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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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    Finally finished planting

    you are right , that is going to haunt you for days...I had the same sort of thing happen 45 yr ago and still remember it vividly, only my incident was with a Whitetail Doe that had hidden her very new fawn in a straw bunch in a field i was spring working. That poor little bugger stayed put as...
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    Clausing 100 Mk3 lathe $2300 - Victoria

    Wow, never noticed how wide the apron is on a Causing in any of the previous photo's...that cross slide travel distance is awesome.
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    Spotted a bunch of old cars last weekend.

    Ohhh man... cars like that RT & Firebird were our "everyday drivers"....we trashed ,crashed & drove the bag off them and then went and bought another to replace it. I bought the last 74 Challenger delivered to Ab, bought it off the delivery truck before it had been PD. I owned it for 12...
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    No cheap forklift is without problems

    Any "lifting devise" that drops unexpectedly aint a lifting devise anymore....its an accident that hasnt happened yet!!!
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    Surface Grinder Cross-feed Nut

    I have used simple shot shell lead pellets of the appropriate size as set screw friction multipliers that dont damage the threads in any way
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    Pressure washer recommendations.

    The one I have now is a plastic Simonize brand that I bought for $15 at a local "new & used" store. it has a small drip leak that doesnt bother me at all and that damn thing will peel paint at its highest pressure nozzle . Not a high volume of water if removing lots of mud from heavy trucks but...
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    Damaged lathe Maple Creek SK $500

    Ohh man would I ever love to spend a few hour with that thing figuring out how it worked!!
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    Acronyms

    My fav in high school....BTBD
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    Damaged lathe Maple Creek SK $500

    I think that would be an excellent starting point for someone wanting to make rifle barrel machine...has enough starting points to make a worthwhile project.
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    Damaged lathe Maple Creek SK $500

    That whole shop would look right in place wrapped around mine...
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