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April 2010 Group Photo
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 directions.
The August 8th meeting included a short presentation on threading and a demonstration of a 1/3 scale cordwood saw powered by a Briggs engine. Other items shown and discussed: a beam compass, spring winder project (similar to a Di-Acro winder), a cut knurler, a 6 start worm gear that needs replacing to get an antique Porter-Cable lathe running, and my gearless clock.
The next meeting will be in Plainville on September 12th. The September presentation will be on welding and will include a demonstration -- members who have welding helmets please bring them. The spring winder project should be completed by then so a demo is anticipated at this meeting. As always, members are encouraged to bring machining related projects and items for discussion.
Home shop machining is often a solitary hobby, as are most hobbies now according to "Bowling Alone". This 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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