We would like to include information about each club, when and
where it meets, and a contact for people interested in the club.
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Alberta
Metal Enthusiasts Network
Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada.
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An informal group of
hobbyists interested in external combustion engines, fabrication,
foundry and internal combustion engines. Meets on the last
Thursday of every month in Edmonton. Contact Rod McBeath (rmcbeath@compusmart.ab.ca).
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Bay Area
Engine Modelers
San Francisco Bay area, California
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A
group of enthusiasts who make, discuss and share information on
collecting and building miniature engines. Meets monthly, usually
in Oakland. Contact jpiazza@ix.netcom.com.
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Central New York Home Shop Machinist Group
Syracuse area, New York
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The CNYHSMG is an organization where home shop machinists, model engineers, and metal crafters
in the Syracuse area can get together and discuss all aspects of hobby metalworking.
Contact cnyhsmg@verizon.net.
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Chesapeake
Area Metalworking Club (CAMS)
Washington, DC and Baltimore, Maryland
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For people interested in metalworking in the
Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD areas. Contact webmaster@cams-club.org.
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Colorado Model Engineering
Society
The Colorado Front Range, Fort Collins to Pueblo, and the rest of Colorado
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A loose association of people sharing the same interest in
things primarily machined of metal including, but not limited to
model engines of all kinds, clocks, antique cannons/guns, machine
shop machinery, electrical/electronic, tools, methods etc.
We hold about six meetings a year either at members homes/shops
or as tours of various shops that are of interest due to
products or processes. Meetings are often organized around some
unifying theme. Contact Bill Williams (BWMSBLDR@PeoplePC.com).
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Connecticut Home Shop Machinist Group
Connecticut
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A congenial group which meets in member's shops on the second Sunday of the month at 2 pm.
Each meeting generally has a presentation by a member and we choose a topic for the
next meeting - but all meetings are very informal and open for most anything concerning
machines or metal working.
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Connecticut Robotics Society
West Hartford, Connecticut
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We are a group of friends who share a love of
robotics and experimentation. The club meets monthly, from September
through June on the second Sunday of the month at 1PM, on the
University of Hartford campus in West Hartford, Connecticut.
Contact Jake Mendelssohn (jmendel141@aol.com).
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DenverCNC Club
Denver, Colorado
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An informal group from professional to hobbyist interested in
making CNC machines and using them. Come join us for a hands-on
learning experience and exchange of ideas.
Meetings usually once a month.
Contact Derek Barger
(Derek@Denvercnc.com).
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Edmonton
Metalworking Group
Edmonton, Alberta
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Meets the last Thursday of each month at the
truck stop on the corner of 170 Street and 118 Avenue at 7:00PM.
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Emerald
Valley Model Engineering Society
Eugene, Oregon
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The Emerald Valley Model Engineering Society
puts on the Pacific Rim International Model Engineering (PRIME)
exhibition in Eugene, Oregon. Contact Ram Meier
(rammeier@continet.com).
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Frontenac
Society of Model Engineers
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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The
Frontenac Society of Model Engineers is a society of enthusiasts
sharing an interest in model engineering. This
includes, but is not limited to, building and operating model
steam locomotives, traction engines, hot air engines, steamboats,
IC engines, clocks, and workshop equipment. Meetings are held on
the first Tuesday of the month at the Ongwanada Resource Centre,
191 Portsmouth Avenue, Kingston, at 7:30 pm.
Contact Gary Hay (ghay@kingston.net).
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Home
Metal Shop Club
Houston, Texas
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The purpose of the Home Metal Shop Club is to provide an
opportunity for the exchange of ideas, the sharing of resources,
and instruction in metal machining among its members. Experienced
and novice members learn from one another.
The general or Chips meeting is held on the 2nd.
Saturday of each month at 1:00 p.m. in the Collier
Library at 6200 Pinemont in northwest Houston, TX. Visitors
and Guests are welcome. Contact John Korman
(Jgkor@aol.com).
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Kansas
Association of Model Engineers
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Meetings - 1st Mon. Of Each Month.
Contact Paul Belt (paul.belt@wichita.edu).
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Live
Steaming
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Livesteaming.com is the clearing house
for Live Steam and Model Engineering information from around
the world.
This Web site, for model railroad
steam engine information, has links to over a hundred
clubs all over the world. These folks run model railroads,
but there is plenty of metalworking.
Contact Trevor Heath (trevor@livesteaming.com).
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Metal Heads
San Francisco Bay area / East Bay
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The Metal Heads Club promotes, through the sharing of information, all forms of metal
working including milling, welding, sculpture, casting, and forging. The club meets the
second Thursday of the month. Contact Jeff Traeger
(jgtr@comcast.net or 925-254-3810)
for meeting time and location.
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Metro
Metro Detroit Metalworking Club
Warren Michigan
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The purpose of the Metro Detroit Metalworking Club is to give
members the opportunity to meet with other persons, experienced
and novice, interested in home shop machining to share resources,
information, ideas, techniques, and experience.
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Mid-Valley
Model Engineers
Corvallis, Oregon
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All types of models
and steam, newsletter, meets monthly at members' shops
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Model Engineering Society of Oklahoma
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Web page on the way, meanwhile contact William Hinkle (WBHINKLE@aol.com)
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New
England Model Engineering Society
Waltham, Massachusetts
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Meetings are the first Thursday of each month
at 7:00PM. Meetings are held at the Charles River Museum of
Industry at 150 Moody St. in Waltham MA.
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North American Model
Engineering Society
Detroit, Michigan
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The purpose of the North American Model Engineering Society
(NAMES) is to encourage the hobby of precision model engineering.
They do this by sponsoring the annual NAMES Model Engineering
Exposition in April.
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North Georgia Metal Workers
Atlanta, Georgia
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Holds informal monthly get-togethers. Contact
Ed Bond (ebond7@aol.com)
or Rich Dean (cmsteam@avana.net)
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North Texas
Metalworker's Advisory Council
Dallas, Texas
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Meetings
are held on the second Saturday of each month from 9:00 to 11:00
AM, at the Bill Priest Institute 1402 Corinth, Dallas, TX.
Contact Chris Litfin (swarf@home.com).
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Portland
Machinist Guild
Mulliken, Michigan
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The Portland Machinist Guild is an
opportunity for folks interested in metalworking to get together
once a month with like-minded members from the mid-Michigan area.
Monthly meetings on usually on the 3rd
Tuesday of each month at 7 pm. We usually meet in Mulliken,
MI, at the Masonic Temple.
Contact Brian Perry at (after5studio@voyager.net).
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Portland
Model Engineers
Portland, Oregon
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PME is a community of people in northwestern
Oregon and southwestern Washington who enjoy all aspects of
metalworking as a recreation. The "Model Engineering"
in our name includes small scale internal and external combustion
engines, model aircraft, military and maritime models,
miniature locomotives (weighing up to hundreds of pounds!) and
much more.
Meetings are at 1PM on the second Saturday of
the month. The location changes from month to month.
Contact Gary Martin (martinmodel@hotmail.com).
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Regina
Model Engineering Group
Regina,
Saskatchewan, Canada
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Meets the third Thursday of each month. Contact Bob Yaworski
(yawor@sk.sympatico.ca)
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Santa
Rosa Society of Model and Experimental Engineers
Santa Rosa, California
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If you enjoy home shop tinkering or any other hacks
associated with amateur science, come on over! The Society is
modeled (loosely) on similar organizations which flourish in the
UK. We support the interests of amateur science in all its
manifestations, as well as a myriad of other home shop pursuits.
We do this with discussion, information sharing, show-and-tell and
a good meal.
Meetings are typically held at noon on the first or second
Saturday of each month.
Contact Ed Haas (steamer@sonic.net).
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SCHSM (Southern California Home Shop Machinists)
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SCHSM is a group of home shop machinists who associate to share our knowledge
and experience with each other, to admire each other's work, exchange ideas,
information, techniques, and sources of tools and supplies, to consider
cooperative buys of equipment, to visit local suppliers to learn about their
products and processes, and to have fun with a bunch of people who understand our
hobby.
Meetings begin at 2:00 PM on the first Saturday of every month. Meetings are
held in the machine shop of El Camino Community College 16007 Crenshaw Boulevard,
Torrance, CA 90506. The machine shop is located in the basement of the mathematics
building.
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Southern
Arizona Model Engineers
Tucson, Arizona
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Monthly meetings, has a lending library.
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Toronto Society
of Model Engineers
Toronto, Canada
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Meets and welcomes visitors at monthly meetings from September
to June on the 2nd Friday of the month from 8-11 P.M. The location
of these is normally in the east auditorium of the hospital at
1001 Queen Street West. Toronto.
Contact Andy (andy@voytechco.com).
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Upstate
New York Home Shop Metalworkers
Schenectady, New York
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Topics of interest include welding, machine
shop, live steam, stationary steam engines, scaled hit-N- Miss
engines, model making, foundry/metal casting, car restoration, and
collecting antique machine tools. Meetings are held on the
4th Tuesday of each Month.
Contact pfbeyer@yahoo.com.
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Vancouver
Island Model Engineers
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Dedicated to the Hobby of engineering
in Miniature. The members have many interests in small scale
engineering however our main interest is on models that run on
rails.
Meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month @
7:30 pm except for the months of July and August.
Contact Denise Shuck (dshuck@home.com).
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West Cleveland Metalworker's Club
Cleveland, Ohio
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The purpose of the club is for amateur machinists to meet and share ideas, knowledge,
and advice on all apsects of home shop metalworking. There is a strong sub-group interested
in applying this to motorcycle and/or automotive modification and resotoration.
Contact Rob Buzaleski (rbuzaleski@gmail.com).
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