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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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    Gift for myself. LF common wisdom

    A mill, lathe or any other machine tool may not be "appreciable by the family" but the things you make with it/them can certainly be.
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    Tips/Techniques Hand fitting for an interference fit?

    If you want to take very small accurate cuts, use your compound. The lines on the cross slide dial are usually marked in .001 increments. This can be hard to judge if you want a tenths cut. If you turn your compound to 14.5 degrees, then each .001 on the compound dial moves the tool .00025...
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    Allen head washer screw

    I often use the McMaster-Carr website to determine the proper name for unknown items. As long as you have a basic idea of what it is and what it is used for you can usually find it on their site. Many other online retailer would greatly benefit from hiring their web designer.
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    Force RF45 Clone Parts

    The King KC-45 is a similar machine, they have a parts diagram with pricing on their website. I don't know about dealers in the Calgary area but I am certain there is one. In London Ontario, parts can be purchased/ordered through Federated Tools.
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    making a D1-4 chuck backplate

    .004" TIR is easy to deal with. Loosen the bolts that hold the chuck to the back plate, move the chuck until it runs true, tighten bolts. If the chuck is too tight on the backplate shoulder to come true, machine the the diameter of the shoulder down a couple thousand until you can move the chuck...
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    help making small hinges

    Use a corner rounding endmill to create the rounded part, Mill to size and punch a hole through it.
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    Darex drill sharpener

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/952238510304765
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    Tool Cool inside mics

    They work well for their intended purpose. The downside is cost, they are very expensive and have a small diameter range, therefore you need to have many different ones to cover a wide range of hole sizes. If you are doing production jobs where you are measuring one hole size all day the cost...
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    King Milling Drilling Machine, $1900, Niagara Falls, ON

    The ability to hold larger dimensional pieces is true, however, on smaller mills the larger vise limits the y travel as the front of the vise makes contact with the column. It also hangs far over the table on the handle end, blocking the dials and making the hand wheels difficult to use.
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    I just scored a bridgeport head, and right angle attachment accessories

    I bought some items from a older gentleman in Waterloo that was down sizing. He has a Jackson No2 vertical mill that he was considering selling. Looking at some photos, that style of mill may be a candidate.
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