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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 Downwindtracker2

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    History (ww2)

    With good reason. The Germans at first thought they would push the allies into the sea, after they realized they wouldn't be able to, they acted a little more civilized.
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    History (ww2)

    Here is a story from the start of the Battle of Normandy, D-Day. The Canadians were the only ones who achieved their first day objectives. My uncle who came a shore on the first day was told to follow that that tank during that night. When sun up came he said they looked around where they...
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    History (ww2)

    My Dad joined up in'39 . His stories were mostly the funny ones. My uncle was in the first wave. Both Dad and my uncle had stories that matched up to events that were written about.
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    Hitch extension

    Older small RV fridges were 3 way, propane, 12 volt, and 110 volt. The larger current RV fridges use heat instead of compressing . The 110 volt option is just a heater. You'll find compressors on the the cooler/freezers . Before electrification, they use to run fridges on kerosene . I had an...
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    Hitch extension

    RVers know this but for others. The front jack is important on a travel trailer, it is used for leveling length wise. A RV needs to be level, not for filling your whisky glass to the brim like the Finnlanders and Japanese do, rather for the RV fridge. The fridges are absorption type , not the...
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    Hitch extension

    The brutal truth is that vehicles have inadequate rear suspensions. Because the suspension can't handle lateral weight transfer, you tow vehicles ends up pointing in the wrong direction. Rather unnerving . I even had that issue with my 1ton LWB p/u . Historicallarms describes well the results.
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    Machinery's 20th

    I first looked it up to be sure, my memory isn't what it once was, then I checked with a thread guage. It is 22tpi.
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    Vintage Hand planes, Lethbridge, AB

    Not only can they be sharpened, they likely will need machining as well., the soles to be flattened and the wings made square to the bottoms.
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    Vintage Hand planes, Lethbridge, AB

    There are a coupe of interesting planes, the # 6 Bedrock on the far right and that little block plane in the center.
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    Jacobs Super Chuck or clone?

    I have a couple of Glacern brand chucks, Chinese/American made. On Practical Machinist, this topic came up. One poster relayed their shop's experience with Rohm chucks . They were very pleased.
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    Scope level

    Just read the post. I went too far as it is.
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    Scope level

    I had two sons who wished to hunt, so I got a PAL very early. I gave my wife and a couple of buddies at work as references. They all enjoyed enjoyed conversation. For the government, time wise, it was a costly.
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    Jacobs Super Chuck or clone?

    We used Rohm chucks on the drill presses in our mill maintenance shop . Chuck keys in a shop ? they don't have feet, they have wings. I caught a video where they explained how keyless chuck work.. They work on the camming principle . So they will spring the case and jam. Of course they got...
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    Scope level

    Historicalarms, it is those very comments that I for one find offensive . Unlike most here who went to university to study engineering, I studied history and economics . I have also been involved in politics at the very highest level . I hunt, shoot F-class, and sporterize old military rifles...
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    Spring is Here!

    That is good news.
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