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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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    Weekly community thrift haul thread

    Funny story. I had a tool box stolen out of the canopy on the truck. I wasn't so much the cost of the tools as they were super cheap rather the annoyance of having to replace them. So I checked in at the local pawn shop to see if they showed up. No Luck. But I did find a Mac 1/4" torque wrench ...
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    Generic 12x36 Lathe $1000 Abbotsford BC

    The GL300Cx914 will give you an idea what Chinese lathe manufacturer .
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    New to me Ammco 7" Metal shaper

    Oh dear, another book review on shapers . I paid $50 for my project shaper. I've spent a lot more than that on books. A fun You Tube videos are by Rustinox . I found his by a recommendation in Home Model Engineeers forum, I think it was. They had asked about book recommendations and his videos...
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    Headstock Bearing Races

    I've worked on too much machinery where no thought was given to repair. They seem to believe their designs were perfect, will work as they hoped and last forever. I'm not talking about throw-a-ways like cars and fridges. Sorry, just a pet peeve from dealing with struggles. Good design was...
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    coquitlam BC newbie

    Welcome. One of the millwrights I worked with, had worked for film company back east. They had to be very inventive.
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    Headstock Bearing Races

    If the manufacturer was nice there could be cut outs for the brass drift. If not, curse the engineer who spec it. If you can get some lip ,work your way around slowly so as not to cock it.. We have frequently had to resort to welding to shrink.
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    Can you turn a drill shank down with a carbide tool bit ?

    I'm working on a Delta Rockwell Tool maker surface grinder, a reasonable cost one when new. The table drive is rack and pinion, the pinion shaft was simply relied on the cast iron as the bearings. They are quite sloppy now as the machine is a 1968 one. A jerky drive doesn't do wonders for the...
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    Can you turn a drill shank down with a carbide tool bit ?

    I've made a few long shanked drills by welding. This time I'll be reaming the holes and they have to line up. That chunk of iron is simply too heavy , so I'll have to drill and ream it where it sits. I only have a pistol grip 1/2" drill motor. I certainly had thought about the drill press...
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    Buying from McMaster Carr

    My package just showed up at my home address . They wouldn't ship to Package Express, in fact they even named it. Hmm, maybe someone else has used them. No need to use my passport , or waiting in line at the border.This service is great.
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    Can you turn a drill shank down with a carbide tool bit ?

    Thanks, That is good to read. I need every mm. of length.
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