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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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    Endmills with threaded shanks

    I recently picked up quite a bit of tooling, nice Kennedy tool box, some measuring tools Machinery's Handbook 28th edition etc. I got his information from this forum on member spotted deals, thanks for that. That was from a retired toolmaker in West Kelowna B.C. He still has some tooling etc...
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    Rookie mill man

    Welcome from Peachland old buddy. Once you get into the home machining hobby, you will not have much time to work on your Minis. This is addictive. Have fun. Grant
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    New from BC

    Welcome from Peachland..
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    Tool Oxy propane torch

    An acetylene regulator will work on a propane tank such as a 20 pound tank as long as you have the right connector to the tank. I use the left hand thread, male nut to on the regulator. Same red hose to the torch. If you are using a cutting torch, you will need a propane style tip, it is a 2...
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    Vernon BC checking in

    Welcome from Peachland B.C. I was just in Vernon today and lost a few bucks in the casino there. Grant
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    Tool Morse taper 2 repair lathe tailstock

    I have some damage on the No. 2 Morse taper tailstocks on my lathes. They need to be reamed out as the drills slip and caused gauling. After watching u tube it seems like a straight forward repair. There are several reamers available, Amazon has a set for around $30. Has anyone tried these...
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    Anyone recognize this mag drill?

    Mine being pretty much identical, here are the numbers: magnetic base: Magnetic Base being part of cat no. 1551 Type 1 Volts 120 Serial No. B1040226 Motor numbers on the tag on the motor: Black & decker No. 1551 Type 1 3/4 inch Magnetic Drill Press Volts 120, Amps 10, RPM 375 Serial...
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    Anyone recognize this mag drill?

    Yes Black and Decker. I have one the same, works well, lots of power and powerful magnet. As you probably know the magnet is engaged by the trigger on the handle, the top of the motor housing rotates to put it into reverse. I can get you the model number of mine if you like. Grant
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    Busy Bee 12x37 toolpost question

    Thanks for the fast response. I will just need to make a tool post bolt. Probably thread it into the cross slide like the original square tool post, and turn it down to the dia of the axa bolt. Nice little project. Grant
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    Busy Bee 12x37 toolpost question

    I recently purchased an older BB 1237 lathe. It was filthy dirty sitting in his shop for the past 15 years and full of grime and old chips. I took several weeks to completely dismantle it, thoroughly clean and oil everything, new belt, as well as a paint job. I was very pleased to find very...
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