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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!

Recent content by Ogmios Forge

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    Hello from Toronto!

    Thanks! I’m in the West’ish end, the Junction.
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    Hello from Toronto!

    Aware of, but not connected with. Ancient history, Sumer, the Bronze Age, that’s my inspiration. The SCA is too modern ;)
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    CA-ON Bentone 34 or other “organophilic” clay?

    Inhaling most things in the shop is bad for you, but as Johnwa pointed out, the silica powder is extra-double-plus bad…
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    Hello from Toronto!

    Responsible? Me? That doesn’t sound like me. Can you explain?
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    CA-ON Bentone 34 or other “organophilic” clay?

    From what I’ve read online, there appear to be two key elements to make it work: 1. Using a muller is almost a necessity; and 2. When you have mixed the sand, bentone and oil, in appropriate portions, you must then add a catalyst (can be isopropyl alcohol from the drug store, propylene...
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    CA-ON Bentone 34 or other “organophilic” clay?

    Hello Johnwa. Thanks for the response. I think 910 is used as a drilling lubricant, or something like that, yes? A quick search online also suggests (based on MSDS’s I saw) that it is a carcinogen? Sorry, not to cause any panic, as I am certainly no expert, but that’s what a quick search...
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    CA-ON Bentone 34 or other “organophilic” clay?

    Hi folks, I know this to be elusive, but I’m looking for a non-industrial quantity (i.e 1-5 pounds maybe?) of Bentone 34, or other organophilic clay, ideally from a source in Southern Ontario. For those that don’t know, it acts as a binder in oil-based casting sands, like Petrobond or Kbond...
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    Hello from Toronto!

    Hi folks, Glad to be here! I run a very small hobby metalworking business in Toronto. We do some blacksmithing, some welding, some plasma cutting, some bronze casting, some jewellery, and a lot of experimenting. Most of our work is inspired by ancient history. You can find us (Ogmios Forge)...
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