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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. Richard G

    CAD Forum intro

    II use AutoCad lite for work on 2D electrical drawings. I have used it many times to design parts. I used to have the 2000 version running on a (XP) virtual machine as I could not install it in Win7 or 10. It is an indispensable tool to have! I would like to find a CAD program that I can...
  2. Richard G

    Our first big step towards even more exciting next steps. (Group Courses, Group Metal Buys, etc.)

    Completed the survey! better late than never
  3. Richard G

    DRO Axis

    Thanks for the info guys, I have it installed and working, just some finishing touches to do! When the reading on the feeds increase so do the readouts.
  4. Richard G

    DRO Axis

    This question is going to highlight the newbie that I am but here goes! Is there a proper direction to install a DRO on the Y axis of a mill. I am thinking the reading should rise as I bring the table towards the machine (forward) and vise-versa if you look at it as a Cartesian graph layout. But...
  5. Richard G

    Tool Good quality bearing/gear pullers?

    I have had great luck with the PA pro-point three jaw puller. I did put it to the test on a stubborn hub bearing. I have some Snap-On which are good, OTC which are just barely OK. a Miller-Detroit which is also very good. As I no longer make my living with these tools, I would not spend the...
  6. Richard G

    Zip ties

    I too have had issues with supposed premium ties. These were the T&B brand which are usually pretty good. We were told that a bad batch of plastic was to blame. We buy these by the thousands.
  7. Richard G

    New rotary table

    No it does not. It has 2 recessed holes for allen head bolts to mount in a T slot.
  8. Richard G

    Cast Iron stock

    I am certain the 4140 will work fine for my application. Very impressive equipment for a home shop !
  9. Richard G

    Tool to bend flatbar?

    I have the fixed one from Busy Bee. I would buy another Die for it if I could because it would be nice to hav a bit more control over the radius of the bend. You cannot rely on the stopper for repeatability. It always moves. I do think it is built a little heavier than the PA version but I am...
  10. Richard G

    Cast Iron stock

    Awsome! Just curious Tom, What would a hobby machinist be doing with a 400 pound rod of cast iron? Your shop must be well equipped to handle such pieces.
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