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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!

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    Just got a power feed designed for a bridgeport with 5/8" input shaft

    It was the smaller of the two models they had on sale at the time, they don't list round columns any more.
  2. Howder1951

    Just got a power feed designed for a bridgeport with 5/8" input shaft

    I go some more done today, I was trying to make it so I could drive it either with the unit or the handle, so it got a little complicated. I decided to drive it with a pin through the shaft and the brass body of the driven gear. My mill had the thrust bearings originally on the right side and a...
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    Grind lathe bed in ontario

    When I was still working the "mill" purchased a re-conditioned lathe which was very nice. I think the ways were ground true and the parts running on them were re-surfaced with a glue-on material that can be scraped to fit called turcite
  4. Howder1951

    Just got a power feed designed for a bridgeport with 5/8" input shaft

    I am adapting it to a Craftex mill/drill with short 11/16" end ( no keyway) on lead screw Has anybody else done this? The power feed is Asian Wen Ding labelled. I would appreciate any comments from anyone who has worked with these units.
  5. Howder1951

    Hello from La Salle, Manitoba

    What kind of IC motor? I downloaded plans for an Upshur single cylinder a couple years ago but had a hiccup when it came to timing gears, it is starting to call my name every time i am in the shop. Let me know if you get going on some thing, I am sure we all will find it most interesting, cheers!
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    Hi from Manitoba

    Hello Snocrusher, my name is Howie and I am a retired millwright in Selkirk, MB. I am just reaching out to members in my area to say hi and find out who is in my area. See you around and cheers!
  7. Howder1951

    Hello from Winnipeg

    Hi Smokey, welcome to the forum, I am an old retiree in Selkirk, MB and have been hobby machining for over 30 years now. I am just contacting those who are in my backyard so to speak. See you around, cheers!
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    Hi From Winnipeg Area.. actually 30 mins East of there. RM of Ste Anne.

    Hi George, welcome to the group, I am Howie and I live in Selkirk,MB . I am retired millwright and have been a hobby machinist for some 30 years or so. I am just reaching out to anyone near me geographically. Looking forward to interacting with forum a bit more, cheers!
  9. Howder1951

    Hi from HEADINGLEY MB

    Hey Headingly, Selkirk here, 12x36 Asian lathe, Craftex mill-drill , just trying to make contact with nearby members, cheers and welcome!
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    Hello from La Salle, Manitoba

    Hey Fish, how's it going?My name is howie, I'm a retired millwright in selkirk MB. I have a 12x36 asian lathe, a round column mill-drill and a Taig lathe. I've been a hobby machinist for 30 years or so. I am just looking around to see who is in my neighbourhood . Welcome to the forum, see you...
  11. Howder1951

    Links that got me interested

    I like Clickspring, great videos and really nice techniques and his tooling videos are superb. Lots of info on home made countersinks, emery boards and a nice little finger plate which is great for drilling or working on smallish parts. King of random has some great projects too. I also like...
  12. Howder1951

    Ox Tool Co.

    Tom is expert technical source, check out his books, ( one is an update of an earlier one) great reading! This guy is such a great TIG welder too.
  13. Howder1951

    Welcome! Our Brief History!

    Way to go Jwest7788 aint nothing like home grown. I follow a lot of forums, but it will be nice to interact with my fellow Canadians for a change. There is also a large community in southern Saskatchewan and they host a model engineering show in the fall. I was very impressed when I last...
  14. Howder1951

    Hello from Selkirk, MB

    This is the first Canadian based group that I have found to date, it will be nice to trade stories about Busybee and Princess auto instead of harbor freight and the likes. I am a big fan of the videos of doubleboost , Abom79,Tom Lipton and the likes. Has anyone gone to the model engineering expo...
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    Hello from Selkirk, MB

    Hello from Selkirk MB I am a retired millwright, hobby machinist, welder etc. Looking forward to meeting other hobbyists online I have 12" Asian lathe, basic mill drill, and mig , gig and
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