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  • 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!

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    Dan Gelbart posts unusual shop tricks

    I do have a couple of humidity meters but don't find them very accurate. (two meters often disagree and take turns on which one is higher). I try to aim for a humidity of around 50%. Dan recommends lower but I haven't had a problem at this level. Makes for an expensive heater but the...
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    Dan Gelbart posts unusual shop tricks

    My problem with dehumidifiers is finding one that will work in an unheated space. Even the ones rated for below 40 degrees F are painfully slow at those temperatures. Can anybody recommend a brand / model they have had good success with? I find mine runs just about 24X7 and doesn't remove...
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    Casting sand

    When I first got the clay I was very hopeful that it would be suitable for oil bonded sand as the loading dock guy referred to it as petrobond but I am pretty sure it is not. I have run the tests you linked and it does not act at all like either form of bentonite. My best guess at the moment...
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    2x72 grinder discussion

    Re: I might give my local laser cutting service a go for this. If you go ahead, can you let us know what the quote comes out to? I probably have enough steel in the junk box and I have a band saw but I like the idea of the precision slots for alignment and I don't like the idea of that much...
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    2x72 grinder discussion

    Not to take the discussion on a left turn but I really like some of the ideas in this build: I have a small shop and am always on the lookout for small and portable solutions. His hinge design is inspired and definitely thinking outside the box. He is using much lighter material which would...
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    Mercury

    one other thought / anecdote..... In the late 90's I was camping on the banks of the Fraser River near Hope. Got woke up by the sound of a gas motor. Went down to the river to find an older guy (probably younger than me now) shoveling sand into a sluice and a gas pump adding the water. Turns...
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    Mercury

    Like most here, I played with the stuff as a child (the dentist used to pour a bit in your hand to play with). I had a couple of pounds I was hoarding for some future project when I started to get nervous about the degree of hysteria society is moving to. I ended up taking mine up to the local...
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    Casting sand

    Capilano college used to have a casting program but closed it down in about 2013. They sold off their muller and a local fellow here bought it. When he picked it up the fellow on the loading dock said "That has to go too". He said it was petrobond and there were 20 or 30 20kg sacks of it. I...
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    Refining/reclaiming gold for inlay question

    Not sure how much a file and magnet would tell you. Alloys are the same colour all the way through and it is unlikely any alloy would contain iron. Brian
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    MicroLux Mini Vertical Milling Machine - Victoria BC - Current Bid $325 - Closes 24th

    What did it finally go for? Brian
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    Knee Mill 8x30? Esquimalt BC

    Thanks. I don't want to get in a bidding war with you so let me know if you reach him and if you are not interested. Funny, I much prefer email for both buying and selling. It is an easy way to keep track of the order of inquiries so I can offer it in order. I always respond even if it is...
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    Knee Mill 8x30? Esquimalt BC

    I emailed the owner a couple of times but no reply. Let us know if you do get a reply. Brian
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    Product What's your favourite angle grinder?

    Chalk up another vote for Metabo. I have 2, one is about 40 years old and I had to change the bearings a couple of years ago. It took an awful lot of abuse. The second one is newer, larger, and has the quick change system which I don't really like as it feels like something that could go...
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    Inexpensive Tig welders

    I am surprised nobody has pointed out that a wire feed machine is constant voltage. Stick and TIG are constant current. A wire feed welder is so easy to use because if you change the arc length the resistance changes which affects the heat which affects the amount of wire melted. For example...
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    Smoke

    FWIW, I had a whole house honeywell electrostatic filter on my forced air electric furnace. It worked and it collected very fine dust but no where near as much as I thought it should. The pre filter screen was always thick with dust, cat hair, small birds etc. I found it a bit of a pain to...
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