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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. Johnwa

    Timer

    I use a smart plug for my Xmas lights. You need wifi to set the schedule, but after that I don’t know.. I don’t pay for a subscription and they still work with my iPad turned off so maybe the schedule is stored internally.
  2. Johnwa

    Anybody with a 40W+ laser in Calgary?

    Calgary Protospace has a couple of CO2 lasers. I believe their open house is every Tuesday evening. Prior to Covid, Mount Royal U used to have a small maker space in their library. They had a CO2 laser that they would operate for you. It was free to the public.
  3. Johnwa

    Prusa core one

    Black Friday sale, Prusa free shipping on orders over $200US.
  4. Johnwa

    SM 2000 series feed clutch adjustment

    You can adjust it with the set screws which are part #5 in the drawing Brent posted.
  5. Johnwa

    Power failures pick the worst time, without fail

    We had an elevator drop in the Standard life building in Edmonton about 25 years ago. I didn’t hear much detail, no deaths but there was at least one broken leg.
  6. Johnwa

    Tool Lathe Stops

    If you leave it on the lathe it is ok. Otherwise it is too deep. It should be very shallow so when the bolt is loosened “slightly” the clamping portion can be rotated 90 degrees and the whole assembly can removed.
  7. Johnwa

    Weiss VM32 CNC mill conversion

    Tony Foale’s lathe els replaces the handwheel with rotary encoders. This allows full manual control but without any tactile feedback. I’m on the fence whether that is good or bad. [
  8. Johnwa

    New Windows

    I’ve replaced windows on two houses. I didn’t find much cost difference between the middle and top end windows. There is a big comfort difference though. There is no cold draft coming off the large triple pane living room window. I also didn’t find any significant cost difference between...
  9. Johnwa

    Some people are fearless, or foolish

    Yup, same thing with $5 marketplace items.
  10. Johnwa

    Metal lathe/band saw, $1500/$250, Duffield, AB

    I took a closer look. The strap just holds it on the moving trolley so it’s not as bad as it first appears. It does bear on the compound though.
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