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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!

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  1. Stuart Samuel

    Tool I beat Tom Lipton to it!

    I'll second the toe jack, especially for confined spaces, where a prybar isn't really practical. I bought a Vevor one (2.5 tonnes on the toe) to move the lathe in, and it was invaluable. I was very leery of relying on it (spent a lot of time blocking up as I lifted, to minimize risk), especially...
  2. Stuart Samuel

    Tool I beat Tom Lipton to it!

    I made a copy of the set he showed, with the pallet jack wheels at one end, on angle iron with threaded rod, and a little bearing dolly for the tailstock end. Managed to get my lathe (~3500lbs) through a man door, with an immediate 90 degree turn. I did put down some 20 gauge steel sheet on the...
  3. Stuart Samuel

    Shop it seems simple, but I need help........ Hammer organization

    Thanks! It’s a decent start. :p The little rack at home was an attempt to organize things eight or ten years ago, but it’s too small, and inflexible. Like everything else in that room, needs some work.
  4. Stuart Samuel

    Shop it seems simple, but I need help........ Hammer organization

    My name is Stuart, and… I’m an addict. Work: Home: The real problem is… Where can I get my next fix??
  5. Stuart Samuel

    Multifix holder selection

    I bought a set for the lathe at work from Peter, and a coworker just got a set for his Chipmaster. Very happy with them. :)
  6. Stuart Samuel

    Need some Lathe Work

    While the original post might have just slipped under the radar, I think John’s questions get at the core of things. While I’m sure there are hobby shops that could hit that ID (say, +/- 0.0005”) over the whole length of the part, most would probably struggle. Could, for example, the ends of...
  7. Stuart Samuel

    Roll in saw - $700 - Peterborough area, On

    Yes, they came to us with the idea, and there was just enough room in the budget to meat our... uh, meet our price. Retail and hospitality (restaurants, bars, hotels) interior design is usually too cheap to make room for custom lighting.
  8. Stuart Samuel

    Roll in saw - $700 - Peterborough area, On

    Photo=thousand words. It works okay. Has a tendency to pull round stock up off the table, so you need to pull the clamp up to the top of its travel as it comes into contact and tightens against the stock. Robin Renzetti has a neat setup on his roll in saw, that I’ve always meant to try on...
  9. Stuart Samuel

    Roll in saw - $700 - Peterborough area, On

    :p They were lights for a butcher shop. New (empty) tanks, lop the tops off in the bandsaw, pull the hardware out, paint them bright red, and stick a socket inside.
  10. Stuart Samuel

    Roll in saw - $700 - Peterborough area, On

    One of the stranger set ups.
  11. Stuart Samuel

    Roll in saw - $700 - Peterborough area, On

    Definitely. We get tons of use out of ours.
  12. Stuart Samuel

    Roll in saw - $700 - Peterborough area, On

    No, they usually have a C shaped piece of steel, with one clearance hole, and one threaded. A long pin goes through the clearance hole, and through one of the two holes in the fixed ‘jaw’. A long screw thread bears against the back of the fixed jaw, and pulls the mobile jaw towards it.
  13. Stuart Samuel

    Electrical help.

    I would really love someone to start making cheap and identical copies of the Miller wireless pedal, because the second hand one I have has been flawless.
  14. Stuart Samuel

    Large antique bandsaw - Lindsay, On - $500

    Just ask for a second one at your local wainwright :p
  15. Stuart Samuel

    Butterfly Die Filer, $375, Hamilton, ON

    https://www.facebook.com/share/19Aqo57Dsq/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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