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Last Modified: 22 January 2012 02:33 MST
April 2010 Group Picture
There are hobby machinist groups scattered around the US and now a small HSM group has formed in Connecticut. Our CTHSM group is congenial and freewheeling: no rules, no dues, just people getting together to learn new techniques plus share thoughts on machining and other topics that arise. Meetings are held in member shops on the second Sunday of the month at 2pm. Anyone interested in attending a meeting please contact me (via the link at the bottom of this page) for more info and travel directions.
The January 2012 meeting included a presentation and demonstration of graver use. The example part is a bishop for a chess set, being turned from aluminum. The curves would be difficult using normal turning but are much more natural with a graver.
Another example of graver work is the grip on this ball handle seen at left.
This way protector was shown as a method of protecting the ways when changing chucks and also as a holder for tools while working with or on the lathe.
In place of our normal February meeting we'll be car pooling to the NEMES show on February 18th in Waltham MA. Our group did this in 2009 also and had a very nice time.
Home shop machining is often a solitary hobby, as are most hobbies now according to "Bowling Alone". The CTHSM group is an attempt to get area HSM's to know one another and thus make our hobby a little less solitary.
The much larger NEMES HSM group is 2-3 hours away so we share some members and occasionally have visitors from that group.
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