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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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    Coolant recommendations

    I picked up a gallon of Castrol Syntilo from the machine shop were I used to work. This is all they used for drilling milling and lathe work. It seemed to work fine, zero smell and easy to mix. One thing I did like is that its a clear liquid so you can actually see the work. What I didn't like...
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    Senior Sayings

    It's better to remain silent and thought stupid, than open your mouth and remove all doubt. Little birdies in the sky, they dropped whitewash in my eye, I didn't laugh, I didn't cry. just thanked God cows don't fly
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    Off shore taps

    I've had very good luck with Clarkson Osborne taps from BDI Canada' Here's a tap colour code chart. https://www.brownesales.com/news/hsse-color-coded-tap-guide
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    I need a magnifier

    I bought these about 2 years ago. So far they've been great. I like them especially because I don't have to remove my eye glasses...
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    Merry Christmas!

    Merry green Christmas . No snow here
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    Supplies Dykem blue

    An update on the Sharpie Magnum marker. I ordered a 12 pack from Walmart for $33.26. I received 1 marker yesterday. So I sent an email to the supplier. They advised that there was an error on the website and the quantity is for1 marker not 12. They've offered a refund of the balance. The final...
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    Busy Bee 8x30 knee milling machine, $2200, Sudbury, ON

    Glad to see that you received the mill. Looks like you got exactly what you wanted. I'm happy to have been some help
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    The ultimate machinist tool box combo (beach upper/lower) in Bowmanville, on

    We had a lot of Rousseau cabinets at work. Must have been a hundred or more located in different plant tool rooms. They were better than Lista in my opinion, Cheaper and Canadian made.
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    Fusion 360

    Thanks for all the links. I did have AutoCAD a couple of years ago and started to finally figure it out. But then the license expired so I'll try Fusion 360. I'm expecting a steep learning curve but I have all winter to work on it.
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    Fusion 360

    I just D/L Fusion 360. Can anyone suggest a good tutorial series.
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