Mar. 2015
Bluewater Bulletin
Bluewater Model Engineering Society Sarnia, Ontario
Vol. 30 No.6 March 2015 Editor John Lovegrove
Our next Meeting will be on
Monday April 13th, 2015 @ 7:30 pm
Northern Collegiate Machine Shop (Rm. 148), Indian Road, Sarnia.
The March Meeting
I was away for this meeting (skiing) and so the
newsletter has been put together from notes and
pictures taken by Bruce Mannerow.
Our treasurer was present and gave his report – there
is still some money in the bank.
Going back to an earlier topic of club property;
apparently Neil Blackstock has found the Sievert
torches that belong to the club and so they are now
available to anyone who needs to borrow them.
Somewhere, Neil also has 2 heavy duty
(rockbreaker?) air hoses that need a new home. A
vote was taken and it was agreed that Brian Lawson
would take them and give them to the NAMES
organizers for use at the show.
Bruce Mannerow went on to give the latest on our
club website: The 211 registry information has been
updated to reflect information on the club and now
includes our website address. He has also been
trying to contact other clubs to have our website
included on theirs but so far less than half have
actually done this. Our website now has a link to
“Industrial Revolution Videos” that go to about 50
Youtube videos, mainly from the BBC.
Bruce also mentioned that the Ffestiniog Railway (in
Wales) is building two new steam locomotives but
using one old part on each so that they can be
designated as restorations and not reproductions.
Presumably this enables them to get around various
regulations but just using one old part to achieve this
distinction seems a bit of a stretch.
There was further discussion on the NAMES
exhibition. On the general theme of increasing our
club profile Bruce and I had discussed the possibility
of having our own table at the show. This really
means being there on the Friday to get registered and
to grab a table. I will probably do this myself because
getting set up for the seminar and actually presenting
it will take a chunk out of the Saturday. We can
discuss all of this at the next meeting but if anyone
else would like to bring some of their models to exhibit
then please give some thought to what would be
worthwhile.
Show and Tell
Chuck Outhouse brought in parts for his air operated
door project (Star Trek style) and showed how he had
to modify the air cylinder to get the proper length of
travel. It will have a micro-controller to operate the air
valve.
Kasey Schuilenberg brought his latest model, a Western horse drawn log wagon. It has an adjustable
length feature which is still used by today’s big tree
haulers. He also made a set of scale logging tools to
go with it.
Kasey’s Log Wagon
Brian Lawson brought a Fordom air tool that he
bought for $50 and a foot switch that he built to use
with it.
Brian also had some pictures of a milling machine
spindle light he had made or adapted for his
Bridgeport mill. In addition, he brought his new copy
of the book about Cherry Hill (Hines) and her models.
It cost about $40 and well worth it.
Brian’s Air Tool
And the Book
Stu Brownlow borrowed some wheels from a 7 ¼”
gauge Stourbridge Lion and took them to a shop with
a scanner and 3D printer to have some scaled down
versions made for 3 ½” gauge. He hopes that he can
use them as patterns to have the proper wheels cast.
Stu’s Wheels etc.
Cost was $60 for the pair. The blue and orange
working model is also something that the shop printed
to show what they can do. (As an aside Tony
Koolen’s brother Gerry ran another resin casting
session on March 28th. Stu brought along the 3D
printed wheels and make a silicone rubber mould
from one. He will now be able to mould some in
polyester resin or maybe lead alloy?)
Alex Herpers brought some plans that he is willing to
loan out to anybody who wants them. One is a 2”
scale Showmans road locomotive and the other is a
3” scale saw mill. It was his second meeting so Bruce
told him that he is now a member and could be
elected president next year. (Good try Bruce!)
Interesting Websites
(Courtesy of Bruce and Brian Lawson.)
This is a home-made, high precision CNC
lathe/grinder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFrVdoOhu1Q
When you pull up these websites you find all sorts of
other interesting items. This man has put together a
series of videos that are quite impressive
There was also some information about new
adhesives from Dow, primarily for automotive
applications.
http://www.dowautomotive.com/news/2015/20150219
a.htm