June 2019
Bluewater Bulletin
Bluewater Model Engineering Society Sarnia, Ontario
Vol. 34 No.9 June 2019 Editor John Lovegrove
Our next meeting probably will be on
October 7th, 2019 @ 7:30 pm
Northern Collegiate Room 125, Indian Road, Sarnia.
The June Meeting
The Treasurer reported that our bank balance had
increased slightly because some interest had accrued
on the money we have. At this point the balance is
healthy enough to maintain our $10 annual
subscription for next year.
Show and Tell
Tony Koolen brought along some more items for his
Case traction engine that he has been working on.
Firstly, here is one of the rear wheels - essentially
complete:
There was some discussion about shows this year
(Bruce has posted the schedule on out website) and
overall it is not a very happy scene. The Milton show
now has a very different format and apparently Blythe
is not what it used to be. According to Nick Jonkman,
Paisley (August 16, 17, 18) is now the most
worthwhile.
Bruce talked about “Your Old Time Bookstore” that
took over Lindsay Publications. It is now itself
shutting down at the end of the month and their
remaining stock will all be sold off. (Their business
was re-printing out-of-copyright technical books and I
bought a few of them in the Lindsay days.)
There was some discussion about holding parts by
hand while drilling. Basically, it is a no-no because if
the drill grabs and the part swings around and/or lifts
up you could sustain a nasty injury (and ruin the part
in the process.) It is better to have the part firmly
clamped to the drill/mill table or held in a vise (again
properly bolted down.) There is a Joe Pie video on
this theme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fETcsH2m5E>
He also brought the pattern used to make the hub,
along with the core piece to form the drive dogs and
the mould needed to make this.
Tony Koolen talked about a trip he is planning to
make to see the Sanfilippo collection in Barrington IL,
near Chicago. Among other things this contains an
original 1881 Grant Locomotive and Tender, used in
Henry Ford's River Rouge complex in Dearborn,
Michigan and later displayed in the Ford Museum at
Greenfield Village.
http://www.sanfilippofoundation.org/train.html
There was some discussion about the harmless
(armless) farmer who lost both arms in an accident
but has managed to find ways of doing all sorts of
things around the farm – mainly using his feet.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf87zCcTx0fIoYr
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Finally, he made up a form-piece for producing a
coiled piece of copper tube.
Tom has been doing some more work on his muzzle
brake:
Don Hayes had a set of castings and materials for a
Fairbanks-Morse, 1/3rd scale, hit and miss engine.
These originally belonged to his father but he has now
sold them to Keith Orr.
Last time, Todd Michel brought along some patterns
for castings he planned to make. In the meantime, he
has been melting iron and trying to make the castings.
Success has been rather limited but he did bring
along a something he managed to produce:
I have made some progress on the distributor for my
Sealion; this component is now almost complete.
The gear was made from a piece he did cast
successfully.
Kasey Schuilenberg’s brother sent him a picture of a
horse-drawn wagon, taken in a museum in Holland.
This provided the inspiration for Kasey to get working
on the model he brought along.
Meetings next Season
As far as I know the booking process for the school
will be the same as last year which means that
nothing can be done until we get into September. As
before I will aim to have our first meeting on the first
Monday in October (7th) since the second Monday is
Thanksgiving. I will confirm this after my application
for using the room at the school has been approved. I
hope they don’t throw us another curved ball this time
in terms of what room(s) we are allowed use.
Our Website
https://sites.google.com/site/bluewatermes/
John Lovegrove
Significant attention is paid to the comfort of the
passengers through the careful design of the springs.
These were made from the recoil starter spring from
an old lawnmower engine.