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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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    Auto ignition of oily rags

    Just to be clear, neither sun nor ambient heat are required for spontaneous combustion. As linseed oil cures, the process creates heat; quite a bit of it. If the rag is wadded up, there will be several surfaces concentrating the heat and the temperature may climb to the ignition point for the...
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    Auto ignition of oily rags

    I strongly suspect that the garage fire next door to us was due to spontaneous combustion of oily rags. The new neighbours were having flooring installed and finished before they moved in and the fire started about 2 hours after the flooring crew knocked off for the day. The garage went up...
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    Metal finishes

    You might want to check out the following Youtube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbPzkHRZCQB99EEakSiM--TSsOJyQMaqe Mark Presling has done several videos on different metal finishing techniques for the home workshop. Craig
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    Oh Canada

    So true. Happy Canada Day, everyone. Spicy dry rub ribs on BBQ, potato salad, robust red wine, strawberries for dessert. What's not to like?? Craig
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    How do I remove the chuck backplate on Craftex CX708

    It's a 10 inch lathe so I'd guess it came with a 5 inch 3-jaw. Thus unlikely that the new 6 inch 4-jaw is going to have the same bolt circle. Might need to make a 6 inch diameter adapter plate? Craig
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    Looking for milling machine purchase help/advice

    Welcome from Oakville! I'll just throw out that PrecisionMatthews is located just this side of Pittsburgh. If you have or can borrow the appropriate vehicle, it is a manageable day trip to pick up a machine from them directly. I think they sell to enough Canadians that they should be able to...
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    New Member in Tottenham!

    Welcome from Oakville! Craig
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    Jacobs Super Chuck or clone?

    Deals are out there. I can't recall exactly but I think I paid less than $200 in total for my three main keyless chucks. (Three different purchases; one Kijiji and the others were auction box lots, IIRC.) I use the 3/8" Rohm on the lathe and switch to a keyed chuck for larger drills. The...
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    CA-ON Small Fasteners

    The table I use, from David Croft's article (A Steam Engine for the Novice) says that the "correct" size of hex for 3-48 or 3-56 would be 0.149 inches. (Fastener diameter times 1.5.) The table says that the nearest hex size is 5/32" -- not a size I've ever seen listed. However, 4mm would be...
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    CA-ON Small Fasteners

    Hi Robert: Another US option is Godshalls. For example: https://godshallscustommachining.com/products/model-hex-cap-screws-stainless-steel-screw-sizes-2-56-3-48-4-40-5-40-6-32-8-32-10-32?variant=19539746881633 I'm not aware of any Canadian suppliers. More than a few model builders will make...
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    Sitting Car

    I'm glad I wasn't trying to drink anything when I read that!! o_O Craig
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    Tool Amazing Vise

    The one that got away... https://canadianhobbymetalworkers.com/threads/adjustable-vise.6172/ Craig
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    Need to get drill bits for tapping

    Now you just need a set of stubby drills, Silver & Denning drills, ... And metric drills! But do you get them by 0.1 mm increments or 0.05? Then maybe you'll decide you really need a set with 135 degree points! ;) Craig (Not to mention solid carbide.)
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    Tips/Techniques Linux Image Converter

    Appears to be a Linux Mint thing, only: https://repology.org/project/nemo-image-converter/information Craig
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    A near miss and big consequences

    How many of you are due for a tetanus update? Every 10 years is still the recommendation I believe. Since we more likely to be in contact with iron or steel, we're at higher risk than many. Craig
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