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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!

Recent content by Don Sipes

  1. Don Sipes

    Benchtop Hobbing Machine - The BHM

    Very nice.
  2. Don Sipes

    Calgary & area meet up Spring 2025.

    Pick a date and I'll do my best to be there. I look forward to that event.
  3. Don Sipes

    Cross Slide T-slots Purpose???

    Ahhh! me too. If in doubt plinth on it?
  4. Don Sipes

    Cross Slide T-slots Purpose???

    I too wish my lathe had T-slots on the cross slides. Great place to mount work pieces for line boring or a tool post for a mega big boring bar.
  5. Don Sipes

    Product Anchor Lube...

    I have been using Anchorlube off and on for awhile now. I'm still undecided as to how much I like it. I still use good old cutting oil most of the time. All my tapping is hand tapping.
  6. Don Sipes

    CA-AB Small Tools and Materials

    A couple of years back YYCHM sourced some JAX tool black and did a small group buy for 3 of us. The chemical itself is not that expensive but shipping is expensive. Well, thanks to Dabbler I learn that this stuff is available right here in Calgary at Ken's Gems. A jewelry and Lapidary supply...
  7. Don Sipes

    iPhone to Android - phone recommendations?

    Me Too for all the same reasons. I'm on my third one if I remember correct.
  8. Don Sipes

    Sharpening large drill bits?

    I don't have a grinder with a wide enough stone to grind large drill bits either. So I use my belt sander and it does a good enough job.
  9. Don Sipes

    Heli-Coil tap size for 1/2-13

    It's worth looking for. Heli coil kits are disgracefully expensive now days.
  10. Don Sipes

    UHMW

    My experience with plastic is that the swarf tends to wrap around itself and stick there. Sometimes a mixture of dish detergent and water helps. The swarf still wraps up but does not stick to itself and is much easier to remove. Use a good amount of soap, until the mixture is slick.
  11. Don Sipes

    Pregraph Tool and Cutter Grinder, Victoria, $457

    2021
  12. Don Sipes

    Pregraph Tool and Cutter Grinder, Victoria, $457

    Picture of my Accusize. The flange you see in the picture is what the wheels fit against. It is part of the drive pulley.
  13. Don Sipes

    Pregraph Tool and Cutter Grinder, Victoria, $457

    THANKS. My spindle nose is 0.750 so I would have to change out my stones ti 1 1/4 bore to make that work. In the meantime I'll save your drawing for future reference.
  14. Don Sipes

    Pregraph Tool and Cutter Grinder, Victoria, $457

    @gerritv I'm curious what size is the spindle nose on your machine and what is the hole size in the grinding disks your using? My Accusize the spindle nose diameter and the hole in the grinding wheels are the same size. No room for an adapter hub, or did I miss something? CHEERS
  15. Don Sipes

    Pregraph Tool and Cutter Grinder, Victoria, $457

    My more current Accusize model is yet again another variant. It does not have a tapered spindle nose but rather just a straight hub. I pulled the spindle cartridge out yesterday. Like the rest of the machine the spindle housing was full of manufacturing swarf , yellow grease/Wax and paint. I...
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