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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE The upcoming meeting is on Valentine’s day, so I won’t be there. I know you guys said to “bring her to the meeting” but when I passed on your kind offer, it was politely declined. I’ll see you next time. You need a break from me anyway.
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John Osborne
reporting. There were 22 members present. We decided to keep the next meeting on Feb
14th (Valentine’s Day) instead of confusing things by trying
to change it.
I mentioned that elections were tonight, but wanted to do that
later so I could push through my agenda before being voted out of office.
There was quite a bit of grinning and chuckling. They seemed to know
something…
We got yet another fine review of the club book, which led us into
a discussion about the starting our club library. I passed around a copy
of Home Shop Machinist so members could indicate which books they might
like from the Village Press. James Howard offered to be the club Librarian
as he said he has a long history of being a caretaker and organizer. His
offer was immediately accepted. Support for the library is strong and
growing. We thought about having a locked cabinet at the school, but
don’t know how to do that yet. I
mentioned it was time to pay does again and 6 people paid up. Thanks. I
got a check from another member in the mail.
Then we had elections. There were no nominations and everyone now
holding offices agreed to keep them.
James Howard had emailed me earlier that he would be glad to write
the newsletter if I would lay it out. I gladly accepted his offer. He will
begin with the next newsletter. I think this is a real plus for the club
for two reasons: I find it difficult to run the meeting and take notes at
the same time, and we really need a backup person (or two) to get the
newsletter out every time. We haven’t missed one yet. That reminds me:
Brian Lawson, who got the newsletter started, but hasn’t been seen for a
while, may start showing up again soon. He had knee su
We have had mild weather
for a while, but it got us back in January. All the ice and the rain
made for some spectacular scenery and even the Plymouth Ice Festival was
not melted out this year. But here was a downside for me. The ice took
down a lot of power lines in the night, included one that knocked out a
few blocks that I was in. Water came in every crack in the basement
because the sump pump needs electricity. I work in the basement, so I
was out of action for 3 days. We finally borrowed a generator, did some
quick rewiring and lived in reasonable comfort.
This is another CNC
punch I built after the flood. The customer already had the hand punch I
normally convert, so I built the rest of the system. The grey box has
the interface, power supplies and stepper motor drivers.
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