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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 gear hobber seen at right was demonstrated at the meeting. It is almost silent, surprising considering the number of simultaneous movements.
The hob shown here is for a larger hobber not the small hobber demonstrated.
A refurbished P&W precision level has walnut handles to add class.
Also shown was the valve setup for a model steam engine plus a an aluminum casting for a boiler fire door. 
Other items shown included sample diamond drag engraving for dials, a refurbished vise, and a bore gauge using a DTI.
The next meeting will be May 20 (delayed to avoid conflict with Mother's Day) in Newtown. As usual, projects and items for display and discussion are welcome.
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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