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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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    Milling machine stand for sale or trade

    That would work for me, any time after Monday next week, Thanks Jim
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    Milling machine stand for sale or trade

    I would buy it for your asking price if it were in Edmonton!
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    12 x 36 lathe vibration

    I fitted the link belt to my lathe today, it is a 5/8” twist link I got off Amazon. A 1/2” wide link belt would have been a better fit but the 5/8” will work. The lathe runs very smooth now, a great improvement over the old V belt and the bouncing motor. The belt does give off a high pitch...
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    12 x 36 lathe vibration

    Thank you. I had Amazon deliver me a 5/8” wide link belt, will install it tomorrow
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    12 x 36 lathe vibration

    I tightened the motor mount set stud, it has significantly reduced the vibration! Thank you for the advice. The belt is 1/2” wide but the distance between the pulley flanges at the top edge is close to 9/16” and the belt sits deep into the ‘V’, I think it rides on the bottom of the ‘V’ on the...
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    12 x 36 lathe vibration

    Thanks, I will take a look at that. The swinging motor mount on my lathe has one threaded stud attached to the mount, the end of this stud has a rubber tip on the end that buts up against the vertical surface of the lathe body. The rubber is fairly tight against the lathe but it does bounce with...
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    12 x 36 lathe vibration

    Again many thanks for all the great information!
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    12 x 36 lathe vibration

    Thanks for the explanation and picture! I did t realize the tabs faced inwards.
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    12 x 36 lathe vibration

    Thank you for the Lee Valley source. I just checked Busy Bee and they have them in 3/8” and 1/2” width. The Link Belt does not have a V profile, should the belt sit down into the pulley V or is it intended to span the full width of the inside of the pulley?
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    12 x 36 lathe vibration

    Thank you everyone for your prompt and thorough responses! I will purchase a new belt on Monday. I don’t know of a local supplier in Edmonton for a linked belt. My lathes motor and corresponding gear head input shaft pulleys are double row - stepped V pulleys but my lathe has always had just...
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