THE TORONTO SOCIETY OF MODEL ENGINEERS
VOL 36 No.4
DECEMBER 2005 THE MODELLER
WEB SITE: www.tsme.ca TSME CHAT LINE: tsme@yahoogroups.com
Winter is sneaking up on us now – so the workshop must be quite appealing. Take a few hours off and bring whatever you have done to this meeting to show/tell your fellow modelers how your latest project is progressing. After all, this is what TSME is all about! The next meeting is on
FRIDAY 9 DEC 2005 AT 8.00pm; the usual place - 1001 QUEEN STREET WEST
FOR THE EVENING’S PROGRAM, YOU’LL HEAR FROM:
At the invitation of RON MELVIN, PROFESSOR MICHAEL COLLINS of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto will be presenting his lecture "In Search of Elegance" which deals with the history and structural engineering aspects of famous bridges around the world, such as the Brookin Bridge, the Golden Gate Bridge, etc. This promises to be one of the highlights of the 2005/06 TSME meetings, and so should not be missed.
RICHARD TROUNCE will give a Beginner‘s Guide to CNC programming and machining
DON CARR will show, and talk about - cheap, quick and effective tools and fixtures.
And if you have a cheap, quick and effective tool or fixture – please bring it along to show as well.
And 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.
THE DECEMBER MEETING WILL FINISH AT 10.30pm SO THAT your Exec can hold a quick meeting in the lecture hall and set the program for the January meeting. We are unable to hold this exec meeting at David’s as in past years because the restaurant will no longer keep open late for us.
WHAT’S UP & COMING : MEETING DATES @ 1001 Queen Street. 9 Dec, 13 Jan 2006, 10 Feb, 10 March, 14 April, 12 May, June 9
Held at $30.00 for the coming year. Your cheque or cash will be happily accepted by our Treasurer – KEVIN CLOSE Please let KEVIN know, however, if you feel you have difficulty in affording to pay the dues: we wish you to remain a member. Sending by mail? Kevin’s address is 1432 Goldmar Drive, Mississauga, Ontario L4X 1M3.
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.
PS: If you aren’t paid up by year end you might find that The Modeller doesn’t reach you that you will not be included in the 2005/6 Membership List.
A THANK YOU TO OUR “REMOTE” MEMBERS: We wish to acknowledge the contribution of our few remote or far away members towards the distribution of this newsletter.
NOVEMBER MEETING - IN CASE YOU MISSED IT (ALSO A PLEA – Your newsletter editor will be outa town for the Jan, Feb and March meetings (skiing) so would welcome someone taking these meetings’ notes for him, and then emailing them to me, Dave Bray, for inclusion in The Modeller.)
BILL SALT Brought in a Ball Turning Attachment based on a design he saw in The Home Shop Machinist (1991). He was able to nicely mill out the dovetails with a borrowed cutter. The head is gear driven using Bills own home made gears. The attachment will cut internal and external spherical shapes and can be adapted ti cut tapers aso. It is designed to fit Bills’ JET 12” lathe.
Our Guest JIM BLOWER, at the invitation of JOHN CHAPPELL, gave a talk about Antique Wood Working Tools (manly planes). Jim described in some detail his apprenticeship joiner at 14, in Yorkshire. He was in a plant making windows, dressers, stairs and other similar products. He spent WW2 in the shipyards also working with wood. He brought in a range of antique lathes and described the differences between them, and their use. He reckoned there are some 700 different profile planes. Many of his examples were from the 1770s and ‘80s. Beech was the most commonly used wood for planes – it did not warp or split. The cutting blades were usually steel with a hardening steel tip.
Several members brought in their own weird and antique tools:
JOHN CHAPPELL brought in a variety of tools,
JOE FOSTER showed a Glass Tube Cutter of strange design
REMO COSOLO had a Plough Plane to show as well as some other tools,
KEVIN CLOSE had an old (1907) Quick Setting micrometer
ROBERT WYSS showed an Eye Glass cutter jig, and
JOHN SEYMORE brought in an ancient Micrometer
KEVIN CLOSE showed a Metal Woodworking Plane he made some 15 years ago. It is based on a Norris plane. It has brass sides and a steel sole plate. He said that he finish sharpens the blade on 8000 grit water stone.
BRIAN GLOVER showed a granite slab he now uses as a flat surface plate – it is the cutout from his kitchen sink. Brain also showed a Rotary Table he had made suitable for accepting his Myford lathe chucks. He also brought in a Stuart #10 engine.
DAVE SAGE showed a motion model for an Atkinson Cycle I.C. Engine he is thinking of building. The stroke lengths of this engine differ by arrangement of its links, whereas those of the Otto Cycle (its successful competitor) are all identical. One revolution of the Atkinson engine flywheel gives all 4 strokes.
KYLE SIMMONS showed a couple of small Robots he will be entering in a Miniature Sumo “shoving” Robot competition. There are size limitations, the larger robot having to fit within a 10cm cube. The robot had seeking and motion electronics.
FOR SALE, WANTS OR SWAPS:
WANTED: by MIKE GIBBON. Anyone with a copy of the articles on Flash Steam hydroplanes
by Robert Kirtley believed to be published in 5 issues between 19 Oct 1990 & 15 Feb 1991. The references for
the articles are that they are in Volume 165 Issues 3883, 3885 and 3887 and in Volume 166 Issues 3889 and 3891. Model Engineer Plans Service drawing M72 may also relate. Please contact Mike at the next meeting
or by phone. Mike would be willing buy spare back issues or arrange to copy for his own use only if no
back issues are available.
WANTED: by DON CARR: Parallel m/c Files, 8” long as used in an Oliver Die Filer, or similar make machine. Also WANTED by Don: (will buy or trade other magazines) Projects in Metal April 1988, and Machinist’s Workshop Vol.16, #1 Feb/March 2003.
FOR SALE: by ROBIN COLLARD: Bearing Press, screw type c/w stand. $25.00
FOR SALE: By DAVE POWELL: Mill-Drill, good order, lots of extras. $1300.00
Drill Press with X-Y table, $250.00
SHARKY’S THOUGHTS TO PONDER DURING TOOL CHANGES
- Sometimes it is the attention to the smallest detail that makes the biggest difference.
- Stay calm before you panic!
- Stay in Control
- Sometimes the more timesaving devices that you have, result in you having less time
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
MANSAR AKBER, 1379 Duval Drive, Mississauga, Ontario L5V 2W5.
DAVID OULTON, 1046 Runnymead Crescent, Oakville, Ontario L6m 1C4
PAUL STOCKLEY, 384 Coventry Hill Trail, Newmarket, Ontario L3X 2A1.
Email: p-stockley@rogers.com
MAX WELLDON, 3150 Gwendale Crescent, Mississauga , Ontario L5A 3B4.
Dave Bray email: davybray@aci.on.ca