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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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    Metal lathe options

    I have had 2 10” Atlas lathes. They are wood lathes with end gears and a lead screw attached. All the greats and handles are made of die cast Zamak, flat bed rails … Still better than no lathe. Old Dave Sobel was a machine tool parts supplier in New Jersey. He called Atlas lathes the Lathe that...
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    10EE in regina sk(built in 91)

    I know Bob as well, he is an honest guy. I bought my Rivett 10-20F from him, great deal.
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    Shooting Star DRO

    You probably knows this already but just in case you don’t know they closed down a few years ago.
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    Lathe Chuck Keys by member 'a smile'

    Just opened my three, they look like something made by Starrett. These are an incredible value.
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    Tool Help 300lb table crane - must be some mechanical engineers around here?

    Abom has become the biggest shill In the machinist category on YouTube
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    Speed Handle for Kurt Vise - $20

    Nice
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    YYC: Wazer Waterjet Cutter

    Is this the same model You Tuber Keith Fenner runs?
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    Lathe Chuck Keys by member 'a smile'

    I just ordered 3, one of each size. Amazing value and design, there looks to be a lot of time and effort put into these.
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    keller die filler Langley BC

    It works better with the longer files for me, it has no advantage for the short files in my uses. I was surprised to find that the old “Shopsmith” multi purpose machine had a set of short die filer files available as an accessory. They can be found on Ebay sometimes as “jig saw files”
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    If you were to buy a rotary table again- would you change it’s size?

    Wow that sounds like an interesting job.
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