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VOL 35 No.3
NOV 2004 THE MODELLER
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Never mind the fog, rain, blowing leaves or the occasional sunny period - plan to come and join your fellow members for the meeting on
FRIDAY 12 NOV 2004 AT 8.00pm; the usual place
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Parking at the hospital – Don’t forget that it will be $3.00 for the evening.
FOR THIS FRIDAY EVENING’S PACKED PROGRAM, YOU’LL HEAR FROM:
GERRY REED: will give a lecture on parting off on the lathe.
GEOFF KINGMA: will talk about overhauling his vice(s?)
CHARLES DUERDOTH: Construction of his locomotive Tom Thumb.
BILL HUXHOLD: Will show his freshly made Pillar tool.
ALAN LABBE: will show a scratch built 4x5 camera.
YI-LING LI: Will show us a sine vice she made for school.
RON MELVIN: has a presentation about the additions and renovations to his shop.
ROBERT WYSS: has a spark plug he made to impress his bosses.
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.
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It is with much sadness that we report the sudden and rather unexpected death of BOB MORROW at his home on Sunday 24 October. He was at the October meeting and took the meeting notes that appear in this edition of The Modeller. Bob had, over the years that he was a member of TSME, always put in his share in helping run TSME when he was on the exec. and also when he took notes from the meetings. He had completed a well-finished Traction Engine as well as a fair number of other interesting and varied models. We shall miss him. We offer our sympathy and condolences to his family and close friends. |
WHAT’S UP & COMING : MEETING
DATES 10 Dec, 14 Jan 2005, 11 Feb, 11 March, 8 April, 13May, 10 June
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UP COMING EVENTS:
HOBBY SHOW: November 5, 6, 7 2004 at
the INTERNATIONAL CENTRE,
IN CASE YOU MISSED – THE OCTOBER MEETING…….
RICHARD TROUNCE gave the final talk on bearings. The subject of this talk was plain bearings, which
generate 4-10 times the friction of ball bearings. They require 1 to 1.5 thou. clearance per inch of diameter over the shaft size to allow for the oil film which carries the load when the shaft is running. Bearings should be lubricate from the bottom of the bearing instead of the top to prevent dirt from entering the bearing.
A guest speaker, MARTY IFTODY – a member of the
Toronto Model Railway Club, gave a talk about the control layout of the
club’s track. The track is ‘O’ gauge and is nine scale miles
long. The club is located at
BOB MORROW showed the workings of his scratch built flint-lock gun mechanism. The talk ended with a bang.!
Our second guest speaker, DAVE WOODHEAD gave a talk with videos of his garden railway. The video was very informative due to the fact the camera was mounted on one of his radio controlled trains, giving a ground’s eye view of the layout.
PAUL STEARNS gave a talk about making curved deep slots in aluminum using two methods. One involved bending a bandsaw blade with roller bearings and a second method which required the use of a thinned hole saw. Paul also showed a newly acquired wing material made from extruded aluminum.
STEVE LILLY brought down his vertical steam engine
ROBERT WYSS showed how he cuts replacement glasses for air gauges from plastic sheets. Robert cautioned that the sheet must clamped down around to prevent the plastic from flexing by the cutting force.
Held at $30.00 for the coming year. Your cheque or cash will be happily accepted by our treasurer ART GORDON. Please let Art know, however, if you feel you have difficulty in affording to pay the dues: we wish you to remain a member. If you are joining as a New Member, please provide your: name, address, phone number and e-mail address if you have one, and whether you would like to receive our newsletter, THE MODELLER by email, or by post.