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VOL 37 No.1
SEPT 2006 THE MODELLER
WEB SITE: www.tsme.ca TSME CHAT LINE: tsme@yahoogroups.com
Don’t miss our first meeting of the 2006/7 TSME season – by coming to this meeting on –
FRIDAY
8 SEPTEMBER 2006 AT 8.00pm; the usual
place -
FOR THE EVENING’S PROGRAM, YOU CAN EXPECT TO BE HEARING FROM:
DAVE BOWES will talk about the things he blew up and rebuilt during the summer,
BILL HUXHOLD will show and talk about his completed Sulzer Poppet Valve Twin Cylinder Engine
DAVE POWELL made 10 lubricators for some reason – he will explain why!
JEFF KINGMA has been rebuilding a Shaper – he’ll talk about this project, and
BERT deKat has been working on a “Whisper Gen” Stirling Engine, Bert will tell us about it
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.
Please use the new TSME SUGGESTION BOX. Write down what you want to see more (or less) of; program ideas; items for sale (or wanted) to put in the modeler, or any comments or feedback you wish.
WHAT’S UP & COMING :
MEETING DATES 8 Sept, 13 Oct, 10 Nov, 8 Dec, 12 Jan 2007, 9 Feb, 9
March, 13 April, 11 May, 8 June @
TSME/TLS PICNIC: - SATURDAY 9 SEPTEMBER (NO Rain Day). 10.00am to 4.00pm. At BOB ALLIN’S in Orono (same location as last year’s. Locos will be running on the 7 ¼” ground level track. There will be tables for your models – so bring them along. Bring your family, friends and chairs to sit on. Corn, Hamburgers and Hot Dogs as well as pop and coffee will be available. DON”T MISS THIS EVENT – it has been most enjoyable every year!
HOW TO GET THERE ?: Take 401 to 35/115 interchange, then 35/115 north (towards Peterborough) to 8th Line of Clark (which is beyond the Dutch Oven Restaurant which is on the east side of 35/115) go West on 8th line of Clark to BEST Road (the turning is not much more than 1km from 35/115), North on Best Road to SKELDING Road, then East on Skelding. The entrance to Bob’s place is at the East end of Skelding.
AUCTION
AVRO ARROW REPLICA ROLL-OUT This
public event is scheduled for Sunday 8 October at the
$30.00 for the coming year. Your cheque or cash will be happily accepted by our stand in 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? 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.
JUNE MEETING - IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, OR HAVE FORGOTTEN !
JOHN CHAPPELL’s guest AL RUTKE about Laser cutting – really a sophisticated form of flame cutting. A laser is a coherent light source and very controllable. Laser cutters are good for steels and stainless steels, but not so good for cutting brass or aluminum which require more power than does steel or stainless. Cutting thicknesses that Al’s machines are capable of cutting: Mild Steel – 3/8”, stainless – 1/8”, brass – 0.075”. Very small holes can
be cut, down to 0.021” diameter. The cutting systems are always computer controlled using MasterCam,
AutoCAD or G code software. Al answered many questions from the floor. A very interesting talk. Thank
you, John, for “finding” Al and to Al for agreeing to come and give this talk.
BILL HUXHOLD brought in many examples of Form Tools he has made for specific machining contours. Bill demonstrated how he grinds (on a 120 grit wheel – not soft stone) and finishes the form tool shape using a Dremel type hand grinder. Bill advised that if chatter is experienced during machining using a form tool, clean off the chatter marks by revolving the chucked part by hand, with the cutter taking off the last thou or so.
The AUCTION of much of (the late) BILL SANDERS machining equipment and some other items: All the “stuff” went to good homes. Thanks to ROBERT WYSS, who did the auctioning with speed and plenty of humour thrown in, to KEVIN CLOSE for recording the buyers, and to KYLE SIMMONS for distributing the “stuff” to the eager buyers..
FOR
WANTED: by RON MELVIN. Fixed Steady for a Myford lathe
WANTED: by BOB McDONALD. Any Model Engineering magazines and books on model engineering and shop practice
USEFUL WEBSITE: www.chaski.org – a great source for model engineering information.
NEW MAGAZINE: “MINIATURE RAILWAY” For
anyone interested in 7 ¼”, 10 ¼” and 15” railways, particularly in
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS: No one this past month
MEMBERSHIP CHANGES:
Address change: STEVE LILLY:
Phone number correction: BOB McDONALD:
Dave Bray email: membership@tsme.ca