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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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    Tips/Techniques Which printer to buy advice needed

    You did not say it what 3d printer platform, assuming based on your note that is a FDM. I have a SLA, from same Creality... The machine is well built and solid good design mechanically, but the Tech Support is a real clusterfock. Creality Halot Sky is much better built mechanically then my...
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    If you need any higher level CAD work....

    You can contact me. I've been in engineering consulting jobs since '04 as a self employed, all time worked for biggest OEM in North America and mostly these were private companies. Semi retired now and feel bored but most importantly I need to brainstorm, no TV and wife is at work during day...
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    Supplies Picatinny cutting tools?

    The accuracy....need a pile of luck as well don't trust Utubers. At 100 meters a 1" group of 5 shots will not place you in competition, projecting it to further distance, at 200 meters need to hit consistently a 4" plate and 6" at 300 meters. So, people who compete need a micron tolerance on the...
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    Supplies Picatinny cutting tools?

    Yes, .22 Leshiy2 @50 meters and .25 Impact @100 meters, this one I planning to make a stronger backbone for higher power to reach 200 and 300.
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    Supplies Picatinny cutting tools?

    Many of you made a valid point. Buying a finished rail is a most cheapest option, but getting complicated attaching multiple parts. I still need to outsource the mounting. Yes, this is for an airgun, but :) it is a high precision for shooting and scoring target rings at longer ranges @ 100 and...
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    Supplies Picatinny cutting tools?

    I have a winter project for my airguns, also a friend with machine shop, but he have no these specialty tools. I was looking online to buy a set, the prices are insane. Also the 7x series aluminum prices are up in the sky. Anybody have a good source to point me to? I would like to get a "made"...
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    Tool Where can I get metric tapered endmills?

    I just finished my order from aliexpress for a set of five sizes 3-8mm. Looks like this will be a winter project. These will be 1.5 degree, I can rework the other parts until these tools gets in. A friend of my has a machine shop, he told me re-sharpening cutters in GTA costs as much a new. Yes...
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    Tool Where can I get metric tapered endmills?

    Or, where can I get taper pin reamers in mm sizes?
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    Tool Where can I get metric tapered endmills?

    In GTA or close proximity to L4G7X4. I need 1 degree angle on flute, 5mm and 6mm on tip, flute length at least 20mm but longer is better? I tried the common machine shop supplies (KBC for example), most of them have 1 deg and tip 3/16" (too small) and 1/4" (too large). I need to fix these...
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    Looking for a precision lathe help in GTA (Greater Toronto Area)

    I decided not getting a brand new benchtop lathe but fishing from a second hand. I have a SLA 3d printer for most of my parts but this one needs a lathe. Not looking to commercialize my parts, but for sure there is an open market segment for it. This is a sample drw for 1+1 parts I would need...
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