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                           

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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:

 

DON CARR: talk on Logan Split Piston Gas Engine – the engine that couldn’t

DAVE SAGE: How he made his mill into a CNC machine

BERT deKat: In the spirit of TSME’s 75^th – Bert’s recollections

BILL HUXHOLD & RON MELVIN will have pictures from the Vermont Precision ME show

DAVE POWELL: will recommend why you should avoid a certain supplier of compressors!

DAVE BRAY: will talk about his Myford lathe problem

PAUL STREANS; will continue his talk on steels and clamping    

 

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!

 

WHAT’S UP & COMING : MEETING DATES: Nov 14, Dec 12, 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.

 

WANTED: SOMEONE TO GET THE COFFEE GOING FOR THE MEETINGS. 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?

 

LIBRARY As previously mentioned, due to our meetings move to The Toronto Aerospace Museum, the library has been moved temporarily to Lloyd Hall’s house. A list of the books is on the TSME website, or call Gerald Gardiner. Gerald will bring your requested book to the next upcoming 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 “stand in” 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. 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.

 

What’s up and coming:

Mechanno Show: at the Aerospace Museum. 1 and 2 November

 

Coffee cups and Pop Cans at our meetings

Please stay within our meeting area with you coffee cups and Pop cans, so that they do not tend to be discarded and left about the museum.

 

GENERAL: It is with much regret that we have to inform you that Brian Glover died on October 25. Brian was a member of the Club, and RHLS, and will be remembered for his talks on building models from Stuart Turner castings. Our deepest condolences to his family.

 

 

 

 

OCTOBER 2008 MEETING - IN CASE YOU MISSED IT,  

GERRY REED Spoke about his next door neighbour who races Porsche Cars, modifying the engines by adding a second spark plug to the heads of the 6 cylinder engines. Gerry is involved with making this modification. He explained how he first drilled out a spark plug so that he could insert a 3/8” dia. rod through it to use as a set up datum for his jig. The jig which Jerry showed held the heads at the correct angle for drilling and tapping as well as for milling out a clearance bore for the spark plug wrench. Jerry mentioned that the head material, although an aluminum alloy, required him to take care as it was quite brittle.

 

JOHN CHAPPELL brought in his first model steam powered boat – his “Black Boat”. This project was started sometime around 1928 after John was given a Stuart Oscillating Engine and boiler assembly kit which he decided to put in a boat. This he designed and built, using 1/8” ply frames and covered with strips of card and then painted with many coats inside and out to seal it. John had to add some lead ballast to improve stability (the boat inverted when he filled the boiler with water!). The boiler was fired up during the early 1930’s and the boat gave many hours of pleasure at the family cottage. John devised a clever way of having the boat return to shore – a cigarette was lit in the hull and when it burnt to its end, it burnt through a string causing the rudder to spring over and steer the boat back to shore!

 

BILL HUXHOLD brought in his Single Corliss Engine complete in its recently finished oak and glass show case. Bill said that he prefers glass for a show case since it doesn’t scratch, as plastic tends to. He is still to complete the piping to the engine, and to finish the valves and piston.

 

DAVE BRAY showed his completed Steam driven feed water pump that is to be fitted to his Sweet Pea loco. He also brought in the ‘just started’ frames for a 4 ¾” gauge model of Dougal, a 2’ 6” gauge 0-4-0T built by Andrew Barclay for the Glasgow gasworks in 1946, and still in existence on the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway in UK. Dave mentioned that he is contemplating purchasing a complete boiler from an, as yet not chosen, UK supplier.

 

RON MELVIN showed his home made Tapping Head. Ron also showed pictures of several traction Engines owned by Dave Powell’s friend, Nigel. The pictures showed Ron and Nigel driving these engines on the road. A 2” scale Mini, a 3” scale Burrel (a Plastow design) and a third, a 2” Durham& North York, that Nigel has recently refurbished.

DAVE BOWES brought in and talked about his 8ft wing span model of a De Havilland Turbo Beaver fitted with his Mk3EVIC 17cc engine. Dave mentioned that it took him about 1 ½ Years to find a suitable aircraft for his engine that would be large enough to carry the approx 5lbs of engine, its electronics and radio control equipment. He had quite a few problems to solve before a successful flight and many of which Dave outlined. He had to fit a Walbro carburetor rather than the simpler type he had initially. He added weight to the tailplane for better balance and had to solve radio interference problems. First taxi trials ended with the aircraft flipping over and ripping of the left wing! He has now beefed up the fuselage. The aircraft flew successfully 8 October and Dave had a short video to prove it!

 

PAUL STEARNS talked about how you can utilize the strength and natural spring in steel to make some interesting and useful clamping and thread locking and centering devices

 

FOR SALE, WANTS OR SWAPS:

FOR SALE: by SHARKY NAGAO, ML7 Myford Lathe; Dore Westbury Mill; Atlas Shaper; Indexing Machine; Various vises; Granite Surface plate approx 8” x 12”; various vise grips; Angle plates; Hand tools; Many machinery hobby books and many other goodies. 447 Concord Avenue but please call Sharky first to make an appointment – after 6pm.

FOR SALE: by ROBIN COLLARD on behalf of a friend of his: Lathe 36” bed, 9” swing, 3 – 4” chucks, recent overhaul.  $600.00.

FOR SALE: by Virginia Nicolaides. Old compressor no reasonable offer refused

 

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 or PHONE:

Geoff Kingma email:  gkingma@interlog.com or membership@tsme

 

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

 

Many thanks to Dave Bray for handling the Modeller during my absence – Most appreciated.