• Scam Alert. Members are reminded to NOT send money to buy anything. Don't buy things remote and have it shipped - go get it yourself, pay in person, and take your equipment with you. Scammers have burned people on this forum. Urgency, secrecy, excuses, selling for friend, newish members, FUD, are RED FLAGS. A video conference call is not adequate assurance. Face to face interactions are required. Please report suspicions to the forum admins. Stay Safe - anyone can get scammed.
  • 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. terry_g

    How to stop your android phone spying on you

    In October 2004 I applied for a job as a mechanic with BC Hydro the government owned electric utility. A short while later I was contacted and told I was the successful applicant but first I had to do an interview with an outside company Western Management Consulting. They gave me a phone number...
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    Identifying an odd thread.

    An employer of mine had a nice dial type bore gauge. I needed a longer extension rod for it to measure the cylinder bore taper in an engine block. It had an odd thread it appeared to be a 1mm thread pitch but cut on a .250" diameter rod as far as I could tell. Our lathe could not cut a metric...
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    Other Shop footwear - what's on your feet?

    I depends what I'm doing in the shop. I had been wearing Terra boots at work for years. Comfortable and they stand up well and their made in Canada. I saw a pair of Terra Albany CSA safety work shoes on canadianfootwear.com on sale for $100 so I ordered them. They are sturdy and very comfortable...
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    Which Linux? Be Kind…

    I have been running Linux on my desktop as my main operating system since 2003. I started with Fedora 0.9 and probably seven or eight years ago switched to Linux Mint with the Mate desktop, it's an Ubuntu based distro. There are programs that will allow you to rum Windows programs on Linux...
  5. terry_g

    Unimat Lathe

    What size tool bits does a Unimat DB200 lathe use? A friend recently acquired one and needs tooling for it.
  6. terry_g

    Reminder to microchip your pets...

    I always thought that if I made cat and dog water dishes that looked like small toilets they would be a big seller. I might get rich!
  7. terry_g

    Mounting A Kappa Box On A KLR650

    I have a nice Kappa 42 litre K-Force top case for my Suzuki DL1000. I would like to be able to use it on my KLR650 as well. I don't like the plastic adaptors that are available and if an aluminium is available it will be $250 so I made my own out of 3/16" aluminium plate. I set it up in my mill...
  8. terry_g

    Tool Lathe files

    I have Nicholson lathe file that I bought from Thomas Skinner in 1995. Its still sharp and its well used. I wonder if a new one would last that long.
  9. terry_g

    Whelp, there goes the neighborhood.

    Propane does not produce carbon monoxide. That is why it is used in equipment that works in enclosed areas.
  10. terry_g

    Light duty "precision" impact screw driver?

    I have loosened small screws with mine using a 3/8" to 1/4" adaptor and magnetic screwdriver bits.
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