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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE It
looks like I missed “Model engine night” at the last meeting, and
pizza. I thank all of you who
ran the meeting in my absence. Emil Cafarelli was reported as
“running the meeting with his usual aplomb.”
James Howard took the minutes and wrote them up for me for
the first time. Brian Lawson took pictures and emailed them to me, as well
as jotting down some notes. Emil also took pictures and managed to email
them to me. Again, thanks, well done. MINUTES
Club Vice President Emil Cafarelli opened the
meeting a bit after Mr.
Cafarelli called
for show and tell, resulting in the presentation of several model engines. Don
Foren
indicated that he had equipment capability to convert DVD discs to VCR
tapes and vice-versa, which requires add-on programming.
He offered to help anyone interested in such conversion.
He indicated that he had DVD discs of training films on several
machine shop subjects, including lathe, milling machine and gear cutting
operation. He also mentioned
that smartflick.com was a source of excellent DVD discs on machining
functions of all kinds. James Howard offered his home for a summer meeting, to include any wives interested, similar to the one held there last summer. He requested any offer from the membership to present a simple form of metal casting demonstration which would be of interest to the membership. Werner Stolz indicated and others confirmed that the process was simply too complicated to be completed successfully in one evening. Mr. Howard then offered to locate and hire a skilled potter to provide a demonstration of pottery techniques, using his own and auxiliary equipment. Pending any other proposal, this will be the direction for that summer meeting. Here is a face we have missed at the club for a while. Brian Lawson is back and looking to be in good spirits. I guess you guys had a party when I was gone. Here is a face we have
missed at the club for a while. Brian Lawson is back and looking
to be in good spirits. I guess you guys had a party when I was gone.
Emil Cafarelli demonstrated a guide bushing assembly for a bandsaw
which substitutes mounted roller bearings for the usual rubbing bars in
the blade guide system. He
indicated that it was extremely effective as the upper and lower guides
for a 0.75" bandsaw blade used in deep cuts, such as those of
thickness reduction cuts in wide boards.
He developed the assembly from an article in the August 2000
American Woodworker magazine. He
offered the article for any person wishing to copy it.
Brian Lawson demonstrated a model Sterling Engine he built by
using, as a model, another engine purchased at auction by his brother,
and modified for improved performance.
Adam Hermann demonstrated a model Sterling Engine he developed
from an article in the October/November 2006 issue of Home Shop
Machinist.
Joe Pietsch demonstrated a $7 ship's wheel, a great piece, incidentally, which he uses as the operating wheel to raise and lower his drill press quill. It performs that function perfectly and elegantly.
James Hagle demonstrated a small air engine he developed from a
similar steam engine purchased at a garage sale.
He made at the
Werner Stolz
did a return engagement with his precision vice, showing the unique
method of step adjustment instead of the more common
pin-remove-and-relocate type.
Jim Howard had
a few items from an auction that he asked the guys to help him identify.
The 3/16 end-mill has a flute that is stepped and the two ground pieces
have re-locatable magnets.
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