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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

    Beaver wood bandsaw - $250 - Toronto, On

    I know an old man who did a marathon and an iron man in his 90s. And you should see that old man dance! HOLY CRAP!
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    Funny dot on Windows 10 user icon

    I use the Windows-L key all the time to prevent grandkids from messing up my profile. Win-L does NOT log you out. It merely locks your profile and gets you to the switch profile screen. In the background, your profile is still exactly as it was when you locked it.
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    Product Cordless tools

    I gave up trying to install replacement batteries. I just recycle them now. Makita in particular was fussy as hell. Someplace I read that they have a chip hidden in the battery pack that keeps track of battery use. Sort of like Canon or HP printer ink. But I have no real knowledge of it. Just...
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    Worth picking up a mill/drill?

    Yes, the reamer will follow the hole. But I wouldn't bother with the lathe unless you already have the quill out and it's easy to do. It will clean up just fine by hand in the drill press. Keep in mind that rust isn't good for the reamer. Might be good to clean it up first without changing the...
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    Announcing the 2025 Ontario Meetup April 26 in Aylmer

    Is anyone coming who has a 3D printer they could demo? Something really simple. Maybe upload a small block from a laptop CAD Program and go through the steps to print. Even if it's just a quick go to start it going and then quit. Anyone? Volunteers for other small (or big) presentations...
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    Product Cordless tools

    ^This. The whole point of battery powered tools is portability, size, and no cord. The lack of standardization does not offend me. I just picked a few formats based on the array I fell into and stuck with them. In my case, that is currently Millwaukee M12 and Dewalt 20. Besides, a few friendly...
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    Hardening brass

    There is no simple solution or specific answer to your question. The best answer is "it depends" there are simply too many variables in the process. When brass work hardens, it isn't a singular event. Instead it is a series of smaller steps where individual grains of metal form new boundaries...
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    Machine 1x42 Linisher upgrade

    Nice. I like what you did to it. Mine has a 5" wide belt, but I'd like to see if I could modify it to work like that too. Do you have a model name? Is it my imagination or do you actually have like 50 grinders lined up behind it?
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    WTB 220v 1 phase 1 hp motor

    The good thing about the kind of frame in your first photo is that it's usually pretty easy to make an adapter plate. Your motor looks quite similar to the motor I replaced in my Bridgeport Clone. I couldn't find a motor with same frame. But a simple plate allowed me to adapt in an amazing zero...
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    Funny dot on Windows 10 user icon

    Hey John, I asked Perplexity (an AI app) about it. It led to various articles one of which said this: 1. Brown/orange dot on user profile icon = Microsoft account sign-in issue. 2. Brown box on file icons = OneDrive or icon cache glitch. I found similar explanations elsewhere. I'd focus...
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