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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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    what's the best short used car from circa 2012-14

    1- Honda Fit, reliable 400+ km, carries an amazing amount of crap, easy to get in/out of comfortable for a puddle jumper, awesome on fuel. & kinda fun to drive 2- Kei truck if you can tolerate right hand drive Art
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    Tool Drill Doctor Experience

    I have the older 750. I don’t hate it. I find it takes fineness to do a nice job. I can hand sharpen sort of, so I do, then put a nice edge on with the Drill Dr. Sort of like honing a HSS tool bit. It also works good for point splitting. Especially smaller bits. Art
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    kwik-way 855-5 surface grinder, $3950, Ottawa, ON

    In another lifetime I had a 860L. Was a good machine for diesel cylinder heads. Wasn’t rusty tho Art
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    Do you have a mill and what kind is it?

    Beat up Kondia made in Spain. Bridgeport knockoff but a few hundred pounds heavier.
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    Shop heat

    Chinese diesel heaters. A buddy tried one this week in his insulated 2 car attached. Was running an electric construction heater turned it off to try the diesel heater. Sunday was probably -30 plus wind. Wouldn't keep up after couple hours turned electric back on. We'll see how it does in the...
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    Anaum.ca

    A little late but I have ordered Mitutoyo caliper and snap gauges. Had no problems and good pricing. Art
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    JCDammeyer's 42 projects

    I have no words that can make it better. My deepest sympathies to you and your family
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    Dickson stye quick change tool post with 5 holders $200

    I wish that was about ten hours closer. Art
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    Tool Help 300lb table crane - must be some mechanical engineers around here?

    As promised a little late. I’ll get measurements on a warmer night. Has about 48” of reach was rated for 1000lb. Lifts a big block gas engine no problem
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    Tool Help 300lb table crane - must be some mechanical engineers around here?

    For what it’s worth, I have something similar I copied from work. If it’s good enough for the Gvt of Canada it’s probably good enough for me. Design came from good ole PA years ago. They no longer sell it. I’ll try and post pics and measurements later. Vertical tube is probably 1/4” wall maybe...
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