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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. quitereal

    Plasma cutter for under $300!!

    Dont forget your ppe - green face shield or welding helmet. Youll also get a tan on bare skin.
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    Product Vise Stop!

    Must be this one? https://a.co/d/0jYkppl
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    Tesla Cybertruck Has Evolved!

    This was doing the rounds today https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/it-s-not-this-tesla-cybertruck-s-fault-that-it-s-stuck-in-a-little-snow/ar-AA1vL2bD Video too short and wrong tires but I bet all the smartness fights against you in this situation. A 2wd gas jobber and some rocking would get out.
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    Standard Modern 19/80 lathe with accessories, Victoria

    https://gcsurplus.ca/mn-eng.cfm?snc=wfsav&sc=enc-bid&scn=521791&lcn=676771&lct=L&srchtype=&lci=&str=1&lotnf=1&frmsr=1&sf=ferm-clos&saleType=
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    CX704 Lathe conversion

    I used that board for a 3d printer, it was good for that because it supported all the bells and whistles of the TMC drivers in the early days without additional wires. Are TMCs a thing with bigger drivers? Like are there skookum high powered silky smooth cnc drivers where you can set current...
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    Tool Cheap alternatives to expensive tools thread

    Never let your schooling get in the way of your education. -Mark Twain
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    how I spent my sunday....

    All this woodworking talk has got me so nostalgic *sniff* Made a crude sled to surface a workbench once upon a time, but yeah a cnc with a spoilboard bit would be nice to flatten stuff. We used to just work around planer snipe by planning to cut 3 inches off each end. Cut your pieces to length...
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    how I spent my sunday....

    Ammonia fuming wood is really a thing, works well on red oak, they used to notice it in barns because of the pee lol. Again better than modern stains and brings out the grain. Penetrates deep. I bet it was a beautiful table
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    how I spent my sunday....

    Analine dyes or acid dyes make those medullary rays really pop, then shellac helps a bit yet, I found even epoxy gave a deeper better reflection of the grain than regular varnish. My favorite is ebonizing it with vinegar and steel wool to make it gray then shellacing it
  10. quitereal

    Standard Modern 19/80 lathe with accessories, Victoria

    Hmm, previously had 5k minimum https://canadianhobbymetalworkers.com/threads/standard-modeen-1980-lathe-gcsurplus-auction-victoria-bc.13121/
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