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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 guys 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 the page) for more info and directions.
The June 13th meeting included 3 short presentations on: power tapping in a Bridgeport, using sheet metal machines (shear and brake), and using an optical comparator. As always, members are encouraged to bring machining related projects and items for discussion.
We decided not to meet in July (vacation time) so the next meeting will be in Newtown on August 8. We'll cover grinding and using threading bits but the main subject will be member projects so members are encouraged to bring one or more projects to this meeting. We expect to have a presentation on welding at the September meeting.
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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