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VOL 35 No.4
DEC 2004 THE MODELLER
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Please don’t let a tiny skiffle of snow, fallen trees, low battery power, Christmas shopping or high gas prices prevent you from joining your fellow members for the (early Christmas) meeting on
FRIDAY 10 DEC 2004 AT 8.00pm; the usual place
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FOR THIS FRIDAY EVENING’S “EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS” PACKED PROGRAM, YOU’LL HEAR FROM:
BERT deKAT will talk about a Quick Change Tool he has made,
CHARLES DUERDOTH has started on a “Tom Thumb” locomotive,
BILL HUXHOLD will show and talk about his recently completed Miniature Horizontal Mill
YI-LING LI will show a Sine Vice show has made at school,
GERRY REED has some slides of BOB ALLIN’S Machine Shop and of this years Picnic,
DON CARR is now successfully making small Rivets and will explain the process for this, as well as making small Springs
DAVE POWELL has been making the Hubs for a 2” to ft. scale Freelance Traction Engine and will show the progress so far, and
JIM SMALL will talk about Pattern Making. Also, there will be
An AUCTION of Old Books (on machining and other subjects of interest)
If you have a project you are currently working on, or recently finished – please bring it along and we will do all we can to fit your item into the program.
WHAT’S UP & COMING : MEETING
DATES 14 Jan 2005, 11 Feb, 11 March, 8 April, 13May, 10 June @
UP COMING EVENTS:
JAMES WATT DAY. At the
IN CASE YOU MISSED – THE NOVEMBER MEETING…….
ALAIN LABBE showed his second scratch built Large Format 4x5 Field Camera. The camera folded into its own box. The camera is adjustable to accommodate different lenses and Alain has used threaded rod as the rack for adjusting the lens back and forth. The bellows has been made from – insides black cotton covering ribs of cardboard and an outside cover of light resistant rubberized material.
GEOFF KINGMA spoke about overhauling his $10 B Bee vice. He needed a small, 3” vice for his mill and found this one suited him, until he went to use it – no accuracy at all (in Jeff’s opinion – machined freehand!). Jeff decided to rebuild it – he had to re-machine all the parts. Now the vice is a good useable tool and he recommends that for $10 it is worth the trouble to rework it!
BILL HUXHOLD showed his freshly made Pillar Tapping Tool. Bill modified the design to improve its operation and accuracy. The tool uses different tool bars for different collet sets. Bill used castings form a tapping tool kit.
RON MELVIN gave a very well prepared talk fully illustrated on “Power Point” about his recently acquired Myford ML7-R. He had a Sherline lathe and Mill purchased a while ago, before he joined TSME, and now found he needed something more robust and larger. With some delightful pictures of his lathe and the TSME folk who helped him, he told the story of the lathe’s acquisition, clean-up and re-assembly. JIM SMALL made him a Myford type stand. Ron altered his basement to accommodate the lathe and increase the size of his workshop. He commented that the lathe is held down on rubber matting to absorb vibration and with 3 bolts (not 4) to ensure good alignment.
ROBERT WYSS showed a small spark plug he made to impress his future bosses at the TTC. The plug is made from 5/16” hex bar, threaded one end ¼” -32, bored and threaded 10-32UNC. A piece of Corion threaded 10-32UNC outside and drilled through 1/16”. A piece of drill-rod was threaded #0-80UNC and a piece of brass threaded internally #0-80. These pieces assembled to form the plug. The plug was successfully tested in Lloyd Hall’s Hit & Miss Engine.
WANTED: by Bob McDonald: Any Model Engineering Mags, Books on Model Engineering and Shop Practice.
GOOD SOURCE FOR FASTENERS
ART GORDON recently bought some small fasteners
(#4-40unc brass bolts and nuts) from Diamond Fasteners in
As we approach the end of the year, based on last year’s membership list, fully a quarter of our members have yet to pay their dues. Allowing for the fact that some will drop out (but we hope not) each year, I still estimate that there is still some $800.00 outstanding. If you haven’t paid up yet please make every effort to do so. We face some significant expenses in the new year, such as the rent for the use of the hospital facilities – we pay for this up front – postage, and other ongoing items. I accept payment by cash or cheque at the meetings, or in the mail.$30.00 for the coming year Of course, if there are any difficulties, a confidential word in Art’s ear will take care of things. We don’t like to lose a member for any reason.
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WELCOME NEW MEMBER: Please welcome - MIKE GIBBON
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