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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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    Auotmation

    Not sure if this the right place to post this, but here's a interesting site that some my enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/@Amused./videos
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    Crack in Air Compressor tank…

    looks like a fatigue crack possibly from vibration. If you feel confident, gouge and weld then hydro test. Personally I'd scrap it. I wouldn't take the chance. If it's cracked once it may just crack again in some other place.
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    How to load a lathe

    I'd look into renting a forklift. Probably a couple hundred $ but much easier and safer.
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    High Velocity end mills

    Can you post prices for the different size end mills and the available quantity?
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    Superman Knee Mill - $2,750 (Negotiable) -Hamilton

    Good price as long as you have 600V 3 phase in your shop.
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    Colchester Triumph - $3,800 - Sesekinka (Kirkland Lake Area)

    I'm in Sudbury and ya it's a major road trip about 5-6 hours on a good day
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    Product Aircraft hardware

    I was helping a friend build some decking at his cottage last year. First time I ever saw GRK screws. As said, very impressive and easy to install because of the Torx head . I checked pricing at Home Depot and I was equally surprised at the high cost. I'll just stick to Robertson deck screws...
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    Where in hell did it go?

    I drop stuff all the time but I use a magnetic pick-up tool and sweep the floor. That's of course if its magnetic, if not, on my knees and a strong light.
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    Where Is Your Family From?

    I and my siblings were born and raised in Sudbury 3 of us stayed here while one moved to Toronto but has since moved back after she retired. My 2 daughters stayed in southern Ontario after attending Western University in London. The main reason for their stay is work. There wasn.t any work in...
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    Where Is Your Family From?

    My parents were born and raised on the farm in rural Manitoba, my father from Gilbert Plains my mother from St. Cloud. My mothers parents emigrated to Canada from Poland my fathers side from Ukraine. My fathers side came to Canada in the 1900,s had some relatives left in Ukraine in and around...
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