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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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    Sqought replied to the thread 20 something kids.
    That's fair but your "basic tools" might not be so straightforward to someone else. That guy would probably feel the same way teaching...
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    Sqought reacted to gerritv's post in the thread 20 something kids with Like Like.
    Delegating is difficult, and takes effort. Ask him if he wants to learn how to do stuff you need him to do. If he wants to learn then...
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    Sqought reacted to whydontu's post in the thread 20 something kids with Like Like.
    Aristotle: “This younger generation are all lazy and useless. Why, they don’t even know all the names of the gods and can’t identify the...
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    Sqought replied to the thread 20 something kids.
    As a (sometimes useless) 29 year old, I'll say that it's rough out there in a variety of ways: - The entry level job market is tough...
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    Sqought replied to the thread The ultimate filer.
    While we were demoing the interior of our new house, my father in law diligently cleaned and disinfected a cabinet only for it to be...
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    Sqought replied to the thread Auto ignition of oily rags.
    As someone who is terrible at putting away my tools, I work so much better when everything is tidy and accounted for. I forget this...
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    Integrated is REALLY nice because it lets you make model edits without having to re-do CAM (which is much more work than slicing a...
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    Not strictly true, I have a desktop icon to open mine and you can use "work offline" (link) to mostly avoid 3D Experience. I still...
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    I use Solidworks at work and Solidworks for makers at home and generally like it (I've used a variety of other CAD platforms in the past...
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    Sqought reacted to Susquatch's post in the thread Really ? with Like Like.
    Depends on your definition of high speed. Had a guy in a truck DELIBERATELY push me off the highway into a forest. When the dust...
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    If I had joined this forum earlier I would have recommended just welding a socket on (I'm pretty sure you have a lathe). Any way, it...
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    Sqought replied to the thread Really ?.
    In my experience people with "ordinary intelligence and prudence" are terrible at accurately assessing risk, myself included. I'm from...
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    I've had really excellent service from https://dotcommetals.com/ They're in Bolton right near the princess auto and typically about...
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    Sqought reacted to skippyelwell's post in the thread New Member in Tottenham! with Like Like.
    Welcome from Tottenham! I live about 5 min west of town.
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    Sqought replied to the thread New Member in Tottenham!.
    Haven't even lived there yet honestly, Move-in planned for end of June but we've owned the place since November (lots of work to do...)...
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