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April 2010 Group Picture
There are hobby machinist groups scattered around the USA including a small HSM group 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, nominally on the second Sunday of the month at 2pm. Anyone interested in attending a meeting please contact me
(via the link below on this page)for more info and travel directions.
The April 14th meeting was at CTHackerSpace in Watertown, CT. We've met here a couple times previously and it's always interesting to see how their capabilities and equipment expand and improve. 3D printing and computer controlled machining seems to be a major interest of many CTHackerSpace members. One new item is a large shop made computer controlled router.
This 3D printer was busy printing a part (yellow item in picture) which it finished while we were there.
This is a commercial printer although CTHackerSpace members have built several printers of various designs.
A shop made carbide scriber with a brass handle; the plastic piece is a cover which is a friction fit onto the handle. The 4 facet sciber was made from carbide round, ground with a diamond wheel. The edges where the facets meet are VERY sharp.
The May 19th meeting will be at Ralph's shop in New Hartford. Note that this is the 3rd Sunday in May (to avoid a conflict with Mother's day).
As usual, bring items for demonstration and/or discussion. Plus items for the sale/swap/free table.
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.
The CTHSM group has been meeting since November 2008, mostly on the 2nd Sunday of the month at 2pm, but we deviate from this with some regularity. The January meeting is not held since Cabin Fever conflicts, February has seen a couple meetings cancelled due to weather, the May meeting is on the 3rd Sunday to avoid a conflict with Mother's Day, and we don't meet in July because many members are on vacation. Over time our meeting schedule has become predictably irregular...
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Pictures from our unusual "Music Machine Meetings"
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