Alberta
Metal Enthusiasts Network
Alberta, Canada - informal group of
hobbyists, meets on the last Thursday of
every month in Edmonton
Atlantic Model
Engineering Society
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - metal craft hobbyists, primarily model
railroading, both stationary displays and live steam, meetings and club shop in
Halifax, live steam site in Winsor, Nova Scotia
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
Cape Breton Blacksmith's Association
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada - ABANA affiliated blacksmithing club
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
Newport Model Engineering Society
City of Newport, South Whales, UK - Live steam club founded in 1949. Builds and
exhibits running trains, and has facility open to public for events.
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
Willoughby & Baltic
440 Somerville Ave., Somerville, MA 02144 -
Paid membership club for shared studio access to metalworking and fabrication space
and equipment. Training courses and project storage space also available.
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
,
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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