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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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    How to Clean a Granite Surface Plate?

    In Edward Connelly's book he talks about checking a surface plate with a camelback. If you happen to have one you could possibly check your plate using his method. I've seen mention on PM there was ways of checking plates with master levels and piano wire but couldn't find any detailed methods...
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    How to Clean a Granite Surface Plate?

    I've been using isopropyl alcohol for a quick wipe and I used Windex to clean blueing off
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    Tips/Techniques Need help surface grinding a tapered cross slide gib (Okanagan)

    I did the forest Addy method of extracting that Gib the original owner of the mill did a very good job at jamming it then after failing to unjam they just ran it as is for few years as they mostly used the mill to modify aluminium extrusions height. Did a post while back about the hole...
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    WTB 6'-10' metal planer BC

    Once I cover the interior BC with my ads I'll start attacking coast. Maybe I can get some nibbles on stuff that they may of had. From my experiences dealing with lenmark doubt anyone's around from that time and they can't keep track of anything on a good day even if it was bolted down.
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    Tips/Techniques Need help surface grinding a tapered cross slide gib (Okanagan)

    Reminds me of buying my milling machine who knew bottle jacking the knee upwards would make it worse? Previous owner didn't. I've been tossing few ideas around the skull I'm limited in my fixturing but not limited with my machine sizes. My mill is 10x50 and grinder is 6x18 and I got select of...
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    WTB 6'-10' metal planer BC

    Ye I saw one posted about 3 years ago was a 8' in Kelowna with Bridgeport head for 1500$ It keeps me up a night lol. And from my internet searching of old forum posting there was a 10' in Kamloops posted for sale in 2013 and was available after a while for free till 2020 I msged a fellow on...
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    WTB 6'-10' metal planer BC

    A long quest it will probably be. Not sure how I'm gonna go about completing my quest but I'll figure it out as it comes. And thanks I'll probably need all the luck I can get.
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    WTB 6'-10' metal planer BC

    Now that my shop is coming closer to being finished, figured I would start putting my feelers out too see If I can locate a metal planer to take up some of my new found space. I'm not picky on condition aslong as has enough parts to possibly make it functional. Willing to travel few provinces...
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    Tips/Techniques Need help surface grinding a tapered cross slide gib (Okanagan)

    Maybe able to help you out I got 6x18 SG but the chuck on its 12" and my biggest since plate is maybe 10" I got some machinist jacks so maybe could make it work if your not looking for thenths. No cost for the risk lol I'm in lumby
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    What’s it Worth - Surface Plate

    I agree with the around 100$ crowd could maybe be used for checking stuff but probably gonna end up used as a stick on lap plate or something similar.
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    Not yet too abused Cast iron surface plate - salmon arm 350$

    Cast iron surface converted into not a very good welding table. Looks like it wasn't used much as welding table so could maybe be used agian as surface plate with some love. https://www.facebook.com/share/1Fmmo4Bc5c/
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    Portable key cutter

    Pretty good price for those things too big to slap on milling machine. Forgot to put price and location in tittle Maple ridge BC - 500$ https://www.facebook.com/share/15JAwojwhD/
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    New to me box level

    Thanks I think it will come in handy for squaring stuff or as a reference if it's square enough. but I got few other levels that I can use for general leveling. Ye not sure why the forums dislikes my photos I'll have to try it in another format when I post other pictures of stuff
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    New to me box level

    Tried posting as thumbnail to see if that fixes the issue aswell as leaving some as attachments.
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    New to me box level

    Ye even for me they show then Disappear within few seconds not sure if it's maybe the photos have to be converted to .PNG?
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