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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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    rotary table and the number of slots

    Interesting centring fixture! I too have been pondering the 4 vs. 3 question so it’s a timely topic. I had come to the decision that 4 was better for more flexibility of fixturing things. D :cool:
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    Princess Auto 1 Ton Gantry Hoist $500, Calgary

    My take is that in the worst case unless otherwise stated the “claimed” strength (that is, capacity) for anything without a real certificate is probably not more than the probable failure load, NOT anything like the SWL (Safe Working Load) so govern yourself accordingly. It might well be higher...
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    Modified steady rest - lumby BC

    Funny about the modded steadies, I wonder if that’s what happened to the original ones for my lathe…… D :cool:
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    Modified steady rest - lumby BC

    PM Sent. D :cool:
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    Modified steady rest - lumby BC

    Super! I’ll catch up with you on PMs tomorrow WRT details about getting it here. I would imagine any mods would be less involved than making one from scratch which was what I was contemplating. Thanks for offering it up to the group, can’t say enough about the good people here! D :cool:
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    Modified steady rest - lumby BC

    If @quitereal doesn’t grab it I’d like to give it a new home. I think it’d look right at home on my Standard Modern. No need for the extra steel either. ;) Crazy, that looks like a PA price tag on it! D :cool:
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    Tips/Techniques Hello new guy here

    A hearty welcome from downeast, a Bluenoser in this case. Sounds like you’ll fit right. Lots of varied life experience & skills around here. You aren’t the only Engineer either, there are a number here that like to get their hands dirty. All good fun! D :cool:
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    Label maker - do you have a recommendation?

    Greatest thing since sliced bread! You know, I worked for a very well known international company who built custom electrical/electronic assemblies as part of the final product and I even managed to get them to buy a shrink label printer (kicking and screaming) and what I got out of the...
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    Colchester mascot 1600, gcsurplus auction, Dartmouth, NS

    Well…..I could store it for you….. for a few years while you build a new shop! ;) Nice looking machine & well tooled too. That’ll go for big bucks. D :cool:
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    Via Ocean

    Been a long time since you’ve been out this way! We’ve been doing plenty of catching up. It’s not as bad as more populated points west but not like the old days, still plenty of good people but more of the entitled mixed in with them. D :cool:
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