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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. Crankit

    I Don’t Understand People

    Link is no longer valid...someone might have liked the extra chips for the recycling value
  2. Crankit

    how to remove a stubborn screw?

    I would heat the star knob up to hot to touch and spray the screw with cold spray...that should break it loose. I've had excellent results with this technique with taking drill chucks and bearings off...
  3. Crankit

    Millennium alloys ?

    I was at metal supermarkets in Kelowna on Thursday... my goal is not go into Kelowna any deeper than I have to
  4. Crankit

    Harrison M300 BC Auction site

    No kiddin!! Someone got a great lathe at a good price! My garage is pretty full so i didn't want to look to hard at this lathe
  5. Crankit

    Harrison M300 BC Auction site

    Exactly...they can really blow up with minutes left
  6. Crankit

    Harrison M300 BC Auction site

    Sorry I was gone for the day...anyone know what the price had got up to prior to closing?
  7. Crankit

    Harrison M300 BC Auction site

    It's closing tonight, still at a pretty decent price range for a well built lathe. Located in PG https://www.bcauction.ca/open.dll/showDisplayDocument?sessionID=644931967&disID=8108014&docType=Tender&dis_version_nos=0&doc_search_by=Tend&docTypeQual=TN
  8. Crankit

    BC is sure getting it's butt kicked today

    The 1998 fire we had here in Salmon Arm we had both MM bombers here, majestic but soaking trees down with water for them to dried out the next day wasn't effective to keep trees from candling. The retardant at least sticks to the trees. On a somber note, a recently retired coworker of mine lost...
  9. Crankit

    BC is sure getting it's butt kicked today

    The forest fires here have become an inferno tonight with big evacuations and alerts being implemented all over the interior. I was driving through the North Okanagan around 4:30 and there was a few areas that the smoke was so thick the sun couldn't penetrate through and it was darker than...
  10. Crankit

    13x40 lathe on BC Auction

    Pretty fair price for a lathe that goes for $12G new
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