THE TORONTO SOCIETY OF MODEL ENGINEERS
APRIL 2010 THE MODELLER VOL 40 No 8
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
FRIDAY, April 9, 2010 at 7.30pm at the Canadian Air and Space Museum, Downsview
IN THIS EVENING’S PROGRAM YOU MAY EXPECT TO HEAR FROM:
Ernie Hill will talk about a VW cylinder head that he cast and machined
Our Theme for this meeting is twofold:
1) How to do jobs without the tools you need.
2) Dealing with heavy items on your own.
So bring your tips, jigs and or photos to share with the group.
Auction There will be a short auction of Model Engineer magazines that are duplicates from the Club’s collection
MEETING DATES. 2010: Friday evenings on: April 9, May 14 and Jun 11 at the Canadian Air and Space Museum, 65 Carl Hall Road, Downsview M3K 2E1.
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.
Note: A minimum of one week’s notice is required.
What’s up and coming:
Pickering Village Museum: Steam Up day, May 30 from 12:00 pm - 4:30 pm. Website: http://www.cityofpickering.com/standard/lifestyle/museum/main.html
GENERAL:
Name Tags: Please wear your name tag at the meeting. It is on the table next to the door. They will be collected before the meeting ends.
March, 2010 MEETING - in case you missed it
Brian Burns talked about the evolvement of steam engine reversing gear systems and the advantage of the worm gear type on full scale machinery. He showed a detailed drawing of an ALCO power reverse gear setup.
He closed his discussion by showing the model of one that he is building
Gerry Reed reviewed the progress on the Mill Drill or Drill Press locator he is building and showed the unit being built for his drill press. He also showed how he made up bushings for the crank of the table lift to remove the excessive play.
Jim Bugg is building a serious looking tractor-drawn wood chipper and showed progress to date. He also showed a boiler being built by his students that entails the fitting of many rivets.
Barry Fletcher showed a model marine steam engine that he scaled to 60% of a Ray Hasbrouck design. He mentioned the importance of selecting the correct materials for a steam powered engine which is much more critical compared to running on air.
Bill Huxhold brought in the “Drill to Mill” conversion he has undertaken on the broken model that he acquired. The head is finished with rack and pinion feed as well as fine feed option. The column has been bolstered by adding cast iron so the knee dovetails could be machined. He also showed the lead screws and nuts as well as the broach made to cut the spline for the spindle sleeve.
John Lucas brought in a Double Scotch engine he built using a borrowed Unimat lathe/mill. He found the plans on the Internet. I believe this was his first model and was very well done considering the small equipment used in the build.
KenStrauss showed a cranking device he made to illustrate (and confuse the uninitiated) the use of one-way clutches. No matter which way the crank is turned, the dial turns in one direction only. He called it an “Executive Toy”.
Nigel Coppola illustrated with photos the hoisting platform he made to bring his traction engines up from the basement. He showed the details of the construction using structural aluminum I-beams, and the neat cable linkage used in the construction to raise the platform.
Joe Foster showed the punches he finds very useful for sheet metal work. He has an old Whitney #5 set and a Greenlee punch.
George Cockburn brought in an alcohol fired Gauge 1 locomotive he built. He explained the difficulty he had initially running it on steam compared to air and how he solved the problem.
Robin Collard works on Model A Fords. He showed photos of the gear shift linkage and the spring used to hold the lever in gear. He showed the fixtures he made to help with the removal and replacement of the very strong spring.
Bert de Kat brought in a tubing bender he made and discussed how he went about forming the correct radius on the “wheels”.
Derek O’Dell showed the firebox of the boiler he is building. He described how he bent the plate to fit around the end plates.
Wolfgang Habicher showed a timing belt from a Toyota engine and the pulleys he and his son made to adapt to a supercharger his son is installing on his sports car. Due to a slight error in calculating the number of teeth and pitch, the pulleys turned out to be “prototypes”.
Roman Gorczak showed some pens he made for a plotter by modifying a ball point pen cartridge. He explained how he made a broach for an Allen key slot.
Robert Wyss brought in a spindle grinder that will become a future “project”. We look forward to seeing the finished item.
ITEMS FOR SALE, WANTED OR SWAPS:
Myford ML7 lathe with many extras. No quick change gearbox but a couple of chucks, faceplates, tooling, vertical milling attachment, stand, etc. The price has been reduced to $1,500.00. Contact Eric Motton or Mary Glover.
Locomotive: 3 ½” 2-6-0 OS kit. Completed and running. Contact Alex Grey.
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.
Welcome to Rambod Larijani.
Note: for security reasons only your name will appear on the web posted version.
Geoff Kingma
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.