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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. Jwest7788

    Any Toronto GTA members interested in a meet-up?

    r)I'll be totally honest with you, this whole forum, all of our meetups and everything here, originated with a kijiji post looking for scrap metal to learn with. All in all, I would do it that way again in a heartbeat, the folks I've met, or chatted with online here, are good. The vast majority...
  2. Jwest7788

    Sticky Cool, I scored us a KMS Tools Group account.

    You're headed down a similar path as @Alexander, @jmottle, and I talked through over our lunch the other day. We have a couple of initiatives in the works, and this idea is one of them. I'm open if anyone has contact's we can reach out to in the mean time though! I also reached out to my...
  3. Jwest7788

    Any Toronto GTA members interested in a meet-up?

    Makes sense, and I am happy to help where I can. Anyone who shows up at your meet, we can help to organize future meetups with too. My first meetup, I simply posted to Kijiji, and also to meetup.com. Set a date and time, and we can make a new thread specific to your meetup in this new GTA...
  4. Jwest7788

    Any Toronto GTA members interested in a meet-up?

    Not an issue. We're pretty easy going. I've created that new forum. Moved this thread over too! :) Done and Done: https://canadianhobbymetalworkers.com/forums/greater-toronto-area-local-forums.41/ I agree with @Janger, need the meetup details and we can set up banners for you too. I'm working...
  5. Jwest7788

    Sticky Cool, I scored us a KMS Tools Group account.

    Yeah, I've been getting feedback about this issue, and will have a new system in place for KMS before long! JW
  6. Jwest7788

    Looking at a lathe.

    @Janger is spot on. One axis feeds only, and swapping gears sucks. Yeah, that is my exact lathe, little newer it look though. I'm super happy with mine, but it has it's limitations.
  7. Jwest7788

    New Tool Review Forum - Food For Thought ?

    Yup!, just posted the usual thread and email: https://canadianhobbymetalworkers.com/threads/coffee-shop-meetup-april-7th-2018.888/
  8. Jwest7788

    Coffee shop meetup - April 7th, 2018

    You are invited to attend: Canadian Hobby Metal Workers MeetupHey Everyone, You know the drill! Time for another meetup! Coffee Shop Meetup: We'll be meeting at the Tim Hortons at: 444 58 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2H 0P4 Map Link: https://goo.gl/ad49iY Meeting time will be 10:30am, Saturday...
  9. Jwest7788

    New Tool Review Forum - Food For Thought ?

    Exactly. We're on the same page here. I've installed a few in the past too, a handful of them immediately broke during that big update, which definitely puts me into the category of "once bitten, twice shy". I am biding my time a bit, as I know the applications will generally be updated to...
  10. Jwest7788

    New Tool Review Forum - Food For Thought ?

    Thanks! The issue is that Xenforo launched a major overhaul of their software, they described it as: "many new features and significant changes under the hood, with the core code having been completely redesigned." This happened Dec 1 2017, so I have been reluctant to try any 3rd party plugins...
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