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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 Gennady

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    Ottawa area BBQ and Swap Meet August 30, 2025, 11am to 3pm

    I am OK with either date.
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    Busted alum fitting from pressure washer

    Next - I flipped part in the chuck (no concentricity is needed) and made second end. Connector with grove for O-ring Two parts for comparison - I made new one longer due to two reasons - it was easier to chuck it up and it easier to connect water hose in pressure washer. Grooves for locking...
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    My weekend score

    I paid 250 for both pieces . I wanted boring head that fits my BP and King altogether and I wanted something decent. I know - I SUCK. Thanks, Sasquatch and MrWhoopee for outlining thread variants.
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    Busted alum fitting from pressure washer

    Made one side of the fitting - Bored and made tapered inlet for the hose connector with O-ring. Cut a thread according to measurements 18 TPI - diameter is metric but I feel more comfortable this way. It fits hose connector and screw on quite OK. (Thoughts while cutting thread - need to...
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    Busted alum fitting from pressure washer

    Hello gang. I had a pressure washer which I forgot to disconnect from pressure gun hose and got a frozen water damage on lower fitting. To my luck it is separate piece of die casted aluminium. Alloy is very light and fragile -no wonder I failed to weld it , considering my welding skills...
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    My weekend score

    Kuroda boring head (jam nut and one of the stops on other side are missing, unfortunately) with MT2 shank and CAT40 adapter for that boring head. Oddly enough - screw bore on MT2 shank is 5/16 -18 while draw bar on my bridgeport is 3/8. Need to machine adapter and spacer on top to compensate...
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    Stick welder issues

    Every year I am buying bunch of moth ball packs and put practically everywhere in the shop - drawers, bins, even in the boat motor. That is part of "normal" winterizing routine for me. BTW. I noticed that squirrels can trow moth balls away, mice still cannot do that. :)
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    Stick welder issues

    Recommendation for the next winter (mice season) - put few moth balls (naphthalene) in the drawer or container were you keep your stuff and they will never make a nest or chew anything there. That should be real naphthalene balls, though, not any modern suff.
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    Opinion needed about heavy cast iron junk (use to be surface grinder)

    Not worth a lot, most likely - nothing . Just don't like when piece of the machinery goes to scrap. Anyway - free to grab. I will help to lad it to the truck or trailer
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    Opinion needed about heavy cast iron junk (use to be surface grinder)

    Hello gang. Looking for your ideas how to use this pieces with maximum profit :). Here are my ideas Idea A - bring to the junk yard, sell for +/- 200CAD . Buy another pice of junk :) I've seen there heavy duty portal crane in quite a good shape. Idea B - Keep it and reuse some...
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    LF: Info on Sick/TIG inverter with the problem

    Problem solved. It was a connection problem to the TIG cable. Stick cable is OK but TIG is broken. High voltage of oscillator was enough to jump over the gap, but low voltage main current was disconnected.
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    Filtering funnel

    John. What is so special in this funnel design or use ? Funnel from Dollarama plus mesh insert will not works?
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    LF: Info on Sick/TIG inverter with the problem

    yes, I did that - that is, actually, turning "on" oscillator
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    LF: Info on Sick/TIG inverter with the problem

    Hello gang. Several years ego, on garage sale, I bought cheap (Chinese) no name welding inverter. I used it only for stick welding until now and it si was OK considering all above. Finally I hooked up argon cylinder, changed electrode polarity and nothing happened. Here is what I have so...
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    Another This Old Tony recap...

    I liked TOD in his earlier releases. Really, liked a lot. I stopped enjoying his videos approximately a two yers ago - he switched mostly to talking and fluffing mode (sorry I am saying what I am thinking). Long preamble can safely be omitted, beside that fact that usefulness of this tool is...
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