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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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  1. Six O Two

    KBC RF-30 clone in kitchener

    At my less than high height, I'd say that stand is juuust right.
  2. Six O Two

    We're Going to Try Some Banner Ads for Guest (Not Logged In) Users

    fwiw, Ctrl+f5 reloads the page and allows me to see it. Can't post unless I disable my adblockers though.
  3. Six O Two

    Busy Bee 12x37 toolpost question

    You should be fine with an AXA on that machine. I had the predecessor to BB's cx709 lathe, a 13x24, and I wouldn't have wanted something bigger than AXA on it, even though looking a a chart you'd think to go bxa.
  4. Six O Two

    Unable to post in the banner ad thread

    Weird, I'm getting the same problem in this section. Can't post replies unless I disable my adblocker (i'm running Firefox + ublockorigin and ABP plugins). Also, each time I hit the ads thread, or this one for the first time, I gues a 'Page could not be loaded' message. If I do a hard refresh...
  5. Six O Two

    Unable to post in the banner ad thread

    test
  6. Six O Two

    Another Amazon Deal - Nicholson File

    I bought the Airthings Corentium from Home Depot in February for $200, and have been very satisfied with it for our use. For $150 on sale right now, I'd say that's a great deal...
  7. Six O Two

    Kurt D675 Milling Vise - Fernie BC

    When I was first tooling up 10 years ago or so, I got a bunch of packages shipped to the Montana Shipping Outlet at the Sweetgrass border crossing. This was when I still lived in Calgary and the exchange rate was much more favourable. It's a pretty long roundtrip drive, so I'm not sure the...
  8. Six O Two

    Kurt D675 Milling Vise - Fernie BC

    I dunno, to me the OP vise looks to be in pretty decent shape for hobbyist use, all things considered. For $300 and a weekend in Fernie, if I lived in Calgary, I think i'd be game to at least have a go at it. ETA: You could get by with some shop made jaws in the short term too.
  9. Six O Two

    Kurt D675 Milling Vise - Fernie BC

    Brand new Kurt scratch & dents are $623.20 + $100us shipping to your Canadian door, straight from the mfg, which is ~$930cad at today's fx rates. https://www.kurtworkholding.com/product/kurt-dx6-crossover-vise-2/
  10. Six O Two

    Nardini lathe 26 x74 $4000 - Victoria

    I always liked the look of Nardini lathes, although a 1230 or 1440 would be more my size.
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