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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. BMW Rider

    Shop If I had a million+ dollars, I'd build a...

    I recall some saying about nature and vacuums and a relationship to garages and stuff. My original garage was 24'w x 32'd pretty much at the limits of the basic bylaw allowances. I filled it and wanted more space, so several years ago I pled my case to the city and after much wrangling...
  2. BMW Rider

    Machine A new toy for the shop.

    I ended up getting one of these machines too. Got it set up on a base and did a bit of fine tuning. Managed to do the repair to my motorcycle bag and did a couple other small jobs. Once it's set up, it sews pretty well. I like that I can go slow being hand cranked. I found a facebook group all...
  3. BMW Rider

    Machine A new toy for the shop.

    Well that looks useful. I have a repair job on a motorcycle bag that would be much easier with that machine. Might have to look into getting one.
  4. BMW Rider

    Tips of the Trade

    Yep, used to do that for a living. The drill chuck idea attached to a slide hammer might be a good economical home shop version.
  5. BMW Rider

    Tales from the Dark Side - Wood Project

    very nice design and workmanship. It's nice to see others who enjoy working with the organic materials as well as metals for projects. My own winters project is this TV cabinet.
  6. BMW Rider

    Anyone from Calgary coming to the Island?

    If the shipping doesn't work out, you can store it in my garage for the next several years free of charge.
  7. BMW Rider

    Green Light Trigger For A Motorcycle

    Most traffic lights have gone away from the in-ground sensors and now use a camera sensor mounted up on the top of the light pole.
  8. BMW Rider

    Free - wooden work bench

    You could probably sell that for $1000 to someone who wants a rustic side table.
  9. BMW Rider

    Crescent tools also break

    I've always felt that an adjustable wrench's purpose is to pre-round the bolt head for the vice grips.
  10. BMW Rider

    Little one day projects

    I have considered anodizing parts in the past but have not yet done so. I don't have time to do this now, but might get a few other pieces done along with it later. The one nice thing with anodizing is that it stops the black oxide rubbing off on whatever is secured onto it. I will probably do a...
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