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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 November 13th 2022 meeting was at Paul's shop in Darien, CT. (Pictures below are from the October meeting.)
Eric continues to make progress on his new clock, as seen here. At left is the partially complete chapter ring. In this clock the chapter ring helps to hold part of the works so it is very sturdy, made from 1/8" brass.
There is more hand work than machining involved with making this - a jeweler's saw and needle files are the tools most used. The small areas around some of the numbers were done with small needle files modified by grinding teeth off on one side.
Parts for Ralph's locomotive. The level of detail produced with Ralph's investment casting method is always impressive. It takes a while to produce the 3D printed parts and then burn them out of the mold material but the metal poured into the resulting mold very accurately reproduces all the details.
More parts for Ralph's locomotive.
Here's an interesting variation on using the Kant Twist clamp parts available to CTHSM members.
See: Kant Twist Knurler at HSM
The December 11, 2022 meeting will be at Frank's shop in Plainville, CT.
Parts for Kant Twist clamps will be available at this meeting.
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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