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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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    Busy Bee CX603 VFD?

    Thanks David, that’s getting closer. I will visit their shop after Christmas and ask for options.
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    Tool Vevor Drill Bit Sharpener

    My Christmas present arrived today, a Vevor 3B drill bit sharpener. I read plenty of reviews and watched YouTube videos of owners testing them out. This makes my Drill Doctor look like a stone axe. This machine is amazing! It’s easy to use, comes with collets for 2 to 13mm. I sharpened over...
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    Busy Bee CX603 VFD?

    I heard back from E Motors direct… the 3 phase 2 hp motor is not outrageous but the cost of the VFD??? I hope there are much cheaper but still decent quality VFD options. Brook Crompton PF4N002-2 Your Price: $333.50 + $33.70 shipping + taxes Lead Time: we can ship this on December 24th, and it...
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    Busy Bee CX603 VFD?

    I have sent an email to Motors Direct, they have an outlet in Edmonton, I asked for a recommendation for a 3 phase 2 hp to fit my small knee mill and a VFD to go with it. I am no machinist, I am retired and restore vintage motorcycles, mostly Italian makes, I often need to fabricate parts or...
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    Show us your shops!

    My shop, I am no machinist, retired and I restore old Italian motorcycles, out of necessity I accumulated machine tools to fabricate parts and carry out repairs as finding parts or small shops willing to carry out these small projects is becoming increasingly difficult and I enjoy learning new...
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    Busy Bee CX603 VFD?

    Thank you for the advice, much appreciated. I need to start shopping for a 3 phase motor.
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    Busy Bee CX603 VFD?

    I have a small knee mill that looks just like a Busy Bee CX603, belt driven, single phase, 1hp, 110v motor. The mill is fitted with a DRO on X,Y and Z axis. There is no tachometer. I would like to have a variable speed drive without moving the belts around and be able to reverse the motor by...
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    Atlas Horizontal Mill $2100, Montreal PQ same seller as the shaper

    I messaged the seller on Saturday, already sold, I would have been happy to pick this machine up with all the extras it came with.
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    Bring out your shapers

    So true! too many folks think those spring ball bearing oil ports are for grease, I have seen several machines where a grease zert was installed believing this would be an upgrade.
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    Bring out your shapers

    It ‘was full of grease’ when I got it, stripped to the last nut and bolt, reassembled and lubricated as per the Atlas manual, 20 weight oil everywhere as per the diagrams except for the two Timken bearings on the main shaft that are grease fed through the two screw type grease caps. Graphite...
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