THE TORONTO SOCIETY OF MODEL ENGINEERS

 

 

WEB SITE: www.tsme.ca  Pictures from the meetings will be posted with The Modeller that is posted on this website       

TSME CHAT LINE: tsme@yahoogroups.com

 

Winter is still very much in your face! (Well, most of it, hopefully, on the ground). Plenty of cold, snow and ice – and maybe you were still thinking that spring was just around the corner? Not so yet!! Despite all this, TSME keeps going, and so, come and join your fellow members at the next meeting – on

 

 

FOR THE EVENING’S PROGRAM, YOU CAN EXPECT TO BE HEARING FROM:

 

JOHN CHAPPELL, will talk and give a demonstration of nichrome wire cutting plastic and its use for “ship’s lines” and centre of buoyancy.

 

Richard Trounce:  Motors - Their identification, wiring and how to troubleshoot them.

 

Don Carr:  More trials and tribulations with his Hudson locomotive.

 

Dave Powell:  Will present us with an update on his steam wagons.

 

Jeff Kingma:  Geoff will talk about his efforts in reconditioning a lathe.

 

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.

 

And/or if you have some item that you think might be of interest to members, please tell anyone on the Exec – we welcome more Program items!!

 

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   9 March, 13 April, 11 May, 8 June  @ 1001 Queen Street.

 

EXTENDED INTERMISSION Set for Saturday 14 July (rain day, Sunday 15), again, at the Richmond Hill Live Steamers track on McCowan Road. So plan ahead – and plan to come!

 

TSME LAPEL PINS AND CRESTS: Only sold at the meetings

Treasurer, KEVIN CLOSE, has these available: One for $3.00, two for $5.00 - BUY YOURS NOW!

 

FEBRUARY 2007 MEETING - IN CASE YOU MISSED IT,  (with many thanks to ROBERT WYSS)

 

JOHN DERAMAIX, a guest of Gerry Reed, gave us his presentation on sculpturing with Plasticine. John showed many slides to illustrate his work and of which he brought in several samples.

DAVE SAGE brought in a recently completed Atkinson 4 cycle engine. It had multicoloured anodizing and had powder coated parts that where all done by Dave. The electronics were well hidden in & under the base. Also impressive was the way it ran - on the first pull, no less!

BERT de KAT showed us pictures from the UK of the recent Midlands ME exhibition, South Kensington Science Museum, Greenwich Observatory museum and the Kew Pumping Station.

JEFF KINGMA continued on his talk about shaping and how to do it. Jeff strongly suggested that one should stay away from cheap scrapers and buy either high quality ones or convert old dull high quality files into scrapers.

RICHARD TROUNCE gave a short talk on silver soldering.

Richard used black flux and a propane torch to demonstrate his technique.

DAVE POWELL continued his autopsy of a recently purchased locomotive. Dave brought in the all-steel boiler that was unique in the fact that the boiler tubes were steel and welded into place.

DAVE SAGE & GERALD GARDINER both brought in mystery items. Dave's could only be described as a set of gripping pruning shears with a 3/16" flat blade.

Gerald's was identified by our president Robert Wyss, as the base assembly of a grinding wheel radius dresser.

 

MISLAID AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING:

A Centre Punch and Wrench, bundled together with masking tape. Please let JOHN CHAPPELL know if you found these.

 

FOR SALE, WANTS OR SWAPS:

 

FOR SALE: by RICHARD TROUNCE. A Calcomp Pen Plotter #1043. Takes E size drawings (34” x 44”). Has an RS 232 connection. 8 Pen carousel. Still works well. Looking for a good home. About 5ft long x 4ft high and 2ft deep.

FOR SALE: by REMO COSOLO. Camper Van, 3.8litre Chrysler V8. 35,000miles only after an engine rebuild. AM-FM radio, TV rotary antenna. 8ft high inside raised roof. Spare gas tank, 5 Ziebart coats and never used on salted roads. Excellent condition. Good to drive away and use as is. $9,000.00 or best offer.

FOR SALE by GARTH STATHAM. Model Engineer Magazines for sale. Garth may have your requirements – check your needs! Mainly vols. 133 to 191 (some already sold), and some earlier ones, $10.00 to $15.00 per volume, depending on number of issues per volume.

WANTED: by DON CARR. Don is looking for the current phone number or address of Howard Hunt (formerly of Thornhill, Ontario) who is the son of P. Eldon Hunt. Hunt senior worked with Alex Josslin and LBSC. Eldon Hunt produced a number of North American locomotive designs in 2-1/2" and 3-1/2" gauge in the 30's and 40's. These designs are thought to be lost but Don is almost certain that they are with Howard Hunt, his son. It was

from Howard Hunt that Don obtained the Josslin Hudson drawings about 15 years ago through a TSME

member (Don can't remember who, though).

WANTED: by BOB McDONALD. Any Model Engineering books or magazines.

WANTED: by RICHARD TROUNCE. To borrow, and copy: Model Railroader Magazine of December 1954 – he is interested in an article on the Atlantic locomotive. Also, Richard is looking for a 16mm film reel to acquire.

WANTED: by GERRY REED.  3”, 4” and 5” pulleys to fit “A” belt. Total pulley cluster width

about 1 7/8”. Bore not important.

 

NEW MEMBERS - WELCOME NEW MEMBERS: no one this month

 

MEMBERSHIP LIST 2006/7 CHANGES/CORRECTIONS:

 

BRIAN GLOVER: change phone number:

 

MEMBERSHIP LIST –  FOR CORRECTIONS / CHANGES PLEASE EMAIL or PHONE:

 

Dave Bray email: membership@tsme.ca  

 

PICTURES FOR THE TSME WEBSITE

If you have picture/s that you think are good for posting on the TSME website, please email to KIM TYSON at webmaster@tsme.ca