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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. Xyphota

    Atlas shaper 7b, Gananoque ON, $1500

    @Douglas Welcome to the forum! This is not an advertisement from a forum member, just an advertisement that was spotted and brought to attention on the forum.
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    Shop fluorescent to LED strategy

    This is slightly off-topic, but I purchased a couple of these in the past year and I'm pretty happy with them in the garage. Pretty convenient way to get more lumens out of a regular light bulb sockets...
  3. Xyphota

    2023 May Meetup - Calgary organization thread.

    I’ll definitely be there! And I’m happy to contribute some cash or to bring something for a BBQ!
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    Xyphota's bicycle related projects

    I bought the actuator bits from here, but everything else is shop made! https://openbuildspartstore.com/c-beam-linear-actuator-bundle/ The chainstay cutting configuration of this jig was mostly inspired by these guys: https://farrframeworks.com/farr-tools/chainstay-miter-fixture
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    Tools you waited too long to acquire

    I don't know if I'm old enough to have waited too long LOL, but my garage natural gas heater is hands down my favourite 'tool', and I'm sure my Dad would answer that he waited to long to get the heater.
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    Tips/Techniques Knurling on a flat surface

    That was pretty neat! I would have never thought to use the bottom of the compound as the moveable surface.
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    Xyphota's bicycle related projects

    Wow that website is incredible! Thank you so much for sharing, there are some amazing visuals in there. The more I scrolled the more impressed I was by how many topics they covered. The reaction forces visual about the spokes in a bicycle wheel is the best I've seen, I'll reference that the next...
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    Standard modern 1230 utilathe… value?

    Is there an advertisement for this somewhere? I didn't see it on Kijiji or Marketplace
  9. Xyphota

    Tool Universal Bevel Protractor question.

    I don't have a price suggestion at the moment but I am interested in this if you decide to sell! Where about are you located? A good starting place would be to check ebay for similar items.
  10. Xyphota

    Free drafting table, PTBO

    That is so cool! If I were closer I'd definitely grab it. It would useful for my 1:1 bicycle drawings
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