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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. cjmac

    Mini excavator needs new tracks

    Thanks for posting this. I Have a JD35 where one of the idlers has a ridge on the side that is breaking away one small piece at a time. I have thought a few times about just welding and machining a repair to see if it holds. Anyway, your posts have encouraged me to think more about repairing...
  2. cjmac

    Other Vevor ultrasonic cleaners?

    I bought the 10 litre Vevor about a year ago. Haven't had a chance to use it much. When I got it the ultra sonic part worked but there was a problem with the temperature controller. I sent them the requested video demonstrating he problem and they decided that it needed a new circuit board (not...
  3. cjmac

    Spot Welder at PA

    They still list similar transformer but the 9v version is not currently available. https://www.banggood.com/AC-220V-Input-to-AC-6V-9V-12V-15V-18V-24V-Output-5W-EI-50Hz-Single-or-Dual-Voltage-Copper-Power-Transformer-p-1889332.html?cur_warehouse=CN&ID=63098426312651&rmmds=search Chris
  4. cjmac

    Spot Welder at PA

    There was a foot pedal on the Banggood website at the time. I got that. Also, there was a 220 v to 9 v (ac) transformer available that I got, so everything could run off one plug. The 3d case didn't include room for the transformer and since it is 220 volts it would probably be better to put it...
  5. cjmac

    Spot Welder at PA

    I bought one of the PA 220v spot welders a year or so back. Played around with it for an hour or so and it does work, but as several have mentioned it would help if there was a timer and foot pedal. I bought this...
  6. cjmac

    Amazon Shipping

    I ordered two things from Amazon.com, to be sent to a friends address in Phoenix Arizona, so I could pick them up when I was there. It was for some reason way cheaper than shipping to Canada. Anyway, the first item arrived fine, the second item, Amazon claimed that the address didn't exist and...
  7. cjmac

    Tool Cute Little Audio Frequency Oscilloscope

    My first Heathkit was a shortwave radio. Then over the years there were a few other things. Still have the shortwave radio and a Radio Direction Finder. Building electronics or fixing cars came pretty easy. Dating a girl definitely more of a challenge (at first). Chris
  8. cjmac

    Car memories

    I had a '68 El Camino with a 327. I put in a Schieffer street clutch and found about 50 more horsepower (because the stock clutch was slipping) I never bent the clutch rod but I snapped one of the arms off the clutch linkage. Stopped playing with stuff like that when I was 19 but I have gone...
  9. cjmac

    CA-BC Where to buy green sand in Victoria?

    Smith Bros. used to have a foundry and a warehouse full of patterns. I got many casting done there a long time ago. Then there was a fire and some of the buildings and all of the patterns were destroyed. In the past 10 or so years I have bought metal from them but to my knowledge the foundry...
  10. cjmac

    CA-BC Where to buy green sand in Victoria?

    I got a couple of bags of Bentonite from Buckerfields on Keating Cross Rd. about 10 years ago. Might be worth a phone call if you are looking for it. Gypsum can be used as a parting powder. not saying there aren't better products out there but people have been casting stuff for a long time and...
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