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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. Payner

    Ontario Members: any interest in a meet/Greet?

    Hi Brent . I would be interested as well . Bill
  2. Payner

    Ontario member sound off

    Hi all I'm from Wasaga Beach , I just noticed this thread .
  3. Payner

    Unknown Mill

    My table is 7" X 30" and there is no mechanical lock or I can't see where one would go , will have to check the Craftex at Busy Bee next time I'm in town . I'm only guessing it's a Craftex . Using the stepper locks on the other 2 axis seems to work , but that was only light cuts in aluminum .
  4. Payner

    Unknown Mill

    I found a couple of pictures of the sub assemblies Notice the cog pulleys are 1:1 ratio , most CNC machines 3:1 ratio . Something else to investigate and change . The panel powered up , the computer power supply is on the back side of this panel in a mini computer tower . The green item on...
  5. Payner

    Unknown Mill

    Thank you for that information , I know that if using the X axis you typically would use a mechanical lock on the Y and Z axis . I had thought about using the " lock " feature on the control panel which I think should provide a similar result .
  6. Payner

    Unknown Mill

    Thanks RobinHood , fun project .
  7. Payner

    Unknown Mill

    John . Thanks for the comment. Here is a link to the site where I found the circuit http://www.haythornthwaite.com/119%20More%20Power%20at%20Your%20Elbow%20Electronics.pdf I made 3 of them , the X and Y are on the pendents so I can hand hold them when needed and the Z is on the control panel...
  8. Payner

    Unknown Mill

    This is a project that I'm still working on . Appears to be a Craftex CX603 ( current model ) , there is no name on it just a serial number stamped under the table and a decal under the belt cover indicating spindle speeds . I don't know any history on the machine as I bought it from a school...
  9. Payner

    Cincinnati No 2 Cutter Grinder Restoration

    Brent . Great looking job , I will watch as you finish up . Bill
  10. Payner

    Atlas MFC Horizontal Milling Machine Restoration

    Great job , I have done one of those as well now just waiting to replace one of the universals for the table power feed that was broken .
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