.

For over 125 years the Society of Model & Experimental Engineers has brought together makers, machinists and inventors, sharing skill, craft and camaraderie from our headquarters at Marshall House, London, and online across the world.

National & international membershipFully-equipped workshops & libraryTalks, training & visits
Next General Meeting

Saturday, 17 October 2026

Building a Twin-Cylinder Marine Steam Engine

2:30pm · Online

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Come to our monthly General Meetings for two months, in person at Marshall House or live on Zoom, as our guest. You’ve read what we do; this is the easy next step, at no cost.

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A working society, not just a club

Model engineering at professional standards, from traditional lathework to CNC, 3D printing and electronics. Here is a glimpse of what members do together.


A SMEE member in a blue coat demonstrating a model to visitors at the Bristol model engineering exhibition

At the exhibitions

We exhibit in our blue coats at the country’s major shows.

Two SMEE members, one in the blue Society coat, at a machine in the basement workshop

Comprehensive workshops

Lathes to 20in swing, milling, grinding, saws and drilling.

A Bambu Lab 3D printer mid-print, producing a faceted bowl

Digital & 3D

CNC milling/routing, CAD/CAM and a Bambu 3D-printing facility.

Marshall House, the SMEE headquarters, a Victorian townhouse in South London

Take a look inside

A short walk-through of Marshall House and our activities.

Training

Learn from engineers who have done it

We have run training for more than ten years, from setting up your first workshop and choosing a first project, through the milling machine and grinding your own lathe tools.

Courses run at professional standards in our own lecture room and workshops, with hands-on sessions and audio-visual links for members joining remotely.

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