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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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    Metal Scraping Video

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    Standard modern 2000 series 13 inch quick change tool post help

    Check this post: Thread 'Does Anyone Still Make The Real Swiss or German Multifix Tool Post? (not an offshore clone)' https://canadianhobbymetalworkers.com/threads/does-anyone-still-make-the-real-swiss-or-german-multifix-tool-post-not-an-offshore-clone.13513/
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    Standard modern 2000 series 13 inch quick change tool post help

    Go to this site below. My set is from these guys, but there's lots of information about determining size needed. All the clones should be similar. Stahlhalter24 Multifix quick-change turning tool holder made in Germany | stahlhalter24 https://share.google/WKs9JvFtNKOuqngqL
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    20 something kids

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    Drilling with the cross slide

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    Hello!

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