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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

    foundry is ready to go to work

    I want to turn your forge on its side or upside down, or something along those lines for my new design, fire burns up, you need excess pressure to fight that natural effect Efficiency is savings
  2. Bofobo

    Daily Shop Improvement

    Never thought to make a tool for this, I was taught just to use two piece of scrap and some nuts/bolts/mill-clamp pieces/ machinist jack. It’s a good trick and a nice mod
  3. Bofobo

    Faulty die or am I missing something?

    I would grab a pitch gauge first take photo, if the adjuster screw makes it bigger (dunno never had one) then remove it but I thought they clamped the material, then call back customer service ask for superior and say you will be shipping it back for warranty inspection if required but just ask...
  4. Bofobo

    foundry is ready to go to work

    For sure need to have a door or fire brick /wood cover on your can. If you need some material for a foundry or forge I’ve got some extras of old propane tank pieces around. I will be constructing my 5th forge this summer, taking everything I have tried successfully that did not work incredibly...
  5. Bofobo

    Make posts display poster's location

    For mobile site on iOS by clicking the member name
  6. Bofobo

    Started building my own machines.

    Hahaha I’m curious, did or can you, make a break down for the rest of us? I wonder if I have the pieces already, if not at least I could order the kit from LEGO using LEGO builder (if they still do that)
  7. Bofobo

    Hello from Calgary

    Many bike guys here, welcome
  8. Bofobo

    Budget Mill Vises

    Ok @Dabbler its been 2 whole days, how’s them vices?
  9. Bofobo

    Harold Hall Mill Bit Sharpener

    Could you, if still needed, just make a bracket from the base of the grinder for added stability?
  10. Bofobo

    Question of the day, metal slivers.

    Not an authority on this but I think latex like silicone may reject attraction and if not the glove is smooth and the fibre glove is a Net and skin well...
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