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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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  1. M

    So sad. The poor sod limits himself to sockets and wrenches and such

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    Anyone know there way around O/A torch brands?

    My torch is driving my crazy, well not sure if its the torch or the regulators. You'll get the flame set and then it keeps changing, constantly needs adjustment which is hard/impossible to do when you're concentrating on the braze. Just messed a silver solder job and I've it with this POS. It...
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    Anyone using ChatGTP?

    Wowzaaa! (that would be ChatGPT if a mod can edit the title) This stuff is neat. So incredible that you have to keep reminding yourself it's not perfect. I've a few electronics projects its working on (takes up to 10 days for all the deliverables). Reasonably complicated and if you type a...
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    Series on reconditioning a Schaublin 70 lathe

    You guys have seen this project before, but I'm trying to stitch it together as a series of videos detailing the steps to recondition it Part I, the bed
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    Insane 3D printing saves 85 year old Monarch ..... or powering my 10ee lathe

    The thread title is in jest, poking fun at the oh so prevalent hyperbole with youtube titles lol. Lots work! Mechanically joining a motor and gear box and 3D printed speed control were most of it. Told the story over three videos. I tried to keep it moving, but its skill making concise...
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    Selecting electronic components.

    I fixed a Biax by replacing what I assumed must be a triac in the speed controller. everything was painted over so metal chips couldn't short things. As a result I couldn't identify the exact component. It worked for a few hours, then the triac popped. Motor is 120V @ 3amps, and I chose a...
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    Swinger Attachments

    There is some weird and scary shlt going on out there
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    What to use to seal oil site glasses?

    What do you guys use to get a good seal with oil, like a site glass? The glass is cemented in a disk of metal, which then is fixed to the machine with three screws .... leaks are between the machine and the disk. It's about impossible to get both parts clean and oil free (the machine cavity...
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    Congrats to Team 2852 on their Silver Medal win!

    We have been a proud lead sponsor of this high school robotics team for many years now and they were silver medalists at last weekend's season opener. If you start feeling grumpy along the lines of "kids these days", you have to get to a robotics competition. They are different every year; the...
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    VFD E Stop wiring

    with the ubiquitous AT VFD's like here http://myosuploads3.banggood.com/products/20190919/20190919015909SKU792664.pdf how does one go about wiring an emergency stop? The "multi" input has a setting for emergency stop, but it operates on normally open.... whereas an E stop is always suppose to...
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