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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 historicalarms

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    Another Problem Filled Project

    I would be more inclined to use a 1200 grit belt on the sander and spend a bit of time making a "end mill' attachment for it...buddy of mine made a drill bit sharpening jig for his belt sander and man he can do a nice job on any bit from 1/8 up to 1 1/4. every bit he has sharpened for me has cut...
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    Utah travel tips?

    Ummm ohh ya...the food is outstanding in Cody...Big Bubba's BBQ, self explanatory and the Irma Hotel, Prime rib buffe' are absolute "must visit"...Its a 9 hr drive for me from home to Cody but these two places make it worth every minute of it. For breaky, Ma's Kitchen has the best corn beef...
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    Hello from central Alberta.

    Welcome from an hour south of you on 21
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    Utah travel tips?

    If you are interested in guns at all, Cody is the "mecca" you need to visit, the museum is usually considered the top in North America and second in the world (not only for guns but western history and astounding art wing, Charles Russe l& Remington are the highlights)...its not a 2 hr visit...
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    Spade connector question

    You have what trucker have used for decades to demonstrate their "electrical engineer genius" . It is meat to be used as a couple-uncouple joint at the installers/users discretion. The plastic covering isnt "heat shrink" it is just an insulation covering to prevent accidental shorting.
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    Really ?

    A trucker buddy of mine swears by those things. Claims he hasnt had a close encounter with bambi in 15 yrs since he installed a couple on his truck.
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    Rain in Edmonton

    Wasn't it metric-imperial conversion screw up at refueling that brought that plane down at Gimli Man. And I know there were thousands of acres of crop land burnt with weed sprayer miscalculations for a couple years after metric conversion
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    Here's one for you boys, what is it?

    A holding clip used in rail line construction
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    How to clean inside a cylinder

    What style of hyd cylinder you want to end up with will dictate how much "hone" a cylinder needs. A single/double acting single stage cylinder that uses a pressure ring attached to the end of a solid bar ram needs to be hones glass smooth as anything but will score the pressure seal rings...
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    Chain wear

    I have drug sced 70 chain down a gravel road for a mile or two too take the rust off without it showing that much wear...Im betting that the boomer hooks prob pinched the links they were hooked into on your chain, also betting there was an equal "wear pattern" on the bailer where that piece of...
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    Physical activities…..

    I had a lunch yesterday that some folks would pay a lot of money for...homemade smoked venison summer sausage with home smoked "old chedder" cheese.
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    Railfanning

    I believe the steam engine still runs out of Stettler Ab in the summer. They have entertaining skits (old west hold-up & shoot out) on the train over the 50 mile run it takes you on. I have never been on it but my folks treated my wife &kids to a trip years ago. They run a Christmas train...
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    Railfanning

    Prob not many of us on this forum actually remember watching the old steamers on the tracks. Where I lived as a kid the grain elevator siding was 100 yrds from our house...I cant remember what I had for breakfast yesterday but I vividly remember watching those steam engines switching box cars on...
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    Tips/Techniques Making the Square Drive hole in a custom socket.

    I've got "hurricane & toronado" coming over for a visit this afternoon but their both too young for the shop tools yet...Last visit I offered up a couple of brooms and a floor space for each of them to practice on...that lasted about 30 seconds & the soccer ball took over!!
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    How to clean inside a cylinder

    I used & abused and fixed a couple multi stage hyd hoists for a # of years, I suspect a lot bigger than your planning, mine were 4 or 5 stage 8in in dia and 30 ft long. You will need a certai amount of honing to the inside dia of every stage you require otherwise use will quickly erode the...
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