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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!

Recent content by CWret

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    New fellow from BC

    Welcome aboard to this forum. You will enjoy the ride with clear sailing.
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    Hello from beautiful Alberta

    Welcome aboard. Enjoy the ride. I have and continue to enjoy.
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    Modern Tool Closing?

    Yep. - @Susquatch I will be watching for an auction at their NToronto site. I bought an MD45 mill/drill from them and it has been great. I ordered parts from them 6 months ago and that went well. They will be missed if no one picks up the pieces
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    2.4 cfm compressor $30, Burlington On

    ——————/—————-/ SOLD (to BldrJ) ((Not really sold, but the Food Bank is getting a donation and I get back some shop space)) ————-/——————-/— Price is - make a $30 donation to the Burlington Food Bank https://share.google/Pz3Bxkz4CQBbRaXs7 I have one too many compressors. This compressor was...
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    Tombstones and Parallels

    Just sent you a PM about the parallels
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    SOLD -Busy Bee metal band saw 4x6” $220 Burlington On.

    OK - it is yours. I will send you a PM. CW
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    SOLD -Busy Bee metal band saw 4x6” $220 Burlington On.

    I have for sale a good condition horizontal/vertical metal band saw. I bought this new over 25 years ago and it has served me well. I installed new blade alignment rollers a few months ago and it cuts very straight. It runs smoothly and all components are in very good condition. This Busy Bee...
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    Set up table

    Great Thanks I will take. Just replied to your text
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    IT IS SOLD. Grizzly G1006 mill drill $1900

    Grizzly for sale: Part 3 Why $1900?? - A good condition used PDM-30 should sell for about half price or about $1500. - This machine is in excellent condition and comes with: a vise; RT; tooling; and stand. So I add $400 for the 4 items. - the made in Taiwan quality is a big a bonus.
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    IT IS SOLD. Grizzly G1006 mill drill $1900

    Grizzly for sale: Part two - I checked the bed for flatness using a flatness gauge and an Accusize 24” straight edge. It is nearly perfect. The 0.0012 feeler gauge will not go under the straight edge anywhere! TIR on the spindle was (as close as I could measure) zero. I repeated this with two...
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    IT IS SOLD. Grizzly G1006 mill drill $1900

    June 25 - It is sold UPDATE (June 23) - IT MAY BE “NOT AVAILABLE” WILL NOT KNOW UNTIL THE WEEKEND I have for sale a lightly used Grizzly G1006 that was manufactured in 2003. It has been stored for the last 14 years. This model is now called a G0705. Parts and the manual for the G1006 and...
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    Set up table

    Interested - sending you a PM
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    Tips/Techniques RF-45 clone vs King PDM-30

    @Susquatch here’s a bit of info I found: First off - as you said above, strength and vibration dampening are two very different animals (see video below). Using about 20% epoxy and 80% aggregate appears to be about right (15 to 20% is the range for epoxy). The aggregate can be sand and/or clear...
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    Tips/Techniques RF-45 clone vs King PDM-30

    I have heard that substantially improvements rigidity. It makes sense that it would. I’d like to know more about how that is done. Has anyone documented doing it and also have some measurable results? My MD45 stand is very beefed up. It weighs over 400 pounds. Lot of 1.5” and 2” round bars built...
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    Tips/Techniques RF-45 clone vs King PDM-30

    Have a look at my post #13 from Feb8, 23. In thread “RF-45Mill/Drill Done https://canadianhobbymetalworkers.com/threads/rf-45-mill-drill-done.6743/post-100631
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