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

 

The next meeting will take place at the Toronto Aerospace Museum, Downsview, starting at 7.30pm

 

 

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

      Jim Bugg & Barry Fletcher - Steam Boats

      Charles Foster - Oscillator Engine

     Ken Strauss – Midland, UK Model Engineering Show

     Paul Sterns - Steels & Clamping

     Dave Oulton - Beam Engine

 

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 need not talk about the item, if you prefer not to. Just let’s have a look at them!

 

MEETING DATES:  Jan 9, Feb 13, Mar 13, 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!

 

MEMBERSHIP DUES

$30.00 for the coming year. If you wish to pay at the meeting – please bring $30.00 cash which will be happily accepted by our Treasurer – PETER HALE. Please let Peter know, however, if you feel you have difficulty in affording to pay the dues: we wish you to remain a member. Sending by mail  – Please send a cheque to Peter Hale, 1385 Balsam Ave, Peterborough, K9J 7E5. NOTE: It needs to be made out to P. Hale (this is a tempory measure until the Club’s account is revised). If you are joining as a New Member, please provide your: name, address, phone number and e-mail address.

 

What’s up and coming:

Woodworking Show at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, Hamilton (at the airport). Januuary 23, 24, 25, 2009 (www.HamiltonShows.com)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December, 2008 MEETING - IN CASE YOU MISSED IT  

 

BILL HUXHOLD talked about the first model he made in the early 1960’s. It was a Morton M5, 90cc, radial IC engine. He showed the modifications that were made to the original plans as well as some of the jigs used to machine the components. He also commented that it has never been run and never will be!

 

He also showed the Corliss engine he has recently completed. It is the same size as a previously made one but only a single cylinder. As always, magnificent workmanship.

 

DAVE SAGE  talked about the CNC upgrade he made to his Mill Drill. He based the modifications on a Home Shop Machinist series that started in 2002 and went for 6 issues. His first task was to reduce the backlash in the quill downfeed which he was able to accomplish by using eccentrics in the bushings. By using Autocad he was able to make full size prints which he then glued onto the part to be machined, as his mill was slightly different from the one featured in the article. He also gave a detailed account on how he set up the ball screws and shafts.

 

He purchased a PMDX breakout board and Gecko drivers which were housed in a computer case along with the power supply. The computer case enclosing the drivers, breakout board and power supply was an old surplus one. The rest of the computer was scrapped. The computer running the CNC now is separate and is connected to the driver case through the computer parallel port cable. The software is Mach3 by Artsoft.

 

 As well, he set up a rotary table as a 4^th axis. Now he says he should be able to just sweep the floor as the mill does the work!

 

ROGER COLE reminisced about his interest in boats as a kid. This set the stage for the building of an 18ft kayak he  designed and built with a friend. That was 37 years ago, and his recent project was to restore it after it had been neglected for many years. He detailed the restoration steps and showed how it was also rigged for sailing. Now, replendant in new paint, it is being used by his family.

 

ROBIN COLLARD bought a 1929 Ford Model A Coupe which took 15 years to restore. One of the items that was difficult to repair were the oil filled shock absorbers. After a “design review” with Dave Powell he rebuilt them using the system similar to that used by the Model T. It used brake shoe friction material coupled to a steel disc and a spring washer. An adjuster is calibrated to give the correct resistance. One feature is that they still look original from the outside.

 

BILL SALT brought the piston/cylinder assembly of the Little Sampson traction engine he is building. He described the machining of the components and how he used O-rings for sealing all the joints.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ITEMS FOR SALE, WANTED OR SWAPS:  None

 

 

 

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 Website.

 

 

MEMBERSHIP LIST –  FOR CORRECTIONS / CHANGES PLEASE EMAIL:

Geoff Kingma email:  gkingma@interlog.com

 

 

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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