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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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    3d scanning cars, motorcycles, aircraft, and boats

    I think the 24 K refers to a Handyscan silver or (rebirthed 700)' Even their Go-scan structured light scanner is about 45 k CAD.. Their customers are companies that are using these tools to generate income. his is not a hobby grade machine. It is th best from the west. Not Chinese knockoffs...
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    3d scanning cars, motorcycles, aircraft, and boats

    Not sure where the 24k comes form, but that is incorrect.
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    3d scanning cars, motorcycles, aircraft, and boats

    Here s scan #2. This is of a 20210 Doge Nitro.
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    3d scanning cars, motorcycles, aircraft, and boats

    Metrology scanners are not going down. Consumer grade cameras would end up having to be astronomically better before this special market is approached.
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    FreeCAD 1.0 released

    I fight this all the time at the Makerspace. Their IT lead is a big Ubuntu guru. If it isn't open source they hate it. doesn't matter that I can get a 1 year free Edu version of Mastercam for everyone that wants it. They still want to push this FreeCAD. I haven't the time of day to bother with...
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    3d scanning cars, motorcycles, aircraft, and boats

    I don't disagree..
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    3d scanning cars, motorcycles, aircraft, and boats

    Hi Peter, This scanner is called the Creaform Max. It has a larger field of view than the smaller more precise Black Élite. (linking below). This scanner is meant for large objects. It has incredible volumetric accuracy, so that you never end up with a scan that doesn't line up by the time you...
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    3d scanning cars, motorcycles, aircraft, and boats

    This year I have decided to go with what I love the most. more scanning. I got a new device two weeks ago and this is the first scan out. My reliable Pontiac. I have one more after this to show, and am available to help you customize anything you want to. In the next week I have a 32 foot boat...
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    Relief maker by Alibre

    Hi @Susquatch , It has been a while.. I am so double tasked now between Metamakers and still working at the Marina. Recently I got on the board there at the Metamakers. We are going to really turn it around I hope. Most of the old board left and so its all new blood.. We are going to expand...
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    Relief maker by Alibre

    I am wondering if anyone has ventured into this realm? I am interested, but then see Alibre, which states that you can buy a permanent license.. Upon ver2.0, you will be forced to pay again.. Besides that negativity.. I am looking for the positive. The fact that it is not on a cloud is good. Is...
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    Auction....Gold? Deal or no deal?

    Damn... the Kurt vices... !!! Also note another Mold shop gone in Windsor. Wonder if there 150 man china shop also went down... ??? ...
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    Making Ingots

    Is this for Aluminum melting ?
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    Making Ingots

    The chips have mist spray coolant coating. I am wondering if preheat over the firepit will help to both remove moisture and burn off all oil. They seem dry, but this concerns me as to explosiveness. I have my new firepit ready now and could bbq them for a while..
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    Making Ingots

    Even if there is not much benefit in terms of oxidation, time saved from dumping less volume into the crucible will save gas. I will take you up on the comparison, once I get to melting.. There is also experiments to see what is the best flux too. See volume comparison.
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    Making Ingots

    This thread continues my previous one on "press questions". I have a process for making briquettes down and also have other material to try. Briquette density is 68 % of solid. The compression ratio for fill is 7-1 over loose and is much easier to handle, and less air to oxidize. This is the...
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