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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. Gearhead88

    Shop Is your shop messy or spotless?

    Me too , I try to re- invest in my shop as often as possible
  2. Gearhead88

    Hi From Acme Alberta

    Welcome ! You tube channel ? , what's it called ?
  3. Gearhead88

    Shop Is your shop messy or spotless?

    I keep the metal chips cleaned up so my dog doesn't get her paws injured
  4. Gearhead88

    Shop Is your shop messy or spotless?

    I'm constantly re-arranging everything , trying to find the ultimate layout that maximizes the available space . I think , I've arrived at an arrangement I can stick with. I try not to bash stuff around , like my ex wife used to do , rearranging the entire house every other day ...... now that...
  5. Gearhead88

    Mill Stand Design - Static Stress

    And then , there is , the bush league approach , kind of a , visit the lumber yard , bring home some timber . buck it up and bolt together the mother of all stands for a mill drill. Years ago a buddy of mine , whom I've been friends with for 50 years calls and says " I want this monstrosity...
  6. Gearhead88

    Craftex CT043 old style

    I'm gonna go with ....... fix it and keep it , it's a pretty good lathe , mine is a work horse and has produced a lot of good parts , I like the gearhead design , no flipping belts . For what I do , mine does it all .
  7. Gearhead88

    Craftex CT043 old style

    The one and only fuse is on the 24v control circuit . There was a lot of coaching to get mine running again from the group here , as suggested at the beginning , when mine went on the fritz , several participants called it as a capacitor .......... , it would have only cost $20 - $30 if I had...
  8. Gearhead88

    Shop Things to have in your dream shop!

    Years ago , the 70's , in Calgary there was a stand off / shoot out with the police , It got ugly , they had the place surrounded , cops on both sides , they thought the guy should have surrendered by now but he wasn't ready ,a few of em got pissed off and started emptying the magazines on...
  9. Gearhead88

    Unknown Lathe (SB?) $400 Vancouver

    Poster child of tools that have been used , abused & un-loved
  10. Gearhead88

    Tool Starrett Cylinder Gage

    I've looked at them before , .001" is a fairly coarse measurement , so it's not something I'd want in my toolbox. For the work I do thats not close enough ,when honing engine cylinders measurements need to be more precise than .001" .
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