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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

    South Bend Lathe Project $275 Kelowna BC

    Could be a fun project https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/685298647195222/?
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    Atlas Mill electrical woes

    A suggestion. Recently become a big fan of E-STOP switches. Put one in series with your on/off switch. Hit the big red button, everything stops. Princess Auto, $14. My preference is a rotary on/off and an e-stop. Means no accidental starts if your shop smock sleeve gets caught.
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    Shop Tools to keep out in the open?

    This will probably make some of you start to twitch. Photos of the open end of my main work bench. Metric & imperial wrenches, hex keys, calipers, lots of pliers, and a tackle box with screwdrivers, knives, and small tools.Always at hand.
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    Cleaning Dials

    Perfect opportunity to install a DRO
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    Cleaning Dials

    Assuming you have one of these: Remove the handles, unclip the dials, and put them in one of these: Fill the U/S cleaner with hot soapy water, run it for 30 minutes at 50*c. That gets rid of the grease and crud. Next step - find a glass jar that will hold the dials. Put the dials in the...
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    Funny dot on Windows 10 user icon

    ICE checking to see you're still in Canada?
  7. whydontu

    Cleaning Dials

    Pictures? How big are the dials?
  8. whydontu

    Telescope secondary mirror support system

    Thank you, learned a new alloy today. I’ve worked with Invar before, never heard of Kovar before.
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    US Tariffs

    Skirting dangerously close to getting this thread deleted, but there’s also another r-word aspect of this. We don’t blink an eye at shipping raw materials to Germany or Switzerland and buying back as BMWs or Rolexes, but constantly complain about sending the same raw materials across the...
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    US Tariffs

    Unless it’s a mine or a hydroelectric plant, the decision where to build a plant is mostly logistics. Our entire economy is built on the mildly-sketchy premise of stocks and shareholder value, so it’s driven by the desire for maximum profit. If XYZ Corp can increase profits 10% by making their...
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