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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. Susquatch

    Tool holders for AMMCO Shaper

    Sometimes we just have to believe that there is a God. While planning for the Ontario meetup, I ran across some Size 0 tool holders on Facebook that just happened to be on a street by the same name as the meetup location. I sent the seller a note and asked for more location info and asking if...
  2. Susquatch

    New to me Ammco 7" Metal shaper

    It might be helpful to know that there isn't much difference between forward and backward Ram velocity when the stroke is small. That's because the arm ratio isn't much different when the follower is near the center of the bull gear. The difference is MUCH more noticeable when the machine is set...
  3. Susquatch

    Shop Dangerous shop lights

    That REALLY SUCKS! I really feel for you. What was the device?
  4. Susquatch

    Noob needs help with custom HSS tool.

    I am guessing you cut that by turning the carriage handwheel manually instead of using the autofeed. It will get better with autofeed and also in manual feed with practice. It also looks like some swarf got back into the cut. All these things get better with practice. Especially since it already...
  5. Susquatch

    Announcing the 2025 Ontario Meetup April 26 in Aylmer

    What can I say.......WOW...... Great meetup. Better than anticipated. 19 people - in Aylmer no less! Wow! Including this Chicken character who showed up in a Transport Truck with a 53ft Trailer! Just never enough time for all the one-on-one small talk. Thank you to Pete and his wonderful...
  6. Susquatch

    Cincinnati tool and cutter grinder #2- $900 - Orono, On

    Woooo Hoooo! Pictures?
  7. Susquatch

    Tool Alligator clips for Fluke 77iii

    This is normal. It's what I call environmental noise. Really good meters have extremely high input impedance so they don't affect the circuit they are connected to. That means the leads will develop some stray voltage levels from the environment when they are floating. This should disappear when...
  8. Susquatch

    Announcing the 2025 Ontario Meetup April 26 in Aylmer

    We are doing a door prize draw. We are not selling tickets - to avoid legal issues.
  9. Susquatch

    Announcing the 2025 Ontario Meetup April 26 in Aylmer

    No problem. I got extra sausages and I'm pretty sure the sandwiches will self multiply.
  10. Susquatch

    New to me Ammco 7" Metal shaper

    You mean it's been running backwards for decades???? Ya, top speed in reverse would be SCARY!
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