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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. Bofobo

    9" SM Utilathe Restoration

    Foothills fasteners has always been good to me.
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    Daily Shop Improvement

    My two cents as a roofer of many years who also has some building experience, the roof insulation needs to be blue board type or styro with air layer between the roof deck and insulation, full ice&water (ice barrier) and still requires adequate ventilation, I would do ridge venting in this...
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    Four Different Measurements

    I use telescopic but always was taught 3 measurements every 4 inches on cylinders. They take lots of practice but eventually I figured out my mic was squishing the telescopic gauge inconsistently if I waited for the clicker, you have to hover the telescopic guage between the anvil (hover; small...
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    Daily Shop Improvement

    Let us know how this works out please, I have a need
  5. Bofobo

    Humour

  6. Bofobo

    Milling machine for guitar bridges

    I have a sieg x2 that is commonly referred to as the mini mill, it will cut brass and aluminum no problem, it does require some tuning to achieve rigidity but if you decided to make it up into a one process machine you could very easily achieve your goals
  7. Bofobo

    Yellow thumbs-up (like) icon within a post

    I guess I was the wiser this time
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    Any reviews or advice on the Craftex CX 611 milling machine for light steel work

    should have weighed my lathe parts before moving them into my basement, but I don’t know how to use my 8t scale properly
  9. Bofobo

    Lifelong Project Just Slipped Through My Fingers

    You say you collected items to aid in a restoration? you may be able to get your hand in by advertising them, they presumably might be looking for such things
  10. Bofobo

    foundry is ready to go to work

    I went with potter shelf and no cement on my wool, no drainage, if I have a melt down I get a nice plate of aluminum out without much damage, I use steel nuts to elevate my crucible so they do not get stuck in the aluminum unless they cool off,
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