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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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    ThirtyOne Driver's projects

    I've been hiding from the internet since about Valentine's Day - may start accessing this more often again.
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    Precision Mathews 5" Vise - $200 in Mississauga

    @Tom Kitta - is it a decent vise? Maybe I can fix my BB 5" but it currently pushes parts up when clamping; I'd be open to taking a shorter route and getting something else that would work. $200 in the 'Sauga would be the same as $150 in Calgary for myself because of my location, etc.
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    Grind lathe bed in ontario

    Yeah... Red/Cam Man. would be in the same complex so that would have made things easier (I don't leave my place often), but it's so close that I can integrate a visit w/ my next set of errands @TorontoBuilder.
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    Grind lathe bed in ontario

    So I was pleasantly surprised to see a small sign hanging on a fence indicating that Preston Rebuilt Machinery was located in unit 6D and stopped in to their shop. Linda was there but Roy was on a service call (seems like a one man gig) and gave me a quick tour and a business card. She...
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    Grind lathe bed in ontario

    I looked them up - they're just down the street from me and on the opposite side of the train tracks from my metal supplier. Having only driven by and not having stopped in, the building's appearance fits the stereotype of an old, large, industrial/fabrication/machining shop. They're actually...
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    ThirtyOne Driver's projects

    Had a hand determining if I bent the spindle today and the dial indicator result determined that the spindle is straight. Set-up and tried the english wheel in the late afternoon (small Craftex one) and found it pretty interesting. The setup I have may be good enough for fenders that I've been...
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    ThirtyOne Driver's projects

    Welding Carry over from the Classifieds where I was contemplating selling my Precision TIG 225 (Lincoln Electric, almost everything in my shop related to welding is LE due to a past relationship w/ the company)...
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    Lincoln Electric 225 Precision TIG Welding Machine

    So the welder that would have replaced the 225 in my upgrade doesn't have an option on it that I desperately need and therefore I am best to keep the 225 until I'm ready to upgrade it to an Aspect - with how little I've used the 225 it may be several years or even a decade before I make the...
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    Lincoln Electric 225 Precision TIG Welding Machine

    We tried turning one into a time machine once - we haven't seen the guy since.
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    Lincoln Electric 225 Precision TIG Welding Machine

    Yeah, I have E3 tungsten electrodes which are 2% lanthanated - I haven't used them in a long time - I have so many 2% thoriated that I use them for steel. Lots of things I've had to (been forced to) work with in the past are pretty hazardous (military's "health and safety" policies and...
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    Lincoln Electric 225 Precision TIG Welding Machine

    Padding/practice. Could be cleaner but there was more effort in getting torch time than cleanliness (zero really). There's some machining lessons to be learned as well.
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    Lincoln Electric 225 Precision TIG Welding Machine

    Just put 2 or 3 hours on the machine welding aluminum at >130 amps (mostly at 145) AC on the dedicated 40 amp circuit that I'd put in the shop for it (but it was more convenient for the MIG to be plugged into). F'ing thing ran like a champ. No duty cycle issues. I changed the position that I...
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    Lincoln Electric 225 Precision TIG Welding Machine

    That's actually the video I'm referring to - it's on Primeweld's website as an advertisement for the machine. I was just out testing the machine (to ensure it's in good shape to sell) - I hadn't run this one on aluminum yet so I did a 9" lap weld on some 1/4" that's been sitting around - 150...
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    Lincoln Electric 225 Precision TIG Welding Machine

    The research on how to get the best performance out of the welder is done in Cleveland - I have no clue where electrical components are made but where they are made doesn't affect the welding parameter tech... I checked out the Primeweld welder ($825USD) and watched the video... I don't think...
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    Lincoln Electric 225 Precision TIG Welding Machine

    40% duty cycle at 130 amps doesn't seem like it would have a large impact on most users. The air-cooled torches need a break and I don't recall ever going past ~102A welding with 3/32" rod. Keep in mind that at 110 amps duty cycle is 60% - I'm not an electrical engineer or anything, but I'd be...
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