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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. Stuart Samuel

    Maho milling machine, $3000, Wellington North, ON

    Gone!
  2. Stuart Samuel

    Made in/shop in Canada options - Links or recommendations only!

    The barrels may be reused bourbon barrels. They’re obliged to use new barrels only for bourbon, no reuse, so there are tons of used barrels available.
  3. Stuart Samuel

    Maho milling machine, $3000, Wellington North, ON

    https://www.facebook.com/share/18xHzLp7Dx/?mibextid=wwXIfr “Maho sk250 Still tight Runs through all feeds and speeds Vertical spindle u2 Horizontal spindle mt5 Comes with vice Low speed head High speed head Horizontal support and arbor 240v 3 phase Approximately 1500-2000 pounds”
  4. Stuart Samuel

    GCSurplus - Calibrated Cast Surface Table - Kingston

    Sold for $208.
  5. Stuart Samuel

    Tapmatic tapping heads, $350, Windsor, ON

    I hadn't used a tapping head until my current job (13 years ago?). Having used them, though, after projects with 100's of tapped holes, they're fantastic, and I wouldn't choose to be without. As I mentioned above, I've got a 30X, which is for smaller stuff (I've used it down to 4-40, slightly...
  6. Stuart Samuel

    Tapmatic tapping heads, $350, Windsor, ON

    If I was closer, I’d have considered it, the big one would be handy (I’ve got a 30x).
  7. Stuart Samuel

    Tapmatic tapping heads, $350, Windsor, ON

    https://www.facebook.com/share/1AFY5duq5w/?mibextid=wwXIfr You Windsor guys… (Do we have anybody down that way? Some of the best stuff in Ontario around there)
  8. Stuart Samuel

    fixing a folding shovel the wrong way (making a hirth joint)

    Nice work!
  9. Stuart Samuel

    How to clean up a crusty ruler

    The same principle is taught in museum conservation. Distilled water, 'enzymatic cleaning' (spit, helps break down some protein chains etc.), gradually moving through more aggressive solvents as necessary. While going nuclear is fast, it's not very nuanced. :)
  10. Stuart Samuel

    The Only Local (Toronto Region) Non Ferrous Foundry which will Accommodate us Crazies

    We use them at work, sometimes. I haven't been there recently, not since 2019. I went to pick up some parts, and Elizabeth was a little suspicious, so she left the geriatric German Shepherd to keep an eye on me while she checked on the castings. There was a slightly smaller than life sized cast...
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