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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 Megar arc 5040dd

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    Tips/Techniques welding cast!!

    Lucky they found all the pieces for you to put back together again. That turned out really good.
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    Tips/Techniques welding cast!!

    When I was in trade school as an apprentice one of the coolest things we did when learning to braze was braze up cast bevelled coupons in the vertical position. They were about 3/8" thick and 6" or 8" long if I recall. Once we were done they were put in the coupon bender, when the broke you had...
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    Tips/Techniques welding cast!!

    When repairing the gear box crack make sure to burn out all the oil from the crack before you start your repair. I usually give a good cleaning with a non chlorinated brake cleaner then heat the crack with a torch and burn out all the crap inside that you can't see. I'm sure it has been said on...
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    Tips/Techniques welding cast!!

    Finally a question I can actually answer :D . I welded and brazed quite a bit of cast iron and cast steel in my career. Everyone so far has given great advice. From my personal experience over the years I would suggest you braze it unless there is a reason it needs to be welded. The most common...
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    Machine Considering Buying a King 1236ML Looking for Opinions

    Is the level you bought adjustable? Tom Lipton has a really could video on calibrating a precision level if it has an adjustment screw.
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    Derbyshire 10mm Instrument makers lathe. Well equipped. - $3000

    I love the fact it has a microscope. I have one of those big magnifying glasses on a flexible arm with the built in light. It works ok but What you have would be more fun. out of curiosity would this be about the size of a sherline or taig lathe or would it be even smaller?
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    Derbyshire 10mm Instrument makers lathe. Well equipped. - $3000

    That is super cool! I have no idea what I would make with it but if I had the extra money I would buy it. I hope you find a good home for it.
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    When the machining doesn't go according to plan...

    When I was coming up through my apprenticeship I was taught that everyone makes mistakes no matter how good or experienced. The difference between an amateur or apprentice and a professional is a professional has the knowledge and experience to know how to fix the problem in the most appropriate...
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    Zenair CH601HD

    This may be a really stupid question. Does the build need to pass some sort of inspection? If so is it at different stages of the build or just when it's complete? I was wondering when I saw that other people started it, so I was wondering if when buying something that was started by others are...
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    Clarkson end mill holder

    I have quite a few of that style end mill that came with my last mill. I have always just used and ER collet and never thought twice about it. Never had any issues, in fact did it just yesterday. I wouldn't be worried about the ER collet only grabbing on the smooth shank. Not very much contact...
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    Gerstner Tool Chests

    If you are already using plywood top and bottom then why not on the sides? If you were buying wood for the project you could also hedge your bets against cupping by using quarter sawn wood but I believe you said earlier you already had wood. At the very least when choosing the boards from what...
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    Peavey Mart Closing

    Just saw on CBC today they are going to be closing all their stores across Canada.
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    help making small hinges

    Is my order of operations ok or should I reconsider the order I did things? I am wondering if drilling the hinge pin hole first might increase it's accuracy? I am hopeful that making a fixture to hold it, similar to the other one I made, will help increase accuracy. When the hinge is closed and...
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    help making small hinges

    Nothing yet. I need to order some retaining loctite. I have used regular blue thread lock before to retain shafts like this but only ever on my own stuff that I can repair if it fails. Figure this is the perfect excuse to buy the right loctite then I have it on hand for future projects. I had...
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    help making small hinges

    The last step was to mill out the ends of one piece and the center of the other. I didn't end up taking any pictures of that but I solved my parallel problem by using an off cut of brass to go between the movable jaw and the hinge leaf. I took .010" depths of cuts just to be safe. I couldn't get...
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