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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. pdentrem

    Part of our ride today

    Neither. Previous owner, three owners ago, brought the car back from BC in the early 80s and restored it. It has stayed the same since then. We purchased it in 2020. I looked at a project, but many up to 10 years of restoration and $75-100k is not my plan. Just to finish as I lose my license due...
  2. pdentrem

    Part of our ride today

    We were in Blenheim just two weeks ago. Drove down to Shrewsbury, then Ridgetown, Highgate and back to Hwy3.
  3. pdentrem

    Part of our ride today

    1936 Chrysler Airstream Business coupe. No rumble seat, just a huge trunk.
  4. pdentrem

    Part of our ride today

    We took part of the South Coast Dream Drive that covers Hwy 3 between Fort Erie and St Thomas Ontario. We tied this together with an extension to Highgate. There is an old service station set up as of decades ago. Parked our car at one of the pumps. Unfortunately due to the sun direction, sun in...
  5. pdentrem

    B&S Challenger Surface Grinder needed a repair

    Here is the bronze nut. This one is the original and I made a copy of it. The flat is there to clear a boss inside the casting. Once rotated into the correct position, the bronze nut is held by a steel nut from the top. Pierre
  6. pdentrem

    B&S Challenger Surface Grinder needed a repair

    We have the above unit 6X12 size. Likely many decades old. Anyway recently I replaced the oiler that had stopped working. Naturally as soon as I did that, all the ways are being lubed again! New complaint! The head drops after the operator stops lowering it down. Oil makes things slide! Ruins...
  7. pdentrem

    Colchester student lathe, $2000, Sudbury, ON

    We sold ours for $1000. The apron needed to be repaired. The shaft had worn the holes oblong and the gears would not engage properly every time.
  8. pdentrem

    Vulcan 150lb anvil, $500, Medicine Hat, AB

    It is not a bad price for a US made.
  9. pdentrem

    Dabblings

    You can switch the buttons on the mouse if required. On winblows https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-mouse-settings-e81356a4-0e74-fe38-7d01-9d79fbf8712b#:~:text=In%20the%20search%20box%2C%20type,and%20secondary%20buttons%20check%20box.
  10. pdentrem

    Dabblings

    My sister took over 12 days the last time she got it! Pierre
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