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    Hello from Arthur On.

    Live and Learn, that is to key to a fulfilling career. Experiences will drive your decisions about the kind of work you do. As long as you are learning, life is progressing.
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    Hello from Arthur On.

    Welcome Mr Blair ? Lots of experience and viewpoints from machinists, metal fabricators and process specialists. I started as a machinist apprentice, became a machinery designer and a project manager. Did you work for Chives Snow Plows ? My wife’s family is from the Teviotdale area and still...
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    Gerrit's King KC20-VS2 enhancements

    Looks good Gerri !! DROs sure beat counting the number of cranks. Have you tried a ‘bolt circle‘ ?
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    Tools you waited too long to acquire

    Revisiting my machining days in the 1980s . . . I have to admit the best purchase for me was my KING Mill. It has allowed me to revisit experiences from my youth and test the boundaries of the tooling that I have had collecting dust for years. Thanks Guys, for all your advice along the way !!
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    Looking for foundry to cast brass in SW Ontario

    That Centrifugal Casting looks labour intensive and the casting temperatures may cause problems of thermal stress cracks. Do you have to PREHEAT your pipe mould to reduce the impact of fast cooling ? I would expect there would be a lot of internal stresses from differential cooling between the...
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    DavidR8's shop shenanigans

    Looks like the vehicles are taking up the DRIVEWAY !!
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    Tools you waited too long to acquire

    Looks good !! I like the large diameter knurled handles. I have to search for gloves because I have ‘palmed‘ basketballs since 1978. The small clamp looks ‘very robust’.
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    Just Joined

    Hey Ron, Welcome to this group. I apprenticed at . . . Ex-Cell-O Special Tools Division You can try Roy (below) he has a shop called ‘Preston Rebuilt Machinery’ in Cambridge. He used to repair a lot of the 602s in the area, but, recently has focused more on FIRST mills. He may still have some...
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    You know you are old when ...

    Hey fellas, Ever notice that some home maintenance chores become the ‘butt’ of jokes as we age. Keep laughing . . . Life needs more comedy !!
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    Milling Machine $300.00 Cramahe, ON

    Never heard of a BEMATO mill. but, They are suppliers of a range of metalworking units from a Taiwanese plant. (International exhibits have included EMI in Hanover DE) Even if it is in rough shape, there is a lot to work with, if you have the room.
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    New Member (Millarville, Ab.)

    35 years ago, some buddies and I drove out to Alberta from the Grand Bend area and wound up in Brooks to see another buddy, must be close to you. Lots of experience here, for machining, building and sales development. I spent years designing process equipment for Kellogg’s, Armtec (Big O) and...
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    New Member (Millarville, Ab.)

    Just South of Calgary ? Rolling land in the foothills ?
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    New Member (Millarville, Ab.)

    Welcome to the club !! Millarville must be one of those intersections out in the Boonies. What is there ?
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    Sticky What Machines Do You have?

    Beautiful area Gary. Sandbanks PP, Wellington and peaceful places along the vineyards. We have visited several times.
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    Cardboard Box Solutions

    John, Make sure you use this ‘box spray booth’ near an open window or ventilation duct. We had a customer use the same arrangement in his shop. He painted some small parts and went for lunch, when he returned mid-afternoon with a cigarette to take a peek he burned his eyebrows off. VOCs tend to...
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