CAM magazine: "In the interests of Mechanical Maintenance"

[Hanno Spoelstra]

CAM was a kind of bible for Canadian military mechanics during the Second World War - but it's equally notable for its fine graphic art covers.

Several issues can be found online now at http://wartimecanada.ca/document/wor...al-maintenance

Canada, NDHQ, Directorate of Mechanical Engineering, CAM 2/6 (March - April 1945); 2/8 (June 1945); 2/9 (July - August 1945); 2/10 (September 1945)

HTH,
Hanno

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Hanno

Wonderful find particularly the http://wartimecanada.ca/document/wor...al-maintenance PDF magazines these are a real find full of interesting information.

[Pete Ashby]

Thanks for link Hanno some useful information there

Regards for 2018
Pete

[oldlithgow]

A small selection of the Maintenance manual CAM.
http://wartimecanada.ca/document/wor...al-maintenance

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Craig, merged your posting to an existing one in an effort to keep stuff in one place. Thanks for bringing this back to our attention.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Anyone got more CAM magazines?

Some of the artwork is true art, in my opinion!

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Courtesy of Bill Miller:

Here is a link to the RCEME historical database online. Many issues of the early journals are scanned and online here, can be downloaded.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...kpIeGtMZGlUWTg

[Jordan Baker]

Here are all the covers from the collection. Im looking for a copy of V1-2 and V2-8 in good condition if anyone has a spare.

[Jordan Baker]

issue v1-n5 - v1-8

[Jordan Baker]

Issues v1-9 to v1-12

[Jordan Baker]

Issues v2-1 to v2-4

[Jordan Baker]

Issues v2-5 to v2-8

[Jordan Baker]

Issues v2-9 to v2-10. These were the last two issues of CAM.

[universalgrl]

I have a full set of CAM as well. I have an issue with vol 1 # 1, I am missing 2/3 of page 13/14. I have 1 duplicate Vol 1 # 6 march 1944. I also have the 1984 40th anniversary RCEME issue.

[Ed Storey]

I like that 40th RCEME issue, it is a publication I have not seen before.

[Beau Bruce]

Are they difficult to come across any of them any more.?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Here are some more issues, scanned in B&W unfortunately:

"RCEME Archivist" on the Internet Archive > 22 issues of CAM - believed to be an acronym for Canadian Army Maintenance:

CAM - believed to be an acronym for Canadian Army Maintenance - was published monthly from 1943 to 1945 to promulgate tips on performing preventive maintenance on Canadian Army vehicles and equipment. It was published by the Directorate of Mechanical Maintenance in National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa, Canada. The responsibility for maintenance and repair of equipment in the Canadian Army was centralized in the Corps of Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers that was formed in 1944.