THE TORONTO SOCIETY OF MODEL ENGINEERS
MARCH 2010 THE MODELLER VOL 40 No 7
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, March 12, 2010 at 7.30pm at the Canadian Air and Space Museum, Downsview
IN THIS EVENING’S PROGRAM YOU MAY EXPECT TO HEAR FROM:
Our Theme for this meeting will be ”Not quite Model Engineering”. So bring in those projects you think may be of interest to other members. You don’t have to talk about it if you prefer.
Brian Burns will talk about steam reversing gear on 7 ¼” scale locomotives and will discuss how they came about. We hope Brian will be better, and able to give this presentation.
Ernie Hill will talk about a VW cylinder head that he cast and machined
Nigel Coppola will give an update on progress with his scratch-built marine engine and how he fitted the piston O-rings
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: Mar 12, 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:
No announcement this month
GENERAL:
Remo Cosolo, a past member of the Club passed away in January. Our condolences to his family.
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.
February, 2010 MEETING - in case you missed it
Art Ellis Showed some slides of TSME’s involvement at the Milton steam show, setting up the track and some of the engines with their owners from over 30 years ago. There were also pictures of the TSME picnic at Art’ place. There was some difficulty in recognizing some of the members from their younger days!
He closed by showing some of the engraving work he is involved with now and also shots of his workshop.
Fred Eagle showed a lathe tool holder that he designed for his South Bend lathe. He then showed a tool for winding springs and a turret type holder for boring bars.
Ken Strauss made a drawbar for R8 tooling for his mill that had a “self-eject” feature. He explained how he had to clean up the spindle bore before assembling the bar in place.
Wolfgang Habicher showed a cross-drilling jig that fits on a QC toolpost. He also showed a rotary table made from plans in HSM. His first try at making the worm wheel was not accurate and he explained how he solved the problem on his second try.
Joe Foster is rebuilding a Hudson locomotive. He has decided to add the streamlining feature per the Dreyfuss design. He showed the progress so far and explained how a kettle and a coffeemaker were “modified” to provide the required complex shapes using a spot welder to assemble the bits and pieces.
Don Carr has worked out a solution to “extract” broken taps from partially completed components. He made up a jig using a Dremel tool attached to the spindle of his mill. He first uses diamond burrs to create a flat spot and then a tiny carbide spade drill to remove the bulk of the tap. He also explained the technique he has found to work successfully.
Nigel Coppola brought in the compound marine engine he is scratch building. He explained how he went about drilling and tapping the cylinder covers using the bolt circle feature on his newly acquired DRO on his mill.
Bill Lowry showed a spring loaded centre and a die holder he made with a feature of being able to use both together. He also showed a bending jig that he found at a tool sale that can be set up using the included cap screws.
Gerry Reed has started work on a fixture to align the table of a drill press when it is moved up or down. He plans to lock the rack in place with clamps at the top and bottom. He hopes the same system could be used on a mill-drill.
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 Historical Photos and Pages section of the Website.
None
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.