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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. MooseMeat

    Brazing Cast Iron

    Look into Tig brazing with silicon bronze, and even aluminum bronze. I have used it a bit but I'm not a welder by any means, "I'm a grinder baby, not a welder." It's great stuff to work with, and when you Tig it it's very clean, cast iron I do believe is one of "sb's/ab's" good tricks...
  2. MooseMeat

    Tips/Techniques HOUSE OF TOOLS LD 1236G

    I have a labeler too, I was too involved in loosing my mind to even think about it...
  3. MooseMeat

    Tips/Techniques HOUSE OF TOOLS LD 1236G

    YAH THE HARD WAY
  4. MooseMeat

    Tips/Techniques HOUSE OF TOOLS LD 1236G

    OH, I intentionally left that part out trust me on that, it had a 3 amp fuse, replaced three times and blew the panel breaker twice, arched out the extension plug once, STOP LAUGHING, , it sounds more dramatic than it was, oh, and the breaker attached to the right side of the bottom contactor...
  5. MooseMeat

    Tips/Techniques HOUSE OF TOOLS LD 1236G

    Contactor update; As mentioned above the lathe would take its sweet time shutting off in fwd, sometimes it was instant but most of the time it was in "danger mode" and not shut off immediately. I pulled the forward contactor as seen in the picture, sanded and cleaned them with contact cleaner...
  6. MooseMeat

    Tips/Techniques HOUSE OF TOOLS LD 1236G

    Thank you, I'll look into these possibilities, this is going to be a good learning experience, I'm quite anal about things working properly but lack the skill.
  7. MooseMeat

    Tips/Techniques HOUSE OF TOOLS LD 1236G

    when operated in reverse it turns off immediately, I'm no electrician, I'm learning as I go, however I do have family close by who are electricians, I should lean on them instead of me fumbling around, but hey, I have no issue sticking a multi meter on anything.
  8. MooseMeat

    Tips/Techniques HOUSE OF TOOLS LD 1236G

    Yes she's a beauty, still had hardended factory grease in the cross side feeds, pulled them apart and cleaned them up, the machine is very tight, everything seem to slide like glass. You could be right, it has been sitting for a few years I think, and the fella I bought it off of only made a...
  9. MooseMeat

    Tips/Techniques HOUSE OF TOOLS LD 1236G

    I think I found it, the reverse contactor pops right away, the forward contactor however likes to stick, in the on position, you can push in on the contactor button and it works fine, in and out no hesitation or stickiness, operate it from the controls is a different story.
  10. MooseMeat

    Tips/Techniques HOUSE OF TOOLS LD 1236G

    The lathe is all wired up and I have been running through the controls and have noticed a "quirk." The red stop push pull button won't cut the power of immediately, sometimes the power shuts off in a few seconds and other times it takes 30 seconds or so. I have cleaned the contacts and blew...
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