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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. whydontu

    Which Linux? Be Kind…

    So after another dive into Linux, it looks like it doesn't add anything of value to my setup. I use an ancient drafting program called CadStd, originally bought it for Win95 and still use it. I know all its tricks and can draw my simple stuff very quickly. CadStd exports to DXF, Estlcam imports...
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    Which Linux? Be Kind…

    It’s relatively simple to run W11 on unsupported machines. I was running W10 but got tired of being pestered by Bill to upgrade, so went to W11 to get rid of the nagging. I accept that sometime in the next year or so Bill will refuse to send me security updates, since the new MS structure is 36...
  3. whydontu

    Machine Considering Buying a King 1236ML Looking for Opinions

    Looks really good! Some holder ideas: sheet metal, folded and punched. 3/8" eyebolts attached to chunks of aluminum angle.
  4. whydontu

    Which Linux? Be Kind…

    Without starting a flame war, any suggestions on which Linux for a simple CNC router? Im not doing anything fancy, the occasional front panel for elx gear, a few 3d-ish plaques, some aluminum knick-knacks. I’m currently running a small CNC router using an Arduino controller and Estlcam, which...
  5. whydontu

    Bullard Boring Mill $6500 Maple Ridge BC

    Maybe @Susquatch could use this to make his Starrett caliper screw? https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1155576415928523/?
  6. whydontu

    Craftsman Lathe $225 OBO Parksville

    Sold
  7. whydontu

    Tool Caliper with broken screw

    Good excuse to install an ELS system.
  8. whydontu

    Bambu Labs to implement an authorization and authentication protection mechanism

    Did a bit more searching. Halfway down this page is a link to the key extraction. Item 12. Ouch. https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/Bambu_Lab_Authorization_Control_System#LAN_mode_and_blocked_internet_access
  9. whydontu

    Bambu Labs to implement an authorization and authentication protection mechanism

    From my older brother, 50+ years as a systems programmer. Bambu implemented a security system using public and private key encryption, and them set up the private key configuration to use the same key for all users. This meant that any user that cracked the private key theoretically has access...
  10. whydontu

    Show us your shops!

    Go to Enterprise with the police report, photos, and license plate info. Point out the driver claims he wasn’t the one who rented the truck. Unless the renter listed the driver on the rental agreement, the insurance is void and Enterprise might be willing to give you the drivers name.
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