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:

 

GERRY REED will bring along his next door neighbour who races Porsche cars – he takes the cylinder heads and adds a second spark plug. Gerry made the jigs and fixtures for this work,

 

It is hoped that JIM STOPPS will show his ‘O’ gauge steam locomotive, and

 

JOHN CHAPPELL will bring in and talk about his first model boat,

 

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: Oct 10, 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.

 

            WHAT’S NOT UP & COMING: There will be NO Hobby Show this year.

 

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 ? – hold off for now, until you see details in the Modeller? 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.

 

SEPTEMBER 2008 MEETING - IN CASE YOU MISSED IT,  

 

We hear that treasurer, KEVIN CLOSE, is now at home after being in hospital in Brampton. We wish him a speedy recovery and send him our best wishes.

 

DAVE OULTON described how he got into the model engineering hobby – wanting a new challenge. He has found it an interesting learning experience! Dave brought in a number of small oscillating engines he has made and demonstrated them running on air at only about 3psi. Some engines are Stuart Turners, others are from castings purchased at NAMES. DAVE mentioned that his lathe and mill are both fitted with DRO’s which he finds makes machining easier and accurate.

BILL HUXHOLD reminisced about his start in model engineering, starting with ship models. His first lathe came from Aikenheads in 1963, then he upgraded to an Emco Maier, then to a 10” Emco. Finally to his present Hardinge. Bill brought in his latest project, still a work in progress – a Single Corliss Engine that he started in June. The baseplate is machined from 1” plate machined to look like a casting. Bill was asked to give some advice on drilling and tapping small holes – 0-80 UNC and 1-72UNC – use good quality taps and dies, use lubricant (but not in cast iron) and a tapping machine and do it carefully!

LLOYD HALL bought an old Atlas Shaper and is now fixing it up. From the pictures of it before Lloyd started to clean it up, it looked in pretty poor shape, although he had no trouble dismantling it.

BARRY FLETCHER showed his completed Halbrook #7 Twin Cylinder Reversing Piston Engine and

demonstrated how easily it runs on air his blowing was sufficient! Barry is now working on a D. Cursel (?)

engine

DAN O’CONNELL introduced his guests – DONALD GREER and his son. They are members of a worldwide group that are interested on producing full size versions of R2D2. Don mentioned that standardized parts are available, although he has chosen to make his own R2D2 using aluminum body shell parts and a aluminum and steel inside frame. His R2D2 body section he showed is about 18” diameter and the top half sphere spun in aluminum. Don mentioned that he has made a Gingery Lathe from scratch, but now has a Myford. Hopefully he will bring in his Gingery lathe sometime.

ROY ELLIOTT has started on a 4 cylinder OHC engine of his own design, and showed how far he has progressed with the cylinder body and the head. He intends to use a timing belt rather than gears to drive the valves, this arrangement being simpler. Roy is thinking of using aluminum pistons and cylinder sleeves in steel. The bore is 0.680” which he hopes will allow him to avoid the use of rings if he chooses to use cast iron rings

PHIL REGAN brought in his Unimat that he has recently purchased though eBay (at around $400.00). These small lathes have not been made since the 1970’s are now considered collectors items.

BILL SALT showed a running stand he has put together so that he can test run his recently acquired 0-6-0 4 ¾” gauge locomotive at home before he gets to the track at Richmond Hill Live Steamers. The bearings for the stand came from Princess Auto.

 

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 416 225-8776 email:  gkingma@interlog.com or membership@tsme.ca

CHANGES:

 

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

 

WHY FURROWS CREASE A MACHINIST’S BROW 

 

The designer sat at his drafting board, A wealth of knowledge in his head was stored,

Like what can be done on a radial drill, A turret lathe or vertical mill,

But above all things a knack he had, Of driving gentle machinists completely mad,

So he mused as he thoughtfully scratched his bean, Just how can I make this thing hard to machine?

If I make this body perfectly straight The job ought to come out first rate,

But t’would be so easy to machine and bore, That it would never make a machinist sore,

So I’ll put a compound angle there, And a couple of tapers to make them swear,

Now BRASS would do for this little gear, But it’s too easy to machine I fear,

So just to make a machinist squeal, I’ll have him machine it from tungsten steel.

 

And I’ll put the holes that hold the cap, Down underneath, where they can’t be tapped,

Now if they make this it will be just luck, Because it can’t be held with dog or chuck,

And it can’t be drilled, planed or ground, So I think my design is unusually sound.

 

He sat back, his plan he surveyed,

The SCREWIEST thing he had ever made,

He shouted in glee, “Success at last!

This cockeyed thing CAN’T EVEN BE CAST”                                                                  Author unknown