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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 djberta

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    Atlas 7B Shaper add on

    Nice I'm thinking of doing something similar.
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    Machine Induction forge failure

    Interesting. Not enough length in the hose to expand and contract? Kind of weird fittings.
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    John W’s tool grinder

    I was thinking the same or to grip on an off shape. I’m going to look at making some. Already had a need for one. I bought a new bbq that could not use our regular rotisserie. The rotisserie is a square bar, needed round so I put it in a regular collet and tightened it enough to hold and then...
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    John W’s tool grinder

    John can you post a link to the 3d printed collets.
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    Colchester Master 2500, making the missing 56T change gear

    Hi Rudy did you mill the holes in the spline to depth and then broach to that depth to clean it up?
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    Mini Lathe controller replacement

    A popular upgrade is to change the motor out for a treadmill motor and controller. dazecarz has a great set of videos on this. If you near a large center it is super easy to get treadmills as many people do not want them after they have sat for years. When i was looking for a couple to...
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    Plastic Shed Repair

    Get a piece of 12 inch flashing and soft rivet it on.
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    Does Anyone Here Have A Manual For This Old Meter?

    What a score. The Simpson meters are sought after by instructors. That price is very good for all three. The 270 is a bit better. The 260 is the standard for analog first year electrical meters. Neither one has the built in circuit breaker which is a bit nicer if you can find one. You can get...
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    Wanna see something cool?

    Another all time favorite.
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    Wanna see something cool?

    This is another guy I like as well
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    Wanna see something cool?

    This is one of my favorites
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    Auto ignition of oily rags

    One of the fire systems we put in a couple garages was the Elide fire balls. They work. Easy to install. Basically install and forget about em. I'm thinking of putting them in my garage. They are a chemical suppressant so likely to damage things but way better then fire taking the structure.
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    Auto ignition of oily rags

    House in Calgary just burned down, rental. They are saying it started with a bunch of Pete, potting soil, rags and stuff stacked against the side of the house in direct sunlight. My wife’s coworkers daughter was renting a room in the basement everyone got out. Night owl roommate smelled smoke...
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    Tips/Techniques Show your shop related 3DP

    Here are some pics. Took me about 10 minutes to design in tinkercad. Printer all of them in about 13hrs with 35,,%, infill. Cheap white pla. Not sure the strength. Maybe better to print in petg.
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    Tool Coaxial indicator

    I have an 80 dollar one off amazon and won't go back to other methods. It is unreal how easy it is to setup and use. I am no expert, still I think it is a great tool. I used mine multiple times to find center with my rotary table.
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