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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. BaitMaster

    WTB 10 or 11” swing metal lathe max 36” between centres

    I looked for a crazy long time, then found that SM Utilathe. I was freshly green in machining, and didn’t really know what I needed. I learned a lot with that first lathe, enough to realize there was a few things I didn’t know about lathes and that the lack of accessories and lack of spindle...
  2. BaitMaster

    WTB 10 or 11” swing metal lathe max 36” between centres

    It was outside of his maximum swing and outside of his maximum budget.
  3. BaitMaster

    WTB 10 or 11” swing metal lathe max 36” between centres

    You might be waiting a long while here man. Machine tools out here are both rarer then elsewhere and usually more expensive by quite a bit. I watched the machine markets in south AB for about 1.5 years and ended up finding an older machine I paid 4k$ for, not with much tooling but including a...
  4. BaitMaster

    FMC Milling Machine/ Drill Press 220V Single Phase - Auction - Edmonton, AB

    Looks decent…
  5. BaitMaster

    BaitMaster’s (Work) Bench

    They were very good. I’m sure as long as LD is around, nothing will be orphaned.
  6. BaitMaster

    BaitMaster’s (Work) Bench

    I do love me a fun tubular piece ;)
  7. BaitMaster

    Yaskawa Servo Bonanza

    They are the bees knees man. Only drive manufacturer I’ve seen that posts failure rates + other stats like that. They are next level. Spendy. But next level good.
  8. BaitMaster

    BaitMaster’s (Work) Bench

    I got home from work and cleaned up and unpacked the taper attachment. It seems like a very high quality fixture, designed for more and harder use then I can imagine it will get with me. Everything is cast iron. The bearing surfaces are all precision ground. There is even evidence of heat...
  9. BaitMaster

    BaitMaster’s (Work) Bench

    Mine has 3.5”, however, there is a large adjustment range on the bracket that attaches the cross slide to the taper attachment…. Called the draw plate. See pic….
  10. BaitMaster

    BaitMaster’s (Work) Bench

    From PM’s manual: You adjust with the compound.
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