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August
2005
 President’s
Message:
Greetings
members. The Midwest Advanced Productivity Exposition is coming to the
area. It’s a free show (if you register by August 26). See machining
centers, CAD/CAD, cutting tools, saws, press brakes, water jets, robot
arms, punches etc. The show is September 13-15 (Tues, Wed, Thurs) at the
Novi
Expo
Center
. To
register, visit www.sme.org/midwest
or call (800) 733-4763. I was at the last one and it’s a good show. Plan
on showing up when it opens at
10:00am
and
staying till
4:00
5:00
or
6:00
depending
on the day. Parking is easy, but its also $7 per car, so consider going in
groups. I saw Adam Hermann at the last show. Perhaps I will see more of
you at this one.
Meeting
Minutes
July 13, 2005
.
Meeting opened at
7:33
with John Osborne Chair. 16-1/2 Members, and 1 guest.
John O. gave us a nice (almost glowing) report on his
trip in June to what seems sure to become
an Annual CNC Workshop. John hit the road in enough time (he
thought) to get there before dark, but a three-hour traffic jam starting
at the Indiana boarder changed that. 18
miles of traffic jam. Planes and helicopters were circling. Then he spent
an hour trying to find the place once he got there. At
1:00am
, he slept in his van infield. The weather was HOT HOT HOT
(98 degrees hot) all the time he was there. There was just enough breeze
through the corn field at night to sleep.
He was a few days late arriving at the show, but won’t be late
next time, for fear of missing something good. He told us the show was
held in a complex that had a large pole building with lots of machinery,
some of it for sale, seemingly for pretty decent prices. The other
building was an old school. It was also full of machines like mills,
laths, EDMs, even a waterjet. There were auctions, raffles and a barbeque.
There were classes given all the time, with subjects from basic to
advanced. He learned a
LOT
, about people, and equipment, and CNC, and met many people that he sees
or corresponds with on the internet, including two programmers that have
been working together for years, and had never been face-to-face until
this time!! Attendees and
vendors came from all over:
California
,
Arizona
,
Canada
and even
England
. Maybe they should bill it as an international show next year. The
vendors found it refreshing to see what people are doing with their
offerings as the discussions on the web are mostly about problems and
complaints, not successes. Rick Chownyk was there, arriving several days
earlier with the famous Rick-O-Matic. He is still busy as ever, heading
off to
North Carolina
or someplace already. Hi!! Rick, drop us a line if you get a chance! John
also got to chat with people from other clubs like MDMC, and passed on
some info as to how we do our Newsletters so they can do something
similar. They were impressed with what we figured out. About 20-30
pictures are available on the following website:
 (This needs to be typed in exactly as shown, with
capitals, dash and underscores.)
Oh.... and change that to 17-1/2 Members present.....
before the “business” portion was over, Jim Oleniczak joined MDMC.
Business part closed at
7:50
.
New members:-
4 People paid their dues and are now members in good
standing in the Detroit Metro Metalworking Club: Robert Dolando, Robert
Radnick, Ronald Grimes and Jim Oleniczak. Thank you, gentlemen.
SHOW & TELLHOT
GOOD NEWS
I was talking to Bob Lorenz the morning after the
July meeting. He and Charlene have sold their house in
Southfield
, and moved to Mesick as planned.
New Member Jim Oleniczak.
Retired 4 weeks ago as a
Warren
shop teacher and
wants to do stuff with his Acer 12X36 lathe and Jet mill.
Emil Caffarelli’s neat and simple DTI holder to
clamp on the lathe bed. Photo
doesn’t show the superb “frosted” finish on the base.
Another beauty for Emil!
Ronald Grimes watches his very nice little first
project engine running, a PM# 3 horizontal, shown below.
And that was it for Show & Tell this month.
Not enough you say?? Well
then YOU bring something next meeting!!
You can see we like all kinds of “stuff”, so don’t be shy!
If it’s yours, we want you to share.
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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT
Field trip to Brigden on
Sunday, Aug 21, 2005
<
http://www.steamthresher.com/>
The
umpteenth billionth (OK OK OK, so maybe I exaggerate a bit..it’s the 48th
Annual) Western Ontario Steam Threshers Association annual show in
Brigden
,
Ontario
, will be held August
19 thru 21 this year. Features
lots of local stuff and steam stuff and hit&miss stuff and farm stuff
and...well just lot’s of stuff. If
anyone would care to attend the show there on the Sunday (21st),
and then after the show drive on down to Brian Lawson’s for a late
afternoon BBQ, that would be nice.
From the Canadian Customs at the
Bluewater
Bridge
, Brigden is about 15
miles south-east AS THE CROW FLIES, but it’s about ½ hour, 21 miles all
on excellent roads, to drive there. Or
if you are more adventurous, the ferry from Marine City to Sombra, then on
Bentpath Line (Lambton County Rd 2) east to Brigden Rd, and north to
Brigden. Brigden is well known
in the area, and is located at the junction of
Courtland Rd.
(Highway 80) and
Brigden Rd.
Brian
lives a further 36 miles, at 337 Walnut E., in
Bothwell
,
Ontario
.
Bothwell is at the south end of Highway 79, near the water tower
you can see as you approach town.
Anyone
wants to go via 401 to get to Brigden (instead of through
Port Huron
), or anyone wants to
just come to Brian’s for the BBQ, please let me know, and I’ll supply
different directions for you. Email
at lawson@ciaccess.com
or phone number is 1-519-695-2799, and a call ahead
would be appreciated but not necessary.
You can either retrace your steps to get home, or take the 401
about 70 miles, almost 1-1/2 hours to
Windsor
, to get back into
Detroit
. Ladies welcome too, of
course.
Just lemme know.
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MODEL ENGINES Magazine.
There was some conversation about the magazine that
it is hoped will replace “Strictly IC”. It is published by Mike Rhemus,
and is called “Model
Engines”. It is getting
ready to send the third issue. I
have subscribed, and while it is not exactly “my bag” (I’m a steam
guy), it is very slick, and well done, and a different form usual feature
is that the initial copy of
any project includes ALL the drawings for the project, and they are
separate from the magazine, some as large
as 11 X 15. Unique to them
idea I think. Their web site
is:
Tip for the Month.....Pipe Sizes
Schedule
40 pipe
data (Standard pipe)
Size
ID OD
Wall Weight/Foot
"Nesting clearance"
1/8”
0.269 0.405
0.068 0.24
1/4”
0.364 0.540
0.088 0.42
-0.041
3/8”
0.493 0.675
0.091 0.56
-0.047
1/2”
0.622 0.840
0.109 0.85
-0.053
3/4”
0.824 1.050
0.113 1.13
-0.016
1”
1.049 1.315
0.133 1.67
-0.001
1-1/4”
1.380 1.660
0.140 2.27
-0.065
1-1/2”
1.610 1.900
0.145 2.71
-0.050
2”
2.067 2.375
0.154 3.65
-0.167
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Schedule
80 pipe
data (Heavy Duty or Heavy
Walled)
(You can bury this stuff in-ground)
Size
ID
OD Wall
Weight/Foot "Nesting
clearance"
1/8”
0.215 0.405
0.095 0.31
1/4”
0.302 0.540
0.119 0.53
-0.103
3/8”
0.423 0.675
0.126 0.73
-0.117
1/2”
0.546 0.840
0.147 1.08
-0.129
3/4”
0.742 1.050
0.154 1.47
-0.098
1”
0.957 1.315
0.179 2.17
-0.093
1-1/4”
1.278 1.660
0.191 2.99
-0.037
1-1/2”
1.500 1.900
0.200 3.63
-0.160
2”
1.939 2.375
0.218 5.02
-0.039
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NOTE:
"Nesting clearance" is the ID of one pipe minus the OD of the
next smaller size
NOTE:
All data from "Pocket Ref" 2nd Edition, Thomas J. Glover
All for this month. Gotta
run.
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