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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 fixerup

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    Shop Garage Hoist - How it's going to kill me?

    when i was lifting heavy object with the 2 ton gantry we had at work, I always wondered what weight I was lifting. It was not obvious sometimes, the paper work didn't always follow with the item and even if it did I had no way to check. So for my homeshop unistrut gantry I bought a digital...
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    Tips/Techniques Workshop Organization- things that have made a difference for you

    The toilet paper is used as small wipes and the 5 gallon pails fit perfectly under my cupboard. There is twelve of them with small off cut somewhat sorted. I also have a 5 gallon tower for my light plastic off cuts. ABS,PVC, delving,hdpe, Teflon...... That tower save me lots of floor space...
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    Tips/Techniques Workshop Organization- things that have made a difference for you

    Since I am on the subject of cupboard and limited space. Here is my electronic workspace.
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    Tips/Techniques Workshop Organization- things that have made a difference for you

    My shop is bulging at the seams with recycled parts to repair all sort of appliances, for the repair cafe, neighbors, friends and family. The cupboard door storage was a solution to my overwhelming assortment of supply needed. Most of the repairs are for the low income bracket and they can't...
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    Tips/Techniques Workshop Organization- things that have made a difference for you

    I tried to re-use bags, especially if they are decent quality. Some of those bags are recycled milk bags. I learned this from my mother. They are quite heavy duty. Here is another cupboard door storage setup for my power cord assortment.
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    Tips/Techniques Workshop Organization- things that have made a difference for you

    I find using the inside space of my cupboard door useful storage. Maybe because my shelves are full :rolleyes: Hoarder problem? I use my staple gun to hang and display most of the stuff. This one is motorcycle supplies
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    Tips/Techniques Show your shop related 3DP

    I was just about to put this cheap drill press gizmo in my recycling pile, but thought I could give it another chance. I had this gizmo for more than 30 years and never used it. Hopefully this mod will save it from going to the metal scrap. 3D printed some brackets for the soldering iron. I now...
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    Fixerup patch up

    I used up my last bandsaw blade for my Craftex B2442. I had a good stock of longer bandsaw blades ~ 142''. So I cut them to 64 3/4'' which is about the maximum blade lenght my saw can accommodate. At that lenght I might also have a second chance to repair if they were to break. I did a angle...
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    Solitary Bee House

    I am really glad you are not my next door neighbor, my tenant bee would quickly move out and set up in yours. Very well done. I didn't know you needed to cleaned it out. Maybe that is why my low rental unit has been less populated over the years, but still active after 5years. This winter I made...
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    Tool post identification

    I should of mentioned the lathe is about a 5" X 12" . I didn't know they made shaft belt driven mini lathe. The picture does make it look much bigger. When he first sent me the picture I thought it was at least a 8'' X 24" , it also came with two ceiling mount pulley drive. If I do make a 4...
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    Tool post identification

    Here is what the lathe looks like
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    Tool post identification

    I am trying to help a kid refurbishing a no name antique lathe. The tool post it came with doesn't look like the original or it is missing some parts . The base of the tool post is interesting. The round knurled knob on the left is made to adjust the tool angle. The top of the tool post base...
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    Fixerup patch up

    I had this glass suction lifting bar and the rubber cups became really hard and no longer held vacuum. Decided to recycle it into a 1 1/2' round die holder, which I did not have. Enlarged the hole and added 2 grub screws and handle. A nice enjoyable hour spent in the shop making a super simple...
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    Tips/Techniques Show your shop related 3DP

    For a lantern tool post setup .004" is plenty good enough. If i was to make another one, I would like it to be able to reach the tool bit in the final position. Now i set the tool height , then swivel the tool holder to align the tool cutter to the work piece and finally lock down the lantern...
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    Tips/Techniques Show your shop related 3DP

    Lathe cutter height tool which can be mounted in the headstock or the tailstock. Skateboard bearing and a bubble level tube. If I put a .004'' shim on top of the cutter the bubble will be able to show the difference. The front adjusting screw make it easy to adjust and lock it in on center...
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