Alberta
Metal Enthusiasts Network
Alberta, Canada - informal group of
hobbyists, meets on the last Thursday of
every month in Edmonton
Battle Creek Home Metals Shop Club
- was at http://homemetalsshopclub.webjump.com
- site no longer exists - if you know
where they went, please advise -
Battle Creek, Michigan, USA - Meetings
monthly starting in May 2000
Bay
Area Engine Modelers
San Fransisco Bay area, California, USA
- Meetings third Saturday each month in
Oakland, California
Bendigo
Society of Model Engineers Inc.
Bendigo, Australia - model building and
metalworking club, holds exposition
events, links to member pages
Bristol
Model and Experimental Engineers
Bristol, UK - live steam and model
engineering club, regular meetings,
exhibition
Chattanooga
Society of Model Engineers
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA - live steam
club
Chesapeake
Area Metalworking Society
Washington, DC, USA - club for the
northern Virginia, Maryland, and Wash.
DC areas, monthly meetings
Colorado
Model Engineering Society
Denver, Colorado, USA
- metalworking and model building
club based in Colorado
Emerald
Valley Model Engineering Society
Eugene, Oregon, USA - sponsor of
the PRIME show
Florida
Association of Model Engineers
Florida, USA - web site with on-line
forum supporting model builders
Frontenac
Society of Model Engineers
Kingston, Ontario, Canada -
monthly meetings, shop facilities for
members at the Ongwanada Resource Centre
Home
Foundarymans Association/Hobbycast
Not an "in person" club,
but a Yahoo group for metal casting
hobbyists
Home
Metal Shop Club
Houston, Texas, USA - meetings and
swap meets, good newsletters and
projects on line
Hutt
Valley Model Engineering Society
Petone, Wellington, New Zealand - model
railroading, clocks, and metalworking,
photos on line
Kansas
Association of Model Engineers
South Central Kansas, USA - model
builders club, monthly meetings
Live
Steaming
clubs worldwide - WEB page for model
railroad steam engine information, links
to over a hundred
clubs all over the world. These folks
run model railroads etc., but there is
plenty of metalworking.
Long
Island Metalworker's Society
Long Island, New York, USA - monthly
meetings, shop tours, swap sessions
Mid-Valley
Model Engineers
Corvallis, Oregon, USA - loosely
organized club, meets at members' shops
Metro
Detroit Metalworking Club
Detroit, Michigan, USA - metalworking
club, newsletters, projects, and links
on line
Melbourne
Society of Model and Experimental
Engineers
Melbourne, Australia - long standing
club, monthly meetings, hosts yearly
exposition
Model
Engineers' Support Page
Macclesfield, UK - Model Engineering
Society's home page, lots of links,
projects, etc.
Modelbouwers
Vereniging Vlaardingen (Model Club
Vlaardingen)
Vlaardingen, Netherlands - Dutch model
builders club. Lots of links and photos
of projects.
New
England Model Engineering Society
Waltham (Boston), MA, USA - holds local
exposition and meetings, organized bus
trip to NAMES show
North
American Model Engineering Society
Wyandotte (Detroit), Michigan, USA -
mainly sponsors the NAMES exposition,
great pictorial history on line
North
London Society of Model Engineers
London, UK - Founded in 1944. Has many
interest sections, each with its own
meetings. Participates in exhibitions,
and conducts workshops.
North
Texas Metalworker's Advisory Council
Dallas, Texas, USA - monthly meetings,
organized programs, started in 1998 and
off to a good start
Northwest Model Engineers
Was at: http://www.loganact.com/nwme/index.htm
If you know where they went, please let
us know.
Park Ridge (Chicago), Illinois, USA -
maps to meetings and newsletters on line
Portland
Machinist Guild
Mulliken, Michigan, USA - monthly
meetings, club description, forums, and
contact information on line
Portland
Model Engineers
Portland, Oregon, USA - club description
and contact information on line
Puget
Sound Metalworking Group
Washington state, USA. Not an
"in person" club, but a Yahoo
group for metalworking hobbists.
Santa
Rosa Society of Model and Experimental
Engineers
Santa Rosa, CA, USA - monthly meetings
of amateur scientists, tinkerers,
clockmakers, and live steamers
South Bay Metalworkers
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SBMetal/
Sarasota (Silicon Valley),
California, USA - monthly meetings at
members shop
Southern Arizona Model Engineers Club
Club web site no longer exists.
Discussion moved to Yahoo,
see: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SouthernArizonaModelEngineers/
Tucson, Arizona, USA - Established 1987,
monthly meetings, has lending library
Southern
California Home Shop Machinists
Torrance, California, USA -
Established 2000, monthly meetings at
local community college's shop
Taunton
Model Engineers
Taunton, UK - old line club (1946),
holds events and exposition, online
newsletters and links
Toronto
Society of Model Engineers
Toronto, Canada (TSME) club - long
standing club (1933), monthly meetings,
varied interests
Upstate
New York Home Shop Metalworkers
club in "up-state" New York,
USA - regular meetings scheduled at
members shops or on field trips
Valley
Metal - Phoenix Area Home Shop
Machinists
Phoenix, Arizona, USA - monthly
meetings, mailing list on Yahoo
Vancouver
Island Model Engineers
Vancouver Island, British Columbia,
Canada - live steam club with track and
other facilities
Model Engineering Society of Oklahoma
Oklahoma, USA - WEB page pending,
meanwhile e-mail WBHINKLE@aol.com
South Bay Metalworkers
A hobby group in Northern California's
Santa Clara Valley. Meets in Saratoga,
CA
Contacts: Phil Roybal - proybal@pacbell.net
Please email webmaster@metalworking.com
if you would like to be the contact
point for starting a new club. The
following are now trying to start a
club:
Alliston, Ontario, Canada (1.5 hours
north of Toronto) - new club forming,
plans to
meet at Banting Memorial High School,
share use of school equipment, contacts
are:
Dan O'Connell - doc@beeline.ca
or Bob Emptage - bemptage@interhop.net
St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada - wanting
to form a new club, contacts is:
Larry Proctor - larryproctor_2000@yahoo.com
Brisbane, QLD, Australia - contact Wayne Bourke - email waymorina@bigpond.com
Eastern, Tennessee, USA - interested in starting a club... contact George - email georgec@charter.net
Miami, Florida, USA - contact Eric Meyer - email ericm2@gate.net
Hallstead, Pennsylvania , USA - contact Johnathan Desantis - email piermont@epix.net
Seattle, Washington, USA - contact Jim Wright - email gunner312@qwest.com
Clare/Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, USA - contact Charly Brauer - email cbrauer@voyager.net
North-Central Wisconsin, USA - contact Raymond Heckert - email jnr@antigopro.net
Boise, Idaho, USA - contact Dan Paulsen - email zudema@cableone.net
Southern, Illinois, USA - 60 miles North of Paduach,KY. 80 miles southeast of St. Louis,Mo. 90 West of Evansville,In. - contact Steve Odle - email sbodle@midwest.net
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