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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

    Anyone going to the Calgary Motorcycle show?

    I'm thinking about going, possibly Friday afternoon.
  2. BMW Rider

    Gerstner Tool Chests

    I like the idea of recessed finger pulls with the drop front. Knobs would need a larger gap for clearance and leave the drawers pushed further back into the box.
  3. BMW Rider

    Gerstner Tool Chests

    Building one of these tool boxes is a project that's on my future list of things to build. I look forward to seeing your build and any resources you find for information and hardware.
  4. BMW Rider

    Lathe chucks, Calgary, AB

    We're gonna need a bigger lathe.
  5. BMW Rider

    Little one day projects

    This little project did have some metal work in it so figured I'd share it there. I was inspired to make myself a small square for use in woodworking using some brass flat bar I had on hand. Found a scrap of q-sawn white oak that was the right size. I figured it wasn't much more work to make two...
  6. BMW Rider

    Little one day projects

    This was more than a one day project, it took several one days. For quite some time I've wanted to rig up a power drive for to raise and lower the head on my CX601 mill since I have it set up on a work bench that makes it a bit of a reach to get to the crank handle. I've seen where someone...
  7. BMW Rider

    Something I would never do in my shop.

    I probably shouldn't even let myself use my shop. No way I'm letting someone else use it.
  8. BMW Rider

    Label maker - do you have a recommendation?

    I prefer to call it cerebral flatulence. It's more of a chronic condition than a periodic incident.
  9. BMW Rider

    Temu Coupons... be very careful

    If Temu sold ten foot poles, I still wouldn't touch it.
  10. BMW Rider

    Some people are fearless, or foolish

    Years back I was leaving Home Depot and was behind a short bed lifted pickup that had a load of plywood in the back, probably about 15-20 sheets, no tie downs. The light went green and he hit the gas hard. As the truck surged forward the entire load slid out the back and dropped in a still neat...
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