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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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    Wanted: Table Top Hobby Size Bandsaw

    Johnwa, that there is a power hacksaw. They work great, but a bit slower. Blades should be a snap now you know what it is. Edit... Looks like it's been identified already... Sent from my H3123 using Tapatalk
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    Wanted - lathe chuck

    Busy bee has a 6" independant 4 jaw deal for $39.99. It's a wood lathe chuck but it's pretty solid. Threaded 1"-8tpi. Should work great for your needs. Sent from my H3123 using Tapatalk
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    Any Toronto GTA members interested in a meet-up?

    Make that an army of two. I'm in for a MeetUp.
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    4.5" discs for HSS

    Brown cutoff wheels I'm familiar with in that size are for masonry. The steel ones are grey. Check you have the right disk. A steel cutting disk on a small angle grinder zipps through hss bits pretty quick.
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    In the shop today

    Not sure welding is the best method for a breach plug. I would look into a threaded plug. It needs to be much thicker too.
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    Starting my first furnace

    I went with the perlite and sodium silicate because it was a very inexpensive option. Sodium silicate can be made from silica crystals (cat litter) and sodium hydroxide (drain cleaner). Perlite is cheap from the garden store. PPE required for sodium hydroxide! As stated, it holds up very well...
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    Starting my first furnace

    Line it with a mix of perlite and sodium silicate. It's very light and very insulating with a very good high temperature resistance. There are YouTube videos on the process.
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