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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 Mike R

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    Machine Induction forge failure

    point to point like that is bad design for hoses. In this case if you can twist the 90° fittings and have them point a touch away from each other so the hose has a curve it will allow for a bit of expansion, contraction and generally allow a bit of forgiveness in length(see my markup). On...
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    Colchester Master 2500, making the missing 56T change gear

    Its a real nice experience when you don't need to take the part out of the setup to check the fit. Nice work.
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    20" drill press for restoration or parts $100 - Ottawa

    For sale is a frankstein drill press for fixing-up or parts. Its a BusyBee CX610 from the pillar down, with a Delta head What is wrong with it? The head is abused - it works as-is, but the motor pulley is welded to the motor (wasn't me!) and the pulleys aren't properly aligned to get the right...
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    If you could own just one special vehicle what would it look like?

    Had a Jeep as a rental for a few weeks in 2018 after my 6 month old F150 was stolen. Warning - personal opinion based on my brief experience with one follows - may offend new Jeep owners! My impression then was that anybody who just drove a Jeep on the roads was 100% brain dead, as for that...
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    If you could own just one special vehicle what would it look like?

    Porsche 959 in rally setup. Was my dream car as a teen, and still is - always loved rally cars - performance meets real world conditions (not a specially prepped track.) Not really the most beautiful car, but is beautiful in a utilitarian kind of way. And stupid fast for what it was capable of...
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    10th Annual Rust Junkie Fest

    Why am I seeing this now? I was bumming around the house with nothing really to do and could have made it out. At the very least would have been a nice drive. Oh well, next year I can try to make it.
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    Tool Test probes (the mechanical type)

    FYI - I've had a string of bad luck with buying the probe tips from Aliexpress - I used a micrometer to measure the tip that came with it - and its not exactly round but not too far off (a few tenths). So I figured I'd try getting a few tips (longer and shorter lengths) and splurged for the...
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    Tool Test probes (the mechanical type)

    I have that exact one - "V6" and it seems to be very repeatable to within tenths. Pretty amazing for what was ~$70 shipped. The only thing I'd wished to have done different was to be sure to get the right kind (PNP or NPN) for the systems inputs. Along with the probing routines in PathPilot...
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    Tool Coaxial indicator

    Since getting the Tormach, and successfully integrating the 3D touch probe I haven't used my import version, but I used to use it a lot on the old mill. Its good for finding centers of round things as its name indicates, and can get you within about a thou or 3 depending on the quality of the...
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    Product Feature packed, accurate and safe DMM

    Got any recommendations for probes for automotive work? Like back probing connectors etc.? I have a need for some unfortunately...
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    Milky Gear Oil

    Can you add a desiccant breather to the fill port? Catch the water before it gets in. Heres the idea, not necessarily the one I'd pick but found it fast. https://www.princessauto.com/en/1-4-in-in-line-desiccant-air-dryer/product/PA0008105470 A little bit more off the wall idea - don't...
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    Really ?

    Here's one that drives me crazy daily as I haven't been trained on how to use it properly - my fridge! The control panel (why does a fridge need a control panel?) is in the door, on the 'edge'. Being a French door fridge, every time you open it and due to the thickness of the door, angles etc...
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    So sad. The poor sod limits himself to sockets and wrenches and such

    I’ve been fixing cars since before I could drive. I had taken a little hiatus, but I’m back at it again. I kind of enjoy the challenge most of the time (with the exception of rust, that I hate). But I get not having to work on them, ie you are doing it for fun, not cause you need the vehicle...
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    Iron Casting

    wish I'd seen this sooner, I have some relatively small parts (65mm / 2-5/8" OD) want cast in iron and I have 3d modeled but probably need to scale for shrinkage and need to add draft angle to them and maybe just more mass on the outside... Might be too tricky as they have pretty small cross...
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    Looking for milling machine purchase help/advice

    Honestly, don't rule out used machines based on New machines, especially lower cost ones (i.e. asian imports), can have just as many issues as a used machine. Since you are in the GTA, it shouldn't be too hard to get someone with experience to help you check out a used machine (I'm up in Ottawa...
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