• Scam Alert. Members are reminded to NOT send money to buy anything. Don't buy things remote and have it shipped - go get it yourself, pay in person, and take your equipment with you. Scammers have burned people on this forum. Urgency, secrecy, excuses, selling for friend, newish members, FUD, are RED FLAGS. A video conference call is not adequate assurance. Face to face interactions are required. Please report suspicions to the forum admins. Stay Safe - anyone can get scammed.
  • Several Regions have held meetups already, but others are being planned or are evaluating the interest. The Ontario GTA West area meetup is planned for Saturday April 26th at Greasemonkeys shop in Aylmer Ontario. If you are interested and haven’t signed up yet, click 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!

Recent content by AB_Winter

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    Hello from Northern Alberta

    Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I've decided to go with a medium sized wood lathe for now, and I plan to buy a smaller metal lathe later this year. I found a wood lathe that has an optional bed extension when needed, but doesn't take up a lot of space. It's heavy enough to be stable, but...
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    Hello from Northern Alberta

    Thanks, this is really helpful.
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    Hello from Northern Alberta

    Compared to the construction 2x4 and deck screw furniture projects that I see people trying to sell locally, I would say you're far beyond the beginner level with this one. It looks great. The zebrawood grain works really well with the metal. I've been considering getting into some hybrid...
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    Hello from Northern Alberta

    Great question, and I'm not exactly sure of the answer. I'm in the Grande Prairie area, and I always find it funny when some people refer to Edmonton as northern alberta. I guess someone from high level would say the same about Grande Prairie.
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    Hello from Northern Alberta

    I have 15+ years of professional design experience using Autocad, Solidworks, Autodesk Inventor, and other software. It's been several years now, but I do have some experience with CNC programming. Unfortunately, I haven't spent much time actually building things, at least not using metal. I've...
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