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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. Rick Runciman

    The basics

    They all break just as easy, your choice as to what you like.
  2. Rick Runciman

    Oversized Machining equipment.

    Don't apologize for having some summer fun JW. You can sell a lot of the bigger stuff by yourself, just walk into machine shops and show it, the guys are always looking for good tooling deals, specially these days with oil and gas out of business.
  3. Rick Runciman

    New kid

    Thanks Jwest, very cool site you have here. Looking forward to meeting you at your next meet up. I checked out Protospace,, totally awesome, gotta check that out too.
  4. Rick Runciman

    New kid

    Thanks Peter, nice meeting you. LOL, yep helis are hard to fly. LOL. I'm dreaming of an ultra light coaxial with 2 seats. Thinking of a 1/5 scale model of it, but the dream stuff has to go on the back burner as I was recently forced to press my shop into the small parts business. Low oil prices...
  5. Rick Runciman

    Oversized Machining equipment.

    Looking forward to pictures etc. I know lots of people in the trade in Calgary, who always like a good deal on holders.
  6. Rick Runciman

    Reverse Engineered

    Nice. Didn't know Modern did that. I love their cnc's. Cheap, run them to the gate for 5 years, toss it and get a new one. That Fagor 8055T is one sweet conversational system. My garage shop is old school only. Have some Craftex from Busy Bee, not bad machines. Are you going to use it for a...
  7. Rick Runciman

    Hss Vs Solid Carbide End Mills, Lessons Learned, Questions.

    End mills (4 flute) work the best at low rpm's and a high feed rate,, they need pressure to keep chatter away,, get some nice thick slices coming off and Bob's your Uncle. Slot Drills (2 flute) can be run faster at a slower feed rate, and are the tool of choice for keyways.
  8. Rick Runciman

    The basics

    When it comes to dials,, imho, the cheaper the better,, they get dropped, and fall in lathes, but I still have 2 nice tecloks in my tool box.
  9. Rick Runciman

    My Kijiji Haul Yesterday.

    LOL, when I saw the etched part,,, it's a deburring tool, for deburring the inside of a hole, like in a tube. Good grab. You got a few grand worth of goodies there.
  10. Rick Runciman

    Sticky What Machines Do You have?

    I have some craftex machines, not bad at all for small stuff. Got a nice angle rotary table, a combination vise,, and tons of tooling. I tried to retire but am being drawn into the small runs, small parts business in Calgary. Next machine coming into my shop,, a sweet little Hardinge turret...
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