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  • Several Regions have held meetups already, but others are being planned or are evaluating the interest. The Calgary Area Meetup is set for Saturday July 12th at 10am. The signup thread is here! Arbutus has also explored interest in a Fraser Valley meetup but it seems members either missed his thread or had other plans. Let him know if you are interested in a meetup later in the year by posting here! Slowpoke is trying to pull together an Ottawa area meetup later this summer. No date has been selected yet, so let him know if you are interested here! We are not aware of any other meetups being planned this year. If you are interested in doing something in your area, let everyone know and make it happen! Meetups are a great way to make new machining friends and get hands on help in your area. Don’t be shy, sign up and come, or plan your own meetup!

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    One less John on the Forum

    Hey Joni, I only met you once but saw this was happening immediately. My attitude is I don't bother how others live unless they bother mine. I wish you the best of luck on your journey. But seriously consider the blood clot issue. I have dealt with DVT and pulmonary embolism in 2015 and I am...
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    Air compressor not restarting

    My suggestion is to tie the terminals together on that button, and set up a outboard overload protection switch, if you start caps are healthy. My personal preference is for unloading valves. My Quincy has them and I use a delay relay set to 12 seconds so the motor starts unloaded and turns the...
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    Tips/Techniques For Chawbeef -- feed screw shield

    And If you or they are wrong, are you going to bust a gut over a 6 dollar item? when this country wastes a hundred times that, every second?
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    Tips/Techniques For Chawbeef -- feed screw shield

    I think you are correct, but you can verify with them on their "chat" thing.
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    Tips/Techniques For Chawbeef -- feed screw shield

    https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007784118636.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller.2.5ef0kufDkufDBY&gps-id=pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller&scm=1007.40050.354490.0&scm_id=1007.40050.354490.0&scm-url=1007.40050.354490.0&pvid=d6bcb9f2-fe2a-4828-a33a-e4902c0ba1f3&_t=gps-id:pcDetailTopMoreOt...
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    Rain in Edmonton

    Oh, btw, if you really want to cause some torment, go ask the tire shop to fill your tires to 241.3 kilopascals. We got 1.125" west of Edmonton overnight
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    Tips/Techniques For Chawbeef -- feed screw shield

    My lung clots are doing better and I finally got the pictures you PM'd me about. When installing these covers, the nylon end must be free to allow the feed screw to rotate while the shield is stationary. The tricky part is to get the diameter right on the big end so as the shield shortens up...
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    Whisk(e)y, wine and cheese!

    I built a reflux still, all copper and silver solder and easily produced a 95% ethanol product . cut 50% with water and the first mouthful, your teeth went numb. Interestingly it also gave no hangovers. I no longer drink anything stronger than milk, and I gotta get around to selling that still...
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    Unbox/setup and balance a new Baldor Grinder (after 42 years)

    I have posted this before....I cringe at all the work you put into balancing the stones, because this is so easy and so cheap. https://oneway.ca/products-category/sharpening-grinding-jigs/Balancing%20Systems
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    Hello!

    Heck, she moved back to Alberta just to be close to us. And yes, I like your "silly videos":p
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    Can you drill a magnet?

    It is a ceramic magnet, so is a china plate. Practice drilling a plate first.:p I would use a cheep PA hole saw about 3/8 OD to do it.
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    A near miss and big consequences

    Dabbler, I went through this in 2015, exactly the same. My lungs have never been any good since, but you and I are still alive, so we must have a lucky charm..
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    Spindle square

    Here it is. You take the magnet off and put it on the table, and then zero both dial indicators to the top of the magnet. Remove the magnet from the pathway and then rotate and check your readings on the table in the X&Y. The bar can sweep a 10" circle at its outside hole position
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    Spindle square

    I made my own a few years ago, after using a new 12" brake disk for tramming the head long enough that I was sick of it. The spindle square tram produced the same result and did it much easier. I use a small round magnet about 3/4" long for zeroing the indicator, and it stays stuck to the t-bar...
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    iPhone to Android - phone recommendations?

    I have the Samsung Galaxy Flip 5. If you have to have a smartfone, and I was forced to by 5G, it is great.
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