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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. mmcmdl

    Heat wave ?

    6 days in Calgary and haven't seen 1 cloud ! What's up with that ? :cool:
  2. mmcmdl

    Vertical mills... Buy once or baby steps?

    If no restrictions on space , I would be looking for a knee mill equipped with a ProtoTrac set-up . it's only xy and not z but you may never need it . Little Matsurra CNCs are out there and they'll run forever for a full blown mill .
  3. mmcmdl

    New Member- Barrie Ontario

    Welcome from down south of the border . :)
  4. mmcmdl

    Heat wave ?

    Pics or it didn't happen ! :D
  5. mmcmdl

    Hunterwood auction, Calgary/Cochrane, AB

    Looks like a Clausing Colchester or Harrison . Nice !
  6. mmcmdl

    'Challenger' Bridgeport Clone, Calgary $4500

    It has a power down feed . It's the knob to the right of the light for 3 feed rates . Pull the knob out to the left of the quill scale and you're good to go . :) This is not a big issue but one thing I see that I don't like . The power / reverse switches are located way down out of reach for...
  7. mmcmdl

    Heat wave ?

    After I posted this thread , I got to talking with Dabbler . He explained that a lot of people do not have air conditioning and many are elderly . So I see why now they issue the heat alerts at 80 degrees . It feels great to me but not others . If any consolation , it's 97 back in Md and has...
  8. mmcmdl

    Cat California air tools compressor drain issue

    I've got filter housings with coalescing filters .They are always cracked open at the bottom letting the water escape . I leave the drain on the tank cracked also . I don't use the compressor daily , and not worried about having a small pressure drop . I actually have 2 brand new tanks out in...
  9. mmcmdl

    Stampede time

    Hey John ! Waiting for my phone to charge and I'll give you a call .
  10. mmcmdl

    Stampede time

    So , we're up in Calgary now for 2-3 weeks . Anyone up for a smallish meet-up somewhere ? Maybe the Dab can get something together ? I'm near John but can drive anywhere .
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