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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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    Rusnok 80 plus accessories in Calgary, $1800

    Interesting little machine. Never seen one before so a little research show that it has a 5200 RPM top speed! I was thinking it was over priced but considering it’s uniqueness, perhaps not When you consider the cutters etc added in to the deal.
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    Klopp clapper

    I did think of welding or brazing, but it is cast iron and the clapper fits very snug side to side in the box. I am afraid that welding will distort things and make the repair even more difficult. The clapper only moves vertically during a cut. I may just ream it as Tom O suggested and see what...
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    Klopp clapper

    Yup! 5000 pounds of fun.
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    Klopp clapper

    You are right. Here are a few pictures that may help visualize what is going in Clapper box ith clapper. The yellow cable is part of the clapper lifter. The clapper sitting on top of the clapper box. The hole that has the pin holding them together is slightly egg shaped and the pin is worn as...
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    Klopp clapper

    So I take a good look at the clapper on my Klopp 650H shaper trying to figure out why the surface finish is so poor. I figured that is was my inability to properly sharpen and shape my tools. This is only partially the problem. The main issue is that the previous owner bored out the taper pin...
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    Milling Machine $1500.00

    I don’t think there are even 100 mills in all of SK let alone that many for sale! We take what we can get when we can get it here. It would be nice to have more choice but every once in a while something incredible comes up for sale and you jump on it no matter what the cost. I have considered...
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    7x7 South Bend shaper, 2500, SK

    I bought my Klopp 650 last year at auction for slifhtly more thanhalf what that guy is asking. Of course it also weighs 3 tonnes so I figured even if it was scrap I would not be out too much. It isn‘t scrap but does need some TLC. And a big enough shop of course. Glad I bought it but even more...
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    Clausing Lathe Saskatoon: $2950

    But the paint is nice.
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    Clausing Lathe Saskatoon: $2950

    According to the postal code, it is in a commercial/light industrial area of Saskatoon so likely a business. Explains the full retail price.
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    Clausing Lathe Saskatoon: $2950

    It has been for sale off and on for several months. Lots of money for very little information.
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