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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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    Cheap miller welders

    Yup got a giant orange Acklands n-250 ac/dc/p/hf. It's just an orange Miller Dialarc. Picked it up in 2012 for $400 and it still welds great. I was tickled to get a 300 amp ac/dc tig machine for that cheap. I absolutely love it. Only down side was it was a pain moving a 400lb welder when I got it.
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    Is this normal on a mill?

    I was running my Modern ZX45 Mill today and put it through the paces really for the first time since getting it a year and a half ago. I have used it before but only for a few minutes at any given time. Tonight I ran it for 2 hours straight and a few decent cuts. The heaviest being about .250"...
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    Miller Cricket XL Mig Welder, $475, High River, AB

    It's been a long time since I have seen one of these.
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    Buying socket head cap screws online

    Do you need to be a business and have an account to Buy from fastenal? when I was on their website it seemed like you do but maybe it's different in store? We have one in town but I have never gone in before.
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    Sourcing Metal | General Discussion

    I will be in Calgary in march with my truck if you happen to feel the need to downsize your stock.
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    Buying socket head cap screws online

    That quite the catalogue I wonder how my wife would feel if I were to print it to have a copy in the shop haha. Would be handy to have a catalogue like that in the shop for reference of what types of clips and fasteners are available for projects. I enjoy flipping through paper catalogues of...
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    7 x 14 Mini Lathe and Mini Vertical Milling/Drilling Machine, $1500, Lethbridge, AB

    Maybe I am out to lunch but that price seems high for these machines used. Maybe someone more knowledgeable in this size of machines can correct me if I am wrong.
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    Cutting tools for machine shop, $100, Cambridge, ON

    Is that because they are loose in a container together? I as so I know what to watch out for in the future.
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    Sourcing Metal | General Discussion

    Well I bit the bullet today and bought some .375x3 aluminum flat bar from metal super market. No where else would return my emails when I inquired about purchasing from them since I am not a business. I even tried one place that I had an account about 15 years ago and got nothing from them...
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    Buying socket head cap screws online

    I went to bolt supply house to get the few screws I needed. After looking for a bit and not finding what I needed I had to play 20 questions with the desk to finally get what I was after. They just had bulk bins and no boxes so I asked if they had boxes of 100 for 10-32 socket head cap screws. I...
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