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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 Mcgyver

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    Does anyone know of any welding teachers in Burlington or Halton area?

    sorry for undefined acronym, Stuart nailed it....epoxy granite. Basically epoxy and sand for the max amount of vibration damping boundary layer material
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    Gib screws

    It should match match what is in the gib - there should be counterbores, either round or flat bottom, that either a round or flat ended screw mates with. I replaced a gib once and put the counterbores in with a drill ground to cut flat on the end.... you could try that or use a ball end mill...
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    the Giant Corliss Live Steam Engine - 16" flywheel!

    Thanks! But i needed to make the move from an 800 year backlog to 798, and it takes up a lot space
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    the Giant Corliss Live Steam Engine - 16" flywheel!

    Sold
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    the Giant Corliss Live Steam Engine - 16" flywheel!

    For Sale. I call this the Giant Corliss. It was a project initiated by some guys at the Hamilton Model engineering club and only three sets of castings were made. What a project - a do-it-yourself cast iron engine of extra large proportions - a 16 inch flywheel! The man who made this was a...
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    Proud to be Canadian song

    My mistake, I missed that we were talking knurling <insert crazy dingbat smilie>
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    Wanted: Bore gauge setting ring

    you and me both ..... hoards of them appear on ebay periodically. That's the only suggest I have .
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    Proud to be Canadian song

    4x CS / Dia = 400 .... drilling, turning milling...... optimal cutting speed for Hss and mild steel is 100fpm. Slower is fine, and a bit faster won't cause an explosion ..... it's just the point where tool wear vs the material removal rate is no longer linear.
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    Proud to be Canadian song

    Thanks, I'm not saying you shouldn't be .... and the current reality wouldn't bother me so much if I didn't care. What triggers me (not at all directed at you) is the national zeal for feel good, do nothing platitudes in the face some serious issue we, imo, should be a bit worked up about...
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    Proud to be Canadian song

    Amusing, and I know was meant for fun .... but feel good platitudes won't cut it ..... despite voters insatiable appetite for them. e.g. Our fearless leader says we'll get through this together, hot on the heels of moving his multibillion business to NYC. Meanwhile we trail 49/50 states in...
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    The ultimate filer

    Artur Huster Werdau .... German, combo of filer and bandsaw. The meetings around that one must have been somewhat amusing ..... in a heavy German accent .... "I tell you Horst, THAT is what the market is demanding ..... our future depends on the Die Filer Saw!
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    The ultimate filer

    i'm sure your wife is beyond great, but is anyone else a little disappointed? ......I was expecting one of these, complete with 100 new in the box files.
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    Humpback Straight Edges for scraping

    Wow, the mother lode!
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    Tips/Techniques Staircase structural question

    In a machining context, "simple" shall only be used as prefex by the, let's say uninitiated, when requesting a machining favour. It is strong warning sign of "Danger Ahead". Look the other way, and keep walking at a brisk pace.
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    Tesa DTI

    Top notch, same company that makes Interapid, Compaq and a few others.
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