• 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!

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    Craig's Craftex CX706 Comes Clean

    Did you and another person lift it into place on the bench?
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    Need Recommendations

    I want a benchtop metal lathe (10x18 or 10x22) preferably 300lbs and under so 2 guys can lift it. A decent quality machine that can thread and will last a long time. Any thoughts on Craftex? Seems like Craftex a King are all us Canadians can get…please let me know your thoughts. Or let me know...
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    Correct Lubricant - Mill Drill

    Awesome responses. Thanks guys !
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    Correct Lubricant - Mill Drill

    Can someone please tell me what or where to get locally the correct lubricant for my ways on my new mill drill? They say Mobilith heavy medium oil but I can’t find it locally in small quantities. I live near the gta…
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    Busy Bee Mill, B314, $2,000 - Georgetown

    Capitalism and greed need to have boundaries. People being exploitive needs to punctuated with simply not buying what they are selling. Can you imagine if only after you developed heart disease the medication you needed went up by 2000%… free market economy…some would say. My profession affords...
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    Busy Bee Mill, B314, $2,000 - Georgetown

    Let me start by saying I am sincerely empathetic to anyone who was financially impacted by the pandemic and/or lost their job, business or otherwise. I just can’t stand greedy, delusional Kijiji folks. The pandemic brought the best in many of us and it brought out the greed and exploitive nature...
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    Busy Bee Mill, B314, $2,000 - Georgetown

    The delusional pricing we see in the used market is making it easy, just buy a new mill. I have got some good used tools in the past and others that end up costing you as much as new once having to fix them.
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    Busy Bee Mill, B314, $2,000 - Georgetown

    These were the same Kijiji people that were selling toilet paper for $25.00 a roll during the pandemic…
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    Busy Bee Mill, B314, $2,000 - Georgetown

    These were the same Kijiji people that were selling toilet paper for $25.00 a roll during the pandemic…
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    Busy Bee Mill, B314, $2,000 - Georgetown

    A king pdm-30 is 2800 -3000 new so if people want to pay double for something 30-40 y/o let them. The King mills are all in stock. It’s a desert of used equipment but new stuff is in stock just about everywhere.
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