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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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    Anyone know there way around O/A torch brands?

    It's lasted 45 years but I don't think it was ever a great one, that's 45 years in my garage with low duty cycle. I'm going to ask our Messer Rep tomorrow if knows the story behind that version of uniweld (with a shark and stick on name badge) and if its worth doing anything with.
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    Anyone using ChatGTP?

    I'm going to have a hard time getting anything done tomorrow at work. I asked for machinists dirty limmerick.... His Monarch 10EE ran tight, With a bed that would gleam in the light. He’d chase every thread, With precision in bed, And swear she purred louder at night...
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    Drilling with the cross slide

    without cnc... power feed and more s I see a few advantages (in the context of cross slide drilling like the DSG above), It's as or more rigid as the TS and you are never going to mess up the tail stock taper by spinning a drill, and you can drill using power feed. How much those matter will...
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    Anyone using ChatGTP?

    here you go, with a blunderbuss and crusty old machinists scowl
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    Anyone using ChatGTP?

    weird. Just happened to have such a photo if you need it
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    Anyone using ChatGTP?

    This one made me laugh ....I posted recently a 3D printed saw rack using rounds bits as a lock. When thinking about it, I was search around for ideas and asked it "drawings please for a dowel based hand saw rack" This is what I got. So yeah, its slick, but a long way from perfect
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    Drilling with the cross slide

    Dean Smith and Grace made an attachment for it (unfortunately the only attachment I don't have :( ) There's a position stop on the cross slide ways so it ends up in the perfect position every time. Drills are held very securely eliminating the risk of messing up the tailstock taper. Might be...
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    Anyone know there way around O/A torch brands?

    My torch is driving my crazy, well not sure if its the torch or the regulators. You'll get the flame set and then it keeps changing, constantly needs adjustment which is hard/impossible to do when you're concentrating on the braze. Just messed a silver solder job and I've it with this POS. It...
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    Anyone using ChatGTP?

    I share the concern, but feel like we're already there in part. To huge swaths of the population the truth doesn't matter anymore. Political constituents are fanboys instead of critics - look at what's happened in the US and I feel it here now. In a way it is just a continuation of the...
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    Anyone using ChatGTP?

    Wowzaaa! (that would be ChatGPT if a mod can edit the title) This stuff is neat. So incredible that you have to keep reminding yourself it's not perfect. I've a few electronics projects its working on (takes up to 10 days for all the deliverables). Reasonably complicated and if you type a...
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    Standard modern 13", $800, Parkland County

    If a real multifix, you cannot go wrong with this one unless there is some hidden catastrophe. Stacks of tooling and missing parts laying around for the bonus round. The handwheel has been pulled .... is that all that needs fixing? If so it might be a fantastic opportunity for someone, it's...
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    Stark No 4 Lathe - $900 - Lindsay, On

    Easiest kind of lathe to recondition ...... just sayin
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    Looking into 3d printing

    That imo is head and shoulders the winner. A bit spendy, but feature rich, great prints, fast (X1 Carbon) and super reliable. Get the AMS (multiple spools). If you don't you'll soon want it (imo). You don't have to be be into printing multi nick knacks or orcs to want it - it is just night...
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    Stark No 4 Lathe - $900 - Lindsay, On

    Agreed ..... hopefully the slide rest is hiding nearby. Time for another shed Dan?
  15. M

    Really ?

    You are on the wrong planet.
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