THE TORONTO SOCIETY OF MODEL ENGINEERS

 

 

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This will be our last meeting at CAMH before we land at our new location in Downsview, at the Aerospace Museum. Please come and join your fellow members at this next, and memorable meeting which will be on …….

 

 

IN THIS EVENING’S PROGRAM YOU CAN EXPECT TO HEAR FROM:

 

CAR BOOT/TAIL GATE SALE: In the CAMH parking lot from 7.00pm until about 8.15pm. Bring down anything you wish to sell and that other members might be interested in purchasing. Open your car trunk and sell off the stuff! May we  suggest 5% “commission” for TSME.

 

RON MELVIN will show pictures from this years Pickering Museum Village Steam Fair,

 

DON CARR will show and talk about a Shaper Tool he has made and some intricate Frame Fitting Pieces (equalizing/brake hanger parts) for his Hudson locomotive,

 

DAVE SAGE will show his Jerry Howell V-8 engine

 

 Club members would like to see completed models, or any in progress of being built, that have not previously been shown. You need not talk about the item, if you prefer not to. Just let’s have a look!

 

WHAT’S UP & COMING : MEETING DATES: 13 June  @ 1001 Queen Street.

 

FATHER’S DAY STEAM AND MACHINE SHOW: Sunday 15 June, 10.00am to 4.oopm. Westfield , near Rockton, north of Hwy #8, onto regional road #552. Call 1-800-883-0104 or website: www.westfieldheritage.ca. Thanks to Bert deKat for this information.

 

EXTENDED INTERMISSION: At the RICHMOND HILL LIVE STEAMERS track, on the west side of McCowan Road, 1.6 km north of the Aurora Side Road, immediately south of St.Johns Sideroad. SUNDAY 20 JULY (no rain day) -10am until about 4pm. Tea, Coffee and pop will be provided. Bring you models to show, run or just to talk about.

 

WANTED: TO DO THE MEETINGS COFFEE: We are still hoping that someone will offer to get the coffee going for the meetings. Dave Powell will be running the meetings and will no longer no able to do this. Please anyone?

 

2008 IS OUR 75^th ANNIVERSARY YEAR  If you have a suggestion as to what we could do to celebrate this, please make your suggestion known to anyone on our exec. It would be greatly appreciated.

 

MAY 2008 MEETING - IN CASE YOU MISSED IT,  

 

ERNIE HILL brought in his 2” scale Fowler Ploughing Engine that he brought over from Ireland several years ago and

that is part built. The kit of castings and drawings originally came from Blackgates Engineering. This Engine is for sale

at $3800.00

JOE FOSTER is working on the cockpit canopy of the Toronto Aerospace Museum’s Lancaster. He showed and talked about the rear canopy section. The frame he made from scratch, using plywood sections bent to suit. The glazing will be plexiglass bent to suit

ROB STEHLIK brought in his improved Fire Fighting Robot. With the aid of pictures, Rob explained that the 4 wheels are connected in such a way that they all turn parallel which each other, allowing the robot to turn on itself. Each wheel has a drive motor in its hub. Tow opposing wheels are spring to absorb any small floor irregularities. The body, which contains all the electronic controls and the fire extinguishing pressurised water tank, is made of bright green laser cut acrylic pieces. Sensors in the turret can detect heat and light and sense distance from the candle that the robot is intended to extinguish in competition. The robot was approx 9’ x 9” and about 6” high. Rob demonstrated the robot extinguishing a candle set up on the bench. The CAD drawings for each component were masterpieces!

KEN STRAUSS did much of the machining for Rob’s robot and showed, with more pictures, how he set up some of the  trickier machining operations. Ken recommended from his experience with this work, that we should all have proper inside and depth micrometers!

BILL SALT brought in his 3 ½” gauge Juliet locomotive which he has found to be hard to steam on coal.

He has been trialing the firing by propane and is now having some success after several trial burners.

The loco is yet to be tried at the track though. Bill explained that the positioning of the burner in the firebox is crucial to success, and checked the heat distribution of the burner first by laser heat detection. He had to recheck once the burner once installed since the heat distribution had altered somewhat. The final burner he obtained from a distributor in the US.

BOB McDONALD has recently acquired a Clarkson Tool and Cutter Grinder and brought in some of its accessories for end mill sharpening and tap repointing and sharpening – quite a machine!  Rob asked for anyone who can lend him a manual on this machine, to let him know.

DAVE BRAY showed his recently completed 4 ¾” gauge model of a Welsh Slate Wagon base on the 2ft gauge type used on the Ffestiniog Railway. The Frame and side and end slats are of wood, with cast iron wheels and bronze axle carriers. Drawings and castings were obtained from Blackgates Engineering.

JOHN CAREY showed a Knurling Toll he is making for his lathe to a design by Rudy Khouhpupt and published in Home Shop Machinist from January to June 2001

 

 

DETAILS  ABOUT OUR MOVE TO THE TORONTO AEROSPACE MUSEUM, IN SEPTEMBER 2008

 

A = Aerospace Museum 1 Entry/access:          For the first meeting or so – enter through the museum front door, on the north side of the building. Once we are familiar with the layout of the place, we will probably have access through a side door close to the meeting area – better for moving in any heavy stuff. 2 Start time:          Start time of 7.30pm, but we may not get access until between 7 and 7.15pm. Leave by 10.30pm. 3 Washrooms:      Yes, both at the top of the mezzanine stairs, above the shop at the front of the museum

 

DIRECTIONS NOTE: You must access from the west side - off Sheppard Ave.West. Carl Hall Road around the

north side of the runway is closed.

5 Parking:  Plenty – and free. Areas are on the north and east sides of the museum. There is a popular indoor soccer        arena to the south of the museum which often brings in many cars as well, but there should be still plenty of spaces around the museum.

6 Public Transit: Downsview is nearest TTC subway stop. Nearest bus stop is on the west side, on Sheppard. Quite a walk, though to the museum – maybe 10 - 15 minutes

 

FOR SALE, WANTS OR SWAPS:

FOR SALE by ERNIE HILL: 2” Fowler Ploughing Engine. All castings, all drawings included. Boiler, all wheels, smoke stack, ploughing rope drum/mechanism, crankshaft, front wheel assembly and all gears are completed. $3800.00. Contact Ernie through the exec.

WANTED: by DAVE OULTON. Either complete or partially completed steam engine, or I.C. or diesel engine casting sets. Please email to davidoulton@symapico.ca .

WANTED: by DAVE BRAY: 1 3/8 dia (to finish 1 ¼” dia) bronze (not brass) or Cast Iron for pistons, about 2” long. Also 1 1/2” dia BM steel bar about 5” long.

 

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

Dave Bray, email: davybray@aci.on.ca or membership@tsme.ca           

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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