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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!

Recent content by Warlock

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    Got an old unnamed lathe

    I got this little one about four years ago. It does have a very very small pass through, about 1/4" or less. Distance from chuck to tail stock is about 12"It is cast iron. It has no marks / nameplate or anything to help figure out who made it that I can find anywhere. The gear behind the...
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    Anyone using ChatGTP?

    I had to get hearing aids due loss caused by years of shooting. I never liked them but they did have a side benefit. The wife would say put your hearing aids in she never said they had to have batteries. Expensive ear plugs.
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    Really ?

    Na, it thinks it was made for North America driving as I think they drive on the wrong side of the road over there.
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    Need to get drill bits for tapping

    Had a good day today. Got a batch of 1/2" thick turning bits and some new old stock, never used, Canadian made drill bits from my next door neighbour for nothing. He is a retired machinist that doesn't do anything anymore related to his previous life. I did him a favour of making him a leather...
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    Need to get drill bits for tapping

    They usually give a window of when it will arrive like May 25 to June 3 and a tracking number. Lately they have been sending mostly Purolator or Dragonfly. It usually takes about 10 to 12 days on most of the stuff I have ordered. This particular order was placed on May 19 and arrived by...
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    Need to get drill bits for tapping

    I do buy a fair bit of odds and ends from Temu and Aliexpress. Usually if one doesn't have it the other will but usually at about half of what Amazon wants. I have only had one problem with a Temu order and it got resolved very quickly. When I ordered the drill bit set it was listed for about...
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    Need to get drill bits for tapping

    Interesting. If you are buying the Amazon ones you may want to check the Temu site which are basically the same ones being sold on Amazon usually a lot cheaper. I wish we had a Canadian manufacturer.
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    Need to get drill bits for tapping

    I did get a set of drill bits off Temu. They arrived today and their even sharp in a decent enough metal case. On the underside of the cover the drill bits are numbered 1 to 60, on the left side they are from 1/8" to 1/2" and on the right hand side the are lettered A to Z. As they fail I will...
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    CX706 sale price?

    There is always a buyer it's just being patient and finding them.
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    CX706 sale price?

    The one you referenced is shows a photo of a BB CX706. The asking price of $3200 to me seems high as a new one is according to the BB website is $3399. When you add sales tax the cost would be $3840.87. To me there isn't seem much enticement to purchase that particular one. To me the machine in...
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    Filtering funnel

    The cost of $16.32 CAD to me is a lot expensive considering the simple design and material cost. What I don't like about the design: i) the outside part of the funnel is not higher then the inside part so if you fill to fast or overfill the funnel the fluid is just going to spill over the...
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    Machinery's 20th

    The thread I think was a probably designed and made to prevent others from using it in their products. That practice you see a lot with industrial sewing machines particularly old Singers even today with Juki machines and the clones (counterfeit) machines. A simple little bolt similar to a #10...
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    DavidR8's shop shenanigans

    That's my type of women. In my area the golden rule is the 3 "S's". We have everything from the small pouch panda's (raccon's) to cougar and bear. For the city slickers 3 S's means Shot, Shovel, Shut up. It's not uncommon to hear gun fire at midnight, just someone taking care of business. I had...
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    Upgrades to a Craftex CX708

    Thank you.
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    Upgrades to a Craftex CX708

    Before warned this is long winded. To make the lathe a little more user friendly here are some photo's of a couple of accessories. Please note: 1. That the parts except for the stretchable accordion apron used are my designs, done in Fusion 360 and 3D printed with a Bambu Lab X1C 3D Printer. 2...
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