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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 mmfw12

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    How to clean inside a cylinder

    Buy the honed tube. You will not be successful any other way. I had to replace the cylinder on my German cold saw. I bought the tube and new rod then machined it to fit. It is an air over hydraulic setup and has been working fine for almost ten years. Another option would be to find an old...
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    Shoulder check

    Interesting responses and not what I was hoping for as suggestions to fix the problem. The re-testing idea is just a first step. There are many things that can be done to reduce traffic crash deaths and injuries. Just look up the nationwide traffic deaths and you will see how much more of a...
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    Shoulder check

    I shoulder check when appropriate for the traffic volume. I am always aware of who is behind me with frequent mirror checks. Does anyone find it strange that in BC we have almost one crash death per day, month after month and year after year and the government does nothing? If 60 people died...
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    Best Product to Use for Fillets and Curves in a Simple Aluminum Pattern

    Looks good so far. I often cut small wood parts on my metal lathe and it works well. Just the other day I needed to cut a plug to 1.388” and that is easy on a metal lathe but not so easy on a wood lathe. Not sure if you have done this but I would have made a two piece rectangular block and then...
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    Best Product to Use for Fillets and Curves in a Simple Aluminum Pattern

    Very difficult to help with details without a side and top view or standard 3 view drawing. I think I know what you want but….. Personally for so few castings I would use solid hardwood like eastern maple but I have a full woodwork shop so it is pretty easy for me to do that. Most foundry...
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    Funny amazon listing pictures.....

    The grinder appears to have speed control already built in?
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    Wanted: milling vertical spindle motor - Victoria BC

    I have a two speed 3 phase 220 volt motor with a flange mount. No idea if it will fit your machine. It came from a large German drill press and I think it is 3hp but it might be 5hp. Will have to check if you are interested. I am located in Duncan. Cheers, Michael
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    not able to login

    If you don’t log in for a while does the system shut down your membership? Also there is no way to contact anyone without logging in? Can you see the catch 22 with that scenario? I just had to register again with a new handle and email address. My previous login handle was M. Moore. Sorry...
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