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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 Luthi

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    ISO: Starter Benchtop Lathe

    Mind if I pm you to set up a time for me to come take a look?
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    ISO: Starter Benchtop Lathe

    Oh I definitely see the advantage of a used machine in that sense! I'm by no means looking for anything new, I would actually love something that I could repair as it would allow me to learn. But as far as my understanding goes, getting a bed back to true takes a rather extensive amount of...
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    ISO: Starter Benchtop Lathe

    I really appreciate the offer but as I'm still very new I would like to eliminate as many "is it the wear?" Scenarios as possible. I figure if the machine is MOSTLY wear free, all ill have to blame is my machining practices, instead of constantly second guessing. If the wear was in...
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    ISO: Starter Benchtop Lathe

    What kind of wear does it have? Is it something that could be repaired/replaced simply enough? I don't mind putting effort into fixing something mechanically so long as its within the realm of reason for a novice!
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    ISO: Starter Benchtop Lathe

    10" - 14" × 24" - 48" seems like a good place to start for me.
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    ISO: Starter Benchtop Lathe

    Hi all! I'm new here but I've been keeping an eye open for some smaller benchtop lathes. If anyone in the Airdrie/Calgary area knows of anyone selling a small set up that maybe has some tooling with it, I'd be very interested in coming to take a look! I'm also willing to travel anywhere in...
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