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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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    Creality K2 Plus CFS Combo

    4 color benchy 38 minutes total print time.
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    Creality K2 Plus CFS Combo

    With the big 3d printer companies all trying to out SALE each other over bambu labs 3rd year anniversary. I picked up a Creality K2 Plus CFS combo. I looked at a couple of different printers and decided to take this one. It can print as big, prints in 4 colors expandable to 16 and its fast. I...
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    Welcome to Westwood Metalworks, What is he building in there?

    A nice dark blue with white pinstriping.
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    Machine Induction forge failure

    You can separate wires with Ty wraps. Lightly run a tywrap around the two wires then run one around the first tywrap between the wires. I’ve even done this with ignition wires it works as a continuous separation in the wire run. Do it every so many inches to maintain the distance. It’s...
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    Ball & Socket

    Very cool. I was looking for similar awhile ago. Can you post the Stl or model Peter.
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    Looking for some ceramic shell (suspenda slurry etc)

    Please post a thread on how this goes. I’m interested in lost pla as well.
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    Lost foam aluminium casting issues

    I just got the same set that Peter posted as well for 10 bucks you can’t go wrong. The larger ones have a good weight to them. The small wood hand set seem really small but I think they are gonna work good for working on my cosplay stuff,
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    Looking for milling machine purchase help/advice

    J.mac where are you located? There is a big auction coming up in Edmonton for moderns Alberta stores closing and they have many new units. Might be a deal to watch for. Also auctions can be a mess. I have seen people pay more then retail for things at auctions. If your down east keep a good look...
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    Spade connector question

    They are real cost effective these days. We had some issues with delphi during covid. Deutsch are nice as well. Seal good.
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    Lost foam aluminium casting issues

    I have not tried it yet. But it makes a lot of sense. Styrofoam cup makes a perfect pouring cup when its down in the sand. I've used a coffee can with both ends cut out for years to act as the pouring bowl. With the foam gate just above the height of the sand and try to pour as close to center...
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    Spade connector question

    On the stakon ones only the wire insulation end is shrinkable. You can see the line where the heat shrink ends. The connection ends don't shrink unless you really hit them with the heat gun, which is not what you want. I switched over to using Deutsch style connectors and weather pack years ago...
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    Bambu Lab 3rd Anniversary Sale

    Turning to the dark side has its benefits for sure, more so when your home building a modular reactor in your basement. it’s just you only get to wear like 3 outfits, either black, white or grey. I guess if your real special red. I guess on thinking not a totally bad decision. I’m still dealing...
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    Lost foam aluminium casting issues

    I will have to try the styrofoam cups on my next cast.
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    Lost foam aluminium casting issues

    Cool, I’m gonna look at a set.
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    Spade connector question

    You have the correct female spade but not the insulated male. The insulated male actually goes all the way around the female. So you have half of the correct set. It’s very common in the more cost effective sets to have that issue. You can see the correct ones in the stakon catalog. Page B38...
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