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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. FatherWes

    Gerstner Tool Chests

    What about something like this. Gives you back that 1/4” of drawer depth. Lots of different sizes & materials available.
  2. FatherWes

    Tool Caliper with broken screw

    Hmm The bearing tips on the follow rest look familiar.. I have some used roller tappets. They look remarkably similar to those bearing tips… I might have to dig them out and do some measuring.
  3. FatherWes

    New puzzle (mosquito)

    I have a couple cheap side cutters that someone attempted to use on hard steel pins. They're pretty much useless as side cutters now, but they still take up space in my tool box. I can see how with a little grinding, I could modify one of these to become a great tool for clamping into the...
  4. FatherWes

    Tool Caliper with broken screw

    My guess is it’s cheaper to make it from 1/8” mild steel that’ll bend than from a high grade steel that snaps.
  5. FatherWes

    Controlling the mice population in our backyard

    Bird feeders are a favourite source of treats for the neighbourhood black bears too.
  6. FatherWes

    King 12x34 lathe, $350, Murillo, ON

    That’s what you get for telling your wife you only paid $500 for it when you brought it home new…
  7. FatherWes

    Tips/Techniques Rust removal on the cheap, but better than evaporust

    Any chemists here? If the objective of mixing water, sodium carbonate (or bicarbonate) and citric acid is to produce a solution of water and sodium citrate, why not just buy sodium citrate powder and mix in water? I see I can buy 1 kg of sodium citrate powder on Amazon for $27. Or I can buy...
  8. FatherWes

    Silly little question

    Found this convenient thread… https://canadianhobbymetalworkers.com/threads/oil-can-for-use-with-ball-oilers.2939/ https://canadianhobbymetalworkers.com/threads/oil-can-for-use-with-ball-oilers.2939/
  9. FatherWes

    Workplace Safety at work and in the home shop

    Yes. 20 pound ABC extinguisher. I do a fair bit of welding & grinding... I have a question for people who wear corrective eye glasses. What works for you for eye protection? I've tried goggles and safety glasses that fit over my prescription glasses. Between glasses fogging up or sweat...
  10. FatherWes

    Tool Christmas Tools

    I picked up a 5 inch vise for my mill from Vevor. Looking forward to making use of it. I also bought myself one of these: In-line ignition testor. Put it in series with a spark plug and it lights up if there's spark. After all these years trying to test for a spark while holding the plug...
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