PME (Portland Model Engineers) 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.
In addition to model engineering, our members enjoy clock
making, machine tool history, blacksmithing, pattern and foundry
work, CAD and CNC experimentation, machine tool construction and
rebuilding, automobile restoration and many other fields. In
general, if it involves heating, beating, cutting or forming
metal, it receives a warm welcome in our group.
Our membership spans all skill levels, from new enthusiasts with
neither metalworking skills or facilities to "old hands"
who have been professional machinists for 50 years or more and
professional machine shop owners who still enjoy making things
for themselves. The group is an excellent information and
expertise resource for the newcomer and the experienced
metalworker alike.
If you want to know more, contact us and come to one of our
meetings!
Meetings are at 1PM on the second Saturday of the month. The location changes from month to month so contact us to find out where we'll be (see below).
Emphasis is on having a good time, so
meetings are informal affairs. A typical agenda
is:
Coffee, soda and cookies are
generally on hand.
Visitors are welcome!
There are two ways to contact us. You can contact one of the officers listed below, or you can sign up for our Yahoo group. The Yahoo group is a low traffic group for meeting and other occasional notices. Be sure you're logged in to Yahoo with your username and password, go to yahoo groups, search for portlandmodelengineers, and follow the instructions to sign up.
Current officers are:
| President |
Al Rose |
(503) 628-0571 |
|
| Past President |
Roger Rudert |
rrudert@omsi.edu | (503) 612-8499 |
| Webmaster |
Greg Dermer |
greg@depmco.com |