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President’s
message There are
a few of us that that really, really like CNC.
This is a passion is not shared by all, so we don’t do too much,
but we sure did it last meeting. Elections:
Its time again to
decide who runs the club. To all the officers who have served so well, so
far, thank you for your service. None of us are drunk with power, so if
you want to participate, we welcome that.
The current officers will give all help needed to get a new officer
acquainted with the duties. If you want to contribute your service but
don’t want an existing office, we can probably make something up for
you. Or offer to be an apprentice. I feel we need several people that can
move into a spot and take over. I think the newsletter editor position is
where we are most in need of backup. I will be glad to patiently train a
contender. MDMC
Minutes-14 November 2007
President John Osborne opened the meeting at Dick
Morino announced the discontinuation of the MCC metal shop class
previously attended by several members. He indicated the possibility of an
alternative shop becoming available in January 2008, located at Gratiot
and Ron
Schmidt Illustrated, with fine photographs and a handmade model, a
milling technique using the model as a stop for a tracer to rough cut and
then refine a work piece duplicating the model.
The model and the work piece are mounted on separate but identical
vices and the XY cutter movement is done by hand operation.
Mr. Schmidt reminded me to mention to the membership that the
December meeting has always been our swap and shop meeting, for anyone
interested in bringing in any surplus bits and pieces for sale or swap. Ken
Hunt reminded me that December is also our dues due month for all members.
Ron
Grimes demonstrated a support tool for his lathe, which provides
anti-bending support for very small diameter shafts. Some set-up time is
required but, once done, the fixture supports small diameter shafts
successfully during subsequent machining operations.
He provided a sidebar sheet for anyone interested in making this
fixture. Steve
Huck specified Graham Industries as a source of kits for small model steam
engines.
Rick
Chownyk was the
star of this meeting, giving his talk “Cheap and free CNC.” It is
difficult to summarize: if you missed it, then you missed a lot.
Rick would be glad to answer any questions or work with to build
your very own CNC machine.
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