THE TORONTO SOCIETY OF MODEL ENGINEERS

 

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** PLEASE NOTE: The next meeting will take place at the Toronto Aerospace Museum, Downsview, starting at 7.30pm (see map)

 

 

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

 

Dave Oulton will bring some of the small engines he has recently completed

 

Bill Huxhold will “reminisce”

 

Lloyd Hall will talk about the way he was able to get rid of hard dried up grease on his recently purchased Atlas Shaper as conventional methods did not work.

 

As you know this year is our 75^th anniversary. To celebrate, it would be great if you could bring in your oldest model (or a photo).

 

 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: Sept 12, 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.

 

TSME Picnic:  Bob Allin’s in Orono, Saturday, 6 September, 2008, 10am – 4pm.  (3551 Skelding Ave., Orono) GPS coords: 44.045663,-78.636425 (See map below) A donation towards the cost of catering would be appreciated. eg. $5/person, children free.

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?

 

 

JUN 2008 MEETING - IN CASE YOU MISSED IT,  

Prior to the start of the meeting, a Trunk Sale was held in the CAMH parking lot. Hopefully successful for both buyers and sellers!

GERALD GARDINER explained the system for obtaining library books now that the Library will not be accessible at our new meeting location, The Toronto Aerospace Museum. A list of books will be displayed on the TSME website. Call Gerald before the meeting and he will arrange to have the your requested books at the following meeting for you.

DON CARR spoke about his self made Shaper Tool Holder – similar in design to an Armstrong type but with a rotating head to allow the tool to be positioned in 6 different angles. Don said that he got the design off the web. The stem is made of H.R. steel welded to a 1” dia. head. The square hole was made by broaching (at great expense) by Don. He found this too tight, the square tools not being an accurate ¼”, so he enlarged the square using a “George Barret” single step broach he made up.

RON MELVIN then showed some pictures of this year’s Pickering Steam Show and also a few pictures from this year’s Wings and Wheels Heritage Show at the Aerospace Museum.

LUKE showed his modified production kit RC race car and explained the modifications he had made. The 0.2cc engine runs on nitro-methane fuel and car power the car to up to 60mph!

PETER ROCK then showed his delightful 1 ½” scale model of a 7HP (1890’s) Burrell Traction Engine he has nearly finished. Peter bought the castings way back in 1964 from Bassett-Lowke, worked on it for about 2 years, but bought a ful size traction engine. He restarted work on the model traction engine about 2 years ago.

BILL SALT brought in his “propane tank storage” Caboose. The caboose holds a mid size propane tank which will be used to fire his locomotives. The caboose also holds a water tank as well as the regulator for the propane. The caboose is made from ¼” ply with sides grooved vertically to simulate the real thing.

ANDREW KNIGHT had tabled some questions regarding Hot Air Engines for which he wanted answers. The questions related specifically to the hot side design.

DAVE SAGE showed the progress with the Jerry Howell V8 Engine. The cylinders have been machined in the aluminum crankcase. The engine will be water cooled. The crankshaft is made up of multiple sections with 3 main bearings. Dave found it rather a tricky operation to assemble the crankshaft into the crankcase and be able to set the cranks accurately at right angles to each other.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

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.

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

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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