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John Lawson Springfield extension final join
Springfield lives up to its name Judy Bullock
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The
Coupling Volume 16 Issue 3 May/June 2013
The Official Newsletter of The Bedford Model Engineering Society
Website contact Alan Beard, 2 Brambles, Wilstead, Bedford, MK45 3ED
RAILWAY SUB-COMMITTEE
John Lawson (Chairman), Tony Bullock, Alan Gildersleve, Gordon Mead, Phil Wright, Mark
Leeson and Tom Fuller.
The Coupling is printed and distributed/posted by Alan Beard (01234-743062). Readers are reminded that any views expressed in The Coupling are solely those of the individual
contributors. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the editor or of the BMES
Sunday 21st Small Electric/Diesel Locomotive Rally TBA
Sunday28th Public Running
August
Thursday 1st Mencap Visit
Wednesday 7th School Holiday Running
Thursday 8th Mencap Visit
Sunday 11th Club Day
Monday 12th Barbeque Evening
Wednesday 14th School Holiday Running
Saturday 24th. Exhibition
Sunday 25th Exhibition and Public Running
Monday 26th Exhibition and Public Running
FOR SALE
5" Quarry Hunslet part built
Frames and a lot of the running gear finished with cylinder castings etc. to com-
plete plus barrel and copper sheet (weighing 15kg) for the boiler. Drawings and
Don Young build instructions included. £450 ono
Raglan Little John 5” Lathe. £350 ovno
1” through the head stock and 24” between centres.
Variable speed drive (new belts)
Single phase 1hp motor
2 Chucks and face plate
Dickson Q.C tool post and tool holders
Change wheels
Other accessories and documentation.
Contact John Parmenter 01234 381449
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COMMITTEE MEETING NEWS (Continued)
With the improvement in the weather the work is now becoming possible.
Alan B was concerned that excessive speed by some cars would undo repairs.
The requested purchase of 20 tonne of track ballast was agreed. Terry said that
a ballast wagon would be a big aid to track work. Drawings requested.
Clubhouse floor. Terry recommended a suitable floor coating that could be laid
quickly once the nails have been hammered home. Alan B and Terry will carry
the matter forward.
We now have 3 ladies who have completed the Basic Food Course and their
certificates are displayed in the Clubhouse/Buffet.
WEBSITE UPDATE
A Guestbook has been added to the site. The idea of a guestbook is the same as
it would be in a hotel or a museum. It’s a chance for people to leave feedback
and tell others how much they enjoyed their visit.
The advantage to the website and ourselves is twofold. Firstly, if/when people
add comments they generate content for the website and thus ensure that it is
always a living thing with new things to look at – and Google likes this. Sec-
ondly, it gives everybody at BMES a little feedback on what people like.
Any comments will be moderated before they become visible on the site. So
anything that is overly critical, or embarrassing to members will not appear. I
anticipate that comments will be mostly very positive.
If the Guestbook is not successful it will be removed.
Alan Beard
Please visit the Society's website and tick the Facebook Like button on the
front page of the web site. If you do not have a Facebook account get sons/
daughters/grandchildren to click the Like button. This is very important, as
Google ranks websites partially on ‘social proof’ that the website is a good one.
Meaning that a website with lots of Facebook Likes scores higher with Google.
Currently the site has only around 12 Likes, which is very poor. Nearly two
hundred members should be able to generate 1000 Likes, easily. Particularly if
they ask friends and friends of friends to click the Like button.
You can of course open a Facebook account of your own. It is free and very
simple to do. Once set up, click the Like button and thereafter forget the ac-
counts' existence as I have done. You will not get weird and unwanted con-
tacts.
Alan Beard
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THE COUPLING BY E-MAIL
If you have access to the internet please consider having your copy of The Cou-pling by e-mail. Every posted copy costs in the region of 55p. That is a bill of £50 every two months or £300 per year which could be put to better use. At least give it a try…...you can always say no and go back to a hard copy.
Alan Beard
MINIATURE TRACTION ENGINE RALLY 2013
Plans are coming together for our Annual Miniature Traction Engine Rally for
2013. This is a major weekend in our club calendar for enjoyment and socialis-
ing and for showing off our hobby to the general public.
To continue the rally’s success I need support from our members. I’m looking
at doing things slightly differently and having the rally as a gathering of friends
over the years. In the pipeline there could be 2 fire vehicles, an old tractor as
well as the various traction engines.
The rally dates are: Fri. 21st June
Sat. 22nd June
Sun. 23rd June
Fri. I will be on site by mid morning so if you’re staying with us for the week-
end then you’re most welcome to come over.
Sat. This is a visitors/club day. This is a day that friends and family can join us
and drive. I will also be organising the road run for about 16.00 down to the
local watering hole as in previous years.
Sun. This is the main rally day. The public will be on site and the railways will
be in operation.
Please note that this year we are unable to provide food as in previous years.
However on the Friday night there will be a fish and chip run.
If you would like to help or book a model or even just book in to spend the
whole weekend with us please contact me using the details in the front of The
Coupling. Also kindly let me know if you plan to bring a caravan or tent.
Thanks George Lee
The new MTE organiser
BASIC FOOD HYGIENE CERTIFICATE
Congratulations to Pat Mansell who has successfully completed the Food Hy-
giene course. Her certificate is displayed in the Clubhouse by the serving area.
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MONDAY EVENING MEETINGS
Should anyone who missed the April meeting wish to view the DVD “The Prin-
ciples of Brazing” can borrow it from the club library. It runs for about 85 min-
utes and contains a wealth of information on the whole subject. (all joining of
metals above 550ºC is called brazing).
The June meeting on the 10th will be as advertised in the green booklet. “Lost
wax and green sand casting”. Ian Couchman our guest speaker is a road steam
man and used the techniques he will describe in the construction of his 4in.
Ruston Proctor.
The talk has raised quite a bit of interest among members so a good turnout is
anticipated. It will be a light summer evening so the problem of going home in
the dark won’t arise. Come along and swell the numbers!!
The next meeting on 6th July will be as previously mentioned in The Coupling.
Dick B is going to get us up to speed on the subject of designing and testing
boilers. Looking at a list of items to be covered it’s going to be a full evening.
It includes:-
Basic design and stress calculations
Use of copper and other materials
Superheating
Brazing and “glueing” techniques
How to please your Boiler Inspector during construction
Situation on selling boilers after completion
Boiler operation and test regulations
How to buy a boiler “without being stuffed” (Dick’s words)
Finally two items of news for late August and September.
TerryW will give his talk ”Manufacturing Rocking Horses” on the Friday eve-
ning of the BMES Locomotive Rally, 30th August.
Please amend your green booklet for September. instead of the DVD on solder-
ing Alan Marsden will introduce and show some videos of Gauge 3 (2½ in)
locos and layouts.
John Parmenter
MEMBERS’ INTERESTS SURVEY
It had been anticipated that by analysing the survey the Monday evening meet-
ings could be tailored to fit. Only a dozen members answered the appeal so no