• 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!

Search results

  1. E

    Workplace Safety at work and in the home shop

    You're a millwright... So do you now own the plane that flies you to work and back home?:D
  2. E

    Workplace Safety at work and in the home shop

    If I had a nickel in my pockets for everytime I was in conversation with other trades people who were losing their minds about having to deal with a safety person or project manager whose previous work experience was interior decorator or they had a degree in commerce I'd have to turn my ball...
  3. E

    New Year's Prime Rib Roast Hash Leftovers

    Wow - that brings back memories! I went to Cody and all those places with my wife and in-laws in about 3 B.K. (B.K. - before kids). The main attraction was my father-in-law attending a poetry reading by a famous cowboy poet (can't remember his name).
  4. E

    New Year's Prime Rib Roast Hash Leftovers

    6 rib? Do you get that special order at your favorite butcher? Where I shop a roast like that would be under a glass cover, security laser beams, and an armed guard, "Sir, are you going to buy this roast? If not I suggest you move along."
  5. E

    Show us your shops!

    Everytime there is a big flood in an area where numerous buildings and houses are affected I always wonder what the long term affect is? Some of the old buildings I worked in were prone to plumbing failures and sewer line back-ups. Often after the repairs and basic clean-up we would need to...
  6. E

    New Year's Prime Rib Roast Hash Leftovers

    That looks really good! My wife cooks a mean Prime Rib roast. As the family grew the roast graduated from a 2 rib to 3 rib. Left-overs aren't a concern because there almost never is enough to do anything with.
  7. E

    Uber, we have a problem

    @140mower Ok, that is a little more than 30 years older. And besides, I doubt you have a hat like that.:)
  8. E

    Show us your shops!

    Or spend a lot of money to do, with greater difficulty, what could have been done when it was first wired and everything was open.
  9. E

    Show us your shops!

    For example, you bring the power to your junction box behind the ceiling fixture first and then run a 2 wire to the switch. The white gets tied to the hot at the JB then goes down to terminate on one side of the switch. The black ties onto the other side of the switch going back up to the...
  10. E

    Show us your shops!

    Older homes follow older code unless you modify, add, upgrade, etc. Then you have to follow the current code.
Back
Top