THE TORONTO SOCIETY OF MODEL ENGINEERS

 

 

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

TSME CHAT LINE: tsme@yahoogroups.com

 

 

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

           

Nigel Coppola      Will talk about a traction engine

 

Dave Bray            A problem with his Myford lathe and how he solved it

 

Dave Oulton         How he made a “silk purse ---- “ with the chuck on his indexing unit

 

Gord Bruce          From idea to reality: a steam launch

 

Don Carr               Will talk about his “Duplex” drill jig and grinding head

 

Note: Presentations by members of the executive may be postponed depending on the amount of  program items.

 

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

 

 

MEETING DATES:  April 10, May 8, Jun 12 @ Toronto Aerospace Museum, 65 Carl Hall Road, Downsview M3K 2E1. There is a TTC bus that stops right outside the museum #101 from Downsview Subway Station.

 

LIBRARY  The books are not located at the Museum. However, a list of the books is on the TSME website. Call  Gerald Gardiner with your request and he will arrange to have your requested book(s) at the next meeting. The nominal charge per book is still $0.25!

 

What’s up and coming:

Busy Bee annual Garage Sale, Concord location only, May 16, starting at 8.30am

 

GENERAL: 

 

Name Tags: Please wear your name tag at the meeting. It is on the table next to the side door. They will be collected before the meeting ends.

 

 

March, 2009 MEETING - IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Bill Huxhold showed the progress he has made on the ME Beam engine that he is building without the use of castings. The cylinder was made from 660 bronze with a cast iron liner. The two flywheels were made from solid discs of 12L14 steel. He went into detail about how he cut out the material between the spokes and the subsequent rounding operation. He also mentioned that he does the boring of the hole in the hub as the last operation.

 

Eric Motton Gave a brief update about the upcoming International Steam meeting at the RHLS location on July 11 and 12.

 

Roger Cole brought in a very interesting 5 minute video about the manufacturing of Mosquito bombers in Australia in the 1940’s.

 

Dave Oulton mentioned that some videos of operating various machines of interest to the hobbyist are available on the Web site: techtv.mit.edu/collections/ehs-videos/videos   The club has a copy on DVD available from the library.

 

Roy Elliott brought in the twin cam 4 cylinder engine he is building. He is now working on the valve gear and described how he held the springs in place while installing them. He went on to detail how he designed the delrin timing belt pulleys with measurements taken from the belt he had on hand. The cogs were machined using the method of first drilling holes then maching away the outer half.

 

Bert de Kat went to the January Cabin Fever show and he showed some pictures of some interesting models that were on display including the Monitor engine and the Duesenburg car which is nearing completion.

 

Gerry Reed brought in a mystery fixture and asked the audience to try and guess what it was for. No one got it! It was made to hold a “web trolley” wheel in a vise so that the operator could try and free it up from a rusted state. He described how he machined the block on his lathe.

 

Don Carr showed some parts and progress on the Hudson he is building. The detailed notes he is writing about the build makes for slow progress but it is being posted on the Chaski site. A detailed description followed on the making of the frame and the method of aligning it all.

 

Joe Foster showed some spark ignition model airplane engines that he had purchased from Sharky, one of which is an “Olsen & Rice”. They are being cleaned up and he hopes to have some running soon.

  

 

ITEMS FOR SALE, WANTED OR SWAPS:  

 

WANTED: Any castings or partial completed model steam engines. contact David Oulton.

 

 

DON CARR, the TSME Archivist, would like to hear from members who were :”Official Photographers” at

meetings and/or events. He is especially interested in the 2000 – 2008 period. He would like to borrow the

photos so they can be put on the TSME Historical Photos and Pages section of the Website.

 

 

NEW MEMBERS:  A warm welcome to the following members who joined the Club at the last meeting

 

Nigel Coppola:

 

Luke Elliott:

 

Sandy Robertson (returning member):

 

Note: for security reasons only your name will appear on the web posted version.

 

FOR CORRECTIONS / CHANGES PLEASE EMAIL :

webmaster@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

 

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