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- Subject: RFD: rec.crafts.metalworking
- Message-ID: <1992Oct14.160331.265@news.uwyo.edu>
- Date: 14 Oct 92 16:03:31 MST
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- Subject: RFD: rec.crafts.metalworking
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- From: Jim Kirkpatrick <JIMKIRK@corral.uwyo.edu>
- Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 19:57:11 GMT
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- This is a request for discussion on the creation of a newsgroup
- for metalworking.
-
- Group Name
- ----------
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- rec.crafts.metalworking
-
- Status
- ------
-
- Unmoderated.
-
- Rationale
- ---------
-
- In a sense, the group already exists, as trial.rec.metalworking.
- However, the "trial" method of newsgroup creation has been more
- or less abandoned, leaving no method to simply rename the existing
- group. It should also be pointed out that the trial hierarchy is
- not carried by many sites, limiting the availability and participation.
- Thus, it is proposed to simply create a new newsgroup from scratch.
-
- This group would be for discussion of all aspects of metalworking,
- both at the home shop level and, potentially, at the industrial
- and production level. It would be, in a sense, a metallic
- counterpart to the popular rec.woodworking newsgroup. There is
- no intent to compete with rec.woodworking, but rather to complement
- it (some people in the woodworking list have in fact expressed an
- interest in creating rec.crafts.metalworking to discuss tool shaping
- and related topics).
-
- Thus, this is not a splinter group from an existing newsgroup, but
- a new group to address an audience already partially in place via
- the trial group.
-
- Charter
- -------
-
- Proposed Charter -- REC.CRAFTS.METALWORKING
-
- The USENET newsgroup, rec.crafts.metalworking, is a newsgroup which discusses
- various aspects of working with metal, such as (but not limited to):
-
- machining, as on a lathe, milling machine, grinder, etc.;
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- numerical control of such machines;
-
- welding, whether by gas, arc, mig, tig, thermite, or other methods;
-
- casting various metals by various methods;
-
- hardening/tempering various metals;
-
- blacksmithing/forging;
-
- spinning and hammer work;
-
- sheet metal work;
-
- jewelry-making;
-
- purchasing and/or reconditioning metalworking tools and machinery;
-
- interesting projects;
-
- books on metal technologies and history;
-
- Example areas of interest:
-
- knife/sword making;
-
- automotive repair;
-
- steam engine (model/scale, though full-sized discussions are welcome!);
-
- art work, such as bronze castings and sculptures;
-
- gunsmithing;
-
- toolmaking, such as for woodworking, further metalworking, etc.;
-
- While the bulk of the discussion will probably be directed towards
- small-scale "home" shops, industrial/production discussions are also
- quite welcome.
-
- Discussion
- ----------
-
- Comments on this proposed new newsgroup should be posted to the USENET
- newsgroup news.groups. If the reader is not able to do so, comments may
- be e-mailed to me at the address below, and I will post them.
-
- Voting
- ------
-
- If no problems arise, voting will start one month from the posting date
- of this RFD.
-
- Jim Kirkpatrick
- jimkirk@corral.uwyo.edu
-