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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!

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    TOS FN20 Grinding Sound in the Spindle Head

    It’s a good thing you found what was causing the problem. Your bearing experts will know for sure: I think the “P5” refers to the precision class. P5 ==> ABEC 5.
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    Briggs p2200 generator

    Great job! You had nothing to lose, as the rocker arm is a non-serviceable item and B&S does not sell it as a replacement part. So welder to the rescue…
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    2025 Calgary meetup dates

    Yes, I believe we used PM with everyone CC’d as an organizer’s way of communicating. We could do that again, unless someone has a better idea?
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    2025 Calgary meetup dates

    All righty, Saturday, 12/July/2025, is the meet-up. Time 10:00h to 16:00h. I’ll set everything up on my end and look forward to seeing you all then. Perhaps one of the moderators can update our home page and set-up an RSVP system like we did last year? Some things I have in mind: A) collets...
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    Calgary v22 osprey's

    Last night, “HOSER ONE ONE” - a CF Polaris tanker (Airbus A310) was doing laps over the event at 23000ft. Today it is “HOSER 12”…
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    Calgary v22 osprey's

    There were two flights of two. One pair came eastbound along Glenore Trail and turned left base over our house to land on runway 29. The second pair flew along 22x and turned in over Langdon / Chestermere, also landing on runway 29.
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    2025 Calgary meetup dates

    Looks like right now the trend is Saturday, 12/July. More people prefer Saturdays over Sundays. Ryan, perhaps we can remove the Sunday option from the survey and just leave the Saturday dates. We can leave the survey up for another 2 weeks - say until 15/Jun - and then we’ll pick a firm date...
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    2025 Calgary meetup dates

    So you had to start a new thread to have the survey option. I was looking to add to it the existing, original thread… thanks again.
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    2025 Calgary meetup dates

    Hi Ryan, There is also Jul 26/27. Thanks for creating the survey - I was looking for it, but could not find it for some reason…
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    Calgary & area meet up Spring 2025.

    Yes, I can host it again this year. It would have to be in July or August. Date ranges are as follows: 08/Jul through 03/Aug and 19/Aug through 31/Aug. Perhaps we should set-up a survey to see which would be the preferred day within those ranges and then we commit to that?
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    Don't Use FedEx for Any International Shipments

    Yes, it works at US gas stations. Used it about a month ago in California.
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    Bed Grind-Harrison Lathe

    Yes, the gap piece on my CMT URSUS 250 is missing. The gap is 10” wide. I am in the process (very, very slow process) of making a new one. I plan on “building it up from parts” kind of like a LEGO set. The base and side walls will probably be of welded construction (base scraped after...
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    4140 crankshaft modifications - propeller hub build

    Is this a slinger ring which is part of a case labyrinth seal? Could it be that the negative pressure (slipstream) created by the prop is “pulling” the oil past the seal when doing static runs? This could go away once the plane has some forward velocity and the pressure around the hub changes...
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    2 flute or 4 flute

    Sure, let me know when you get to that stage. Good luck with your Taylor airplane.
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    2 flute or 4 flute

    Would any of these work for you? Both are 7/8” (~22.23mm) and will go into a 7/8” R8 collet. The 4F is non-center cutting; the 2F is center cutting but has a definite face angle (ie, the seat won’t be perfectly flat). Send me a text if interested in trying them out.
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