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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

    New Lathe Bits DCMT21.51 Amazon Gamble

    Can you imagine being so proud of the products you manufacture that there isn’t even a name on the box? I’m picturing a sweatshop in China, with a row of 55-gallon drums of loose inserts, and a row of young women grabbing handfuls of inserts to fill the little plastic boxes. (Although, to be...
  2. whydontu

    New Lathe Bits DCMT21.51 Amazon Gamble

    Holders: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B09ZVL2P55?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1 Inserts: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07YF9RSNP?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
  3. whydontu

    New Lathe Bits DCMT21.51 Amazon Gamble

    First try with new 1/2” DCMT21.51 holders & bits from Amazon, just wanted to see if they would be as good or bad as various reports describe. Test piece of 316 stainless pipe. Quite pleased with results, very nice finish, and able to run my BB B2227L lathe at the Machinery Handbook 200 SFM...
  4. whydontu

    RF30 Mill/Drill $800 Comox BC

    Nice clean looking RF30 mill https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/600002052675330/?
  5. whydontu

    Round Column Mill/Drill $325 Mission BC

    RF15? Maybe RF30? https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1302900967422646/?
  6. whydontu

    help making small hinges

    One way would be a 3/16” or 1/4” concave cutter. Slab of brass, mill to a tee shape to get the hinge ears, run a concave cutter to get the rounded profile, cut apart. Not cheap, but how much is SWMBO’s approval worth? https://www.kbctools.ca/itemdetail/5-703-025
  7. whydontu

    Lantane 12x36? Lathe $500 Mission BC

    Looks like typical Taiwan 12x36 belt drive lathe. “little bruised” https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/651214217569976/?
  8. whydontu

    Tool Room Lathe - $4,995, Delta, BC

    SWMBO says we don’t have room for the lathe, but she would consider getting rid of some bikes to make space for the Rolls.
  9. whydontu

    Oh GREAT!

    Sounds like the Bambu printer thread. Just bought a wi-fi-enabled dishwasher. How long before I have to buy Bosch-approved detergent, or pay a monthly subscription fee?
  10. whydontu

    New puzzle (mosquito)

    Machine a tapered collet, one end threaded 5/16” UNC, other end with an internal shoulder that fits the groove on the pin. Cut it in half lengthwise. Machine a mating internal taper sleeve. A nice solid chunk of tubing big enough to make a bracket to pull the collet and sleeve. A chunk of 5/16”...
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