Photos: Craig Libuse
For the past few years the September show has been called the Pacific Rim International Model Engineering show (PRIME) and was held in Eugene, Oregon. This year it was replaced by the GEARS show held in the Kliever Armory in Portland, OR. As a first-year show we feel it was an unqualified success, with good attendance each day. More importantly, it was attended by a lot of new people who had not been to a show of this type before. Based on the success of this show we expect next year's show to be even bigger, and Sherline will be there.
Sherline would like to thank all of you who came by our booth to say hello. We offer a special welcome to those who got their start in model engineering by purchasing a Sherline tool package at the show. We hope to see some of you displaying projects like the ones shown below in future shows. Though we were pretty busy, I took some time to snap photos of a few engine projects that I found particularly appealing.
Our thanks to the Portland, Mid Valley and Emerald Valley Model Engineering clubs for putting on such a fun and professional show. We're already looking forward to next year's show the last weekend of September, 2005. For more information see the show web site at www.oregongears.org.
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Sherline's booth at the show featured the new CNC mill system. Mike Joyce did demonstrations of CNC engraving, including the whole process from entering the type, converting it to G-code and running the code to cut a name in just a few minutes. The second photo shows Jim Clark setting up to demonstrate the 4000 lathe before the doors opened to the public. |
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This interesting and beautifully made Palmer Rectilinear Engine won "Best in Show." It was designed and built by David C. Palmer of Sonoma, CA. |
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Eugene Corl has been attending shows for years and displaying the progress on the castings to make a 1/4 scale Chevy 350 V-8. This year, after seven years of work, he finally showed the finished running engine. The second photo shows some of the wood patterns and raw castings that make up the engine. |
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(L) A detail of some of the patterns for the intake manifold. (R) A finished casting (top) of the intake manifold. |
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Jim Moyer had several interesting engines on display. His large red roadster hotrod with the Challenger V-8 has always been a crowd favorite, but these three engines are at the very small end of the size scale. On the left, Jim is seen starting up the Coyotee. |
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(L) A quarter under the engine shows how small this 1/6 scale Chevy 327 V-8 actually is. It measures only about 4 or 5 inches long. It is made from machined billet and castings. Some of the internal parts can be seen on the left side of the photo. (R) Jim's tiny 4-cylinder Coyotee ran beautifully on Friday but became a little balky for a while on Saturday. |
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Everybody loves a flathead V-8, and Jim Moyer has built a Challenger that really runs and sounds great. It is mounted in a red hotrod roadster. |
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Clyde Hackler demonstrates the cutting ability of his Plastool carbide insert cutters using a Sherline 4000 lathe. Spectators young and old took home the tiny demonstration samples he turned while they watched. |
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(L) Here are three engines at the small end of the size scale built by Bob Eaton. (R) Some IC engines on display. |
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Morris Wiant of Wichita, Kansas displayed this interesting model farm tractor powered by a hit-n-miss engine. His grandfather built the prototype which is shown in the photo in the foreground. It was used for many years on their farm and his sister still owns it. Morris made this model based on dimensions from the one-of-a-kind original. The dragster with brass tube frame and formed aluminum body is a model he made over forty years ago. |
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The Mid Valley Model Engineers and Portland Model Engineers each had club displays at the show featuring many interesting projects. |
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This diesel Caterpillar tractor is delivered to the job site by a hand-built tractor/trailer rig. |
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The first few samples of an oscillating steam engine kit were offered at the show as a beginning machining project. The casting kit can be purchased for $30 (aluminum as shown) or $50 for bronze and includes a complete set of dimensioned plans plus written instructions. The raw stock for the other components can be purchased for an additional $15. On the right is a finished engine. Contact the people at www.oregongears.com for more details. |
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