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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. jgimp69

    L00 backing plate

    Im the common denominator lol. The outer diameter and facing went great. Threading, beautifully. When I started using the cross slide with boring bar (Dorian MWLNR), I just could not get it to stop chattering. Tried different speeds and feeds, changed inserts, slight adjustments on the tool...
  2. jgimp69

    L00 backing plate

    Was asked to machine up a backing plate for a buddies Clausing lathe so he could mount a 3 jaw on it (It only came with a 4 jaw). Rough machined the plate to about 0.050” over, then cut the tapered bore after tramming the compound slide and finished with the threads. Wasn’t happy with the...
  3. jgimp69

    Sine bar, $30, Toronto, ON

    I’m still looking for a hinged sine plate if you come across one lol
  4. jgimp69

    Sine bar, $30, Toronto, ON

    I traded some stuff with this guy. Nice guy, great little shop just jammed full. Could have spent all day just shooting the shit checking stuff out.
  5. jgimp69

    Need creative engineering advice

    Sounds like you mounted it in the vise on the bored/larger section causing it to collapse and not the smaller diameter section?
  6. jgimp69

    Boring heads, $250, Kenilworth, ON

    Should be an easy job to machine an arbor. I did that with my boring head. Came with the taper and machined up an R8 to fit.
  7. jgimp69

    Assorted stuff

    Crowfoot sockets and wrenches sold
  8. jgimp69

    Indexing spacer head (dividing head) Vertex, $795, Colborne, ON

    I bought a 10” vertex rotary table (almost new) and a few other odds and ends. Not a steal but it was still a good deal. The guys shop is huge and absolutely full of stuff. You could barely move. I could have spent a weekend there just nosing around. Nice guy. Right by the big Apple too.
  9. jgimp69

    Assorted stuff

    Toolbits and lathe wrenches sold
  10. jgimp69

    Baldor 1.5HP motor

    Some more stuff... Baldor L3514TM motor 1.5HP, 1725rpm, 7/8” shaft New bearings installed and tested. Runs good and quiet. $150 Specs in page below https://www.baldor.com/catalog/L3514TM Can send a vid of it running if need be
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