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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. skippyelwell

    Engineering Workshop Practice

    Here's a book I p/u decades ago, covers everything, I especially like the back cover calling for 4,000,000 machinists.
  2. skippyelwell

    Tips/Techniques Thank you thread.

    So true, I've said it before, this is kind of a special place on the internet. A big thanks for all the encourgement and advice I have recieved here and I'm sure will recieve in the future.
  3. skippyelwell

    Free to a good home.

    Trying to clean up the shop and clear some shelves off, I bought these Porta bandsaw blades a couple of years ago and just realized they aren't the right ones for my saw. Three brand new Milwaukee 35 3/8" 14 tpi blades, also have three or four 4"x36" sanding belts, I don' t have that size of...
  4. skippyelwell

    Granite surface plate, $100

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/935452555425922/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_general&referral_story_type=general&tracking=%7B%22qid%22%3A%22-266640158801301081%22%2C%22mf_story_key%22%3A%225800431310736573268%22%2C%22top_level_post_id%22%3A%225800431310736573268%22%2C%22com...
  5. skippyelwell

    Someone grab this, $150

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1204016627732032/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_general&referral_story_type=general&tracking=%7B%22qid%22%3A%22-266769213901934934%22%2C%22mf_story_key%22%3A%223681642495527960153%22%2C%22top_level_post_id%22%3A%223681642495527960153%22%2C%22co...
  6. skippyelwell

    Standard power hacksaw

    16", I answered your question on Thursday right after you posted but it seems to have disappeared.
  7. skippyelwell

    5gal way lube - $40 - Toronto

    So what would be the difference between that 68 way oil and regular hydraulic ISO 68?
  8. skippyelwell

    Electric Vise?

    Hmmm
  9. skippyelwell

    Hello and welding question

    If I were you I would buy used for sure, lots of good machines on kijiji and fb market place, if you ever decide you don't need it anymore you can sell them again for pretty much what you paid for it. Mig with a gas bottle will give you the best results, stay away from fluxcore Mig wire, the...
  10. skippyelwell

    Standard power hacksaw

    I p/u this power hacksaw last month to help with the all the cutting for the 2x72 belt grinder, got it working well enough to finish all the rough cuts then tore it down for a rebuild. Every bushing and bearing was crunchy or wallowed out and so loud I had to wear ear protection. It looks old...
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