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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. Trent ks

    Mill and lathe advice

    Thanks a lot for the support, I haven't been able to find any of the brands so far suggested in used condition. With the exception of one bridgeport in Ontario on craigslist. I will probably be looking at spending$5000 including transport. I found this company as well...
  2. Trent ks

    Mill and lathe advice

    Thank you for the response. I would mostly like a manual mill that I can use to build other machines (off the top of my head a belt grinder, among other things) and knife profiling/drilling/tapping etc.. Sent from my SM-N900W8 using Tapatalk
  3. Trent ks

    Mill and lathe advice

    Hello! I am new to precision machining for the most part. I have checked around for machines at every tool store I can find to see what's available used. I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on older mill types and which ones are common enough that I could find spare parts or...
  4. Trent ks

    Trent KS Vancouver

    Great! I'll keep an ear open! Sent from my SM-N900W8 using Tapatalk
  5. Trent ks

    Trent KS Vancouver

    Thanks! I have family in Calgary and get out there now and then. Are there any workshops or gatherings of people from this forum? Sent from my SM-N900W8 using Tapatalk
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    Trent KS Vancouver

    Thanks Peter, I would like to narrow my focus a bit, I feel all over the map sometimes! Some are made with O1 I bought and others are made from old files. I have been using the simple non magnetic oil quench and house oven tempering method. Sort of crude, I did a lot of experimenting to find...
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    Trent KS Vancouver

    Hi John, Thank you, I used to be a member at communitylab in Vancouver, they have since changed locations and I have yet to visit the new space. They had a small lathe but that's sort of where the precision machining tools ended, and it wasn't exactly open to be used by everyone. I liked that...
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    Trent KS Vancouver

    Hello, I am a multidisciplinary artist based out of Vancouver. I have been blacksmithing and welding since 2010. I had the chance to use a metal lathe at my school in Montreal and since then I have wanted to acquire one of my own, as well as a mill. I have no friends who have experience with...
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