• Scam Alert. Members are reminded to NOT send money to buy anything. Don't buy things remote and have it shipped - go get it yourself, pay in person, and take your equipment with you. Scammers have burned people on this forum. Urgency, secrecy, excuses, selling for friend, newish members, FUD, are RED FLAGS. A video conference call is not adequate assurance. Face to face interactions are required. Please report suspicions to the forum admins. Stay Safe - anyone can get scammed.
  • 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!

Search results

  1. A

    Brown & Sharpe No 5 Surface Grinding Machine

    Too bad 600V
  2. A

    What am I doing wrong?

    https://canadaweldingsupply.ca/products/tweco-copper-ground-clamp
  3. A

    Belt drive vs gear drive

    You hit the nail on the head . I totally agree with your take on this. I would also like to add that a VFD on a belt drive may affect available torque at lower speeds.
  4. A

    Air compressors

    There should be some sort of check valve between the compressor and tank maybe in the unloader valve assembly. Check to see if working and holding pressure. If not the compressor will be trying to start under load, resulting in high current draw. I have a Gardner Denver 2 stage with a 5HP...
  5. A

    Product PA Flap disks

    10 Disks 40,80,60 grit https://www.princessauto.com/en/10-pc-flap-disc-sets/product/PA1000001792?skuId=8908808
  6. A

    Princess auto hydraulic press

    I was there yesterday a 50 ton for just over $1027.00
  7. A

    Bought a diamond in the rough mill probly

    I have a king 9x42 and so far it's been a good machine. The manual is not the best, Grizzly has an much better manual for a very similar machine., part numbers will oblivious be different. https://www.kingcanada.com/en/products/metalworking/milling-drilling-machines/?per_page=20&sort_by=1
  8. A

    Set screws for aluminum plate

    I totally agree that galvanic corrosion can be a concern and should be considered in any application. But what is " surprisingly fast". Are we talking hours, days weeks? The OP didn't mention how long these set screws will be in the aluminum plate, and I believe that is one important factor to...
  9. A

    Set screws for aluminum plate

    I may be missing something here but how long are these screws going to be in the plate? If they are going to be used for a short duration for work holding, is corrosion a real concern? I would think SS with anti seize would be the way to go.
  10. A

    Other Safeties Use them or Not?

    DIY lathe foot brake.
Back
Top