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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 Janger

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    Drilling with the cross slide

    Is my lead screw engagement crap? I have about a 80%-90% chance of the handle going down at the right moment with the thread dial wheel and perhaps 10% chance of it being too early/late. I have a modern C0603 14x40 lathe. When it does not work pressing down on the handle the engagement is a bit...
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    Drilling with the cross slide

    This video is worth watching. Watching Stefan cut the thread with the single point tool at about 20 minutes it appears to me he: engages the lead screw and does not disengage the lead screw for the rest of the operations. Instead he does a cutting pass, stops the lathe, out feeds the thread...
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    Machine BIG bandsaw. cuts 12" aluminium round in 11s. Sermas brand, France.

    30" stock? I guess molds can be pretty big. P20? P20 metal is a type of tool steel commonly used in the manufacturing of plastic injection moulds and die-casting dies. It is a pre-hardened steel, meaning it has been hardened to a certain level and can be machined without additional heat...
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    Drilling with the cross slide

    I havent' even got to the thread mill part. Instead there is a great demo on prepping and black oxide treatment of a part. !
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    Drilling with the cross slide

    Another good picture - you can see how fast this could be. https://www.rapiddirect.com/blog/machining-thread/
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    Drilling with the cross slide

    Here is a single point one, $73USD plus shipping. The single point ones are quite slow. Here is a multi point one, call it $300CAD plus shipping. For those unfamiliar with this threading approach. Your CNC device spins the thread mill and cuts the thread by simultaneously going around the...
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    Drilling with the cross slide

    What??? Thread mill - true thread milling on a lathe? Please tell us more Gerrit. I've done some thread milling on my cnc mill. I bought some expensive tooling to do that and I'm terrified to actually use them. I was handed down a few carbide thread mills and managed a couple of holes and also...
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    2025 Calgary meetup dates

    @Chris Cramer heads up the forum meetup is coming. Saturday July 12. If you biked to my place you could catch a lift with me.
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    2025 Calgary meetup dates

    I have stepped back from organizing forum things but if something needed to get done I can help out.
  10. Janger

    Lathe Chuck Keys by member 'a smile'

    A subset of them are heat treated and that is how some ended up coloured dark bronze-ish. The keys do need a size label as a minor improvement.
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    Hello!

    I was in Ohio once….
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    Hello!

    Pictures again…
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    Hello!

    Pictures or it does not exist.
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    Some stuff needs a ride to Vancouver Island and Ontario.

    I'm not sure he's gone all quiet.
  15. Janger

    2025 Calgary meetup dates

    Tom,thanks so much for trying to give me a hand. The fastener gauges for @David to distribute are in a box about 10”x10”by 3”. Plastic so pretty light. If I only end up with yotabota wanting any chuck keys then I would like to remove some gauges for his 2 chuck keys. That sound ok? I’ll confirm...
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