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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. MrWhoopee

    Identifying an odd thread.

    Your math is a little off, it's 20mm OD. M20 x 1.25 taps and dies are readily available.
  2. MrWhoopee

    Tips/Techniques welding cast!!

    I've had surprisingly good luck welding cast with 309L stainless filler, both TIG and stick. I also use it when welding alloy steels. Basically, if the welds are cracking, use stainless filler. The low carbon content and (oddly) higher ductility make it quite forgiving.
  3. MrWhoopee

    When the machining doesn't go according to plan...

    When I make a "major" mistake, I walk away. I need time to cool off and think about it before I attempt to correct/recover. Many times, while l lie awake in the middle of the night, the solution comes to me, and what had been a crisis becomes a minor detour.
  4. MrWhoopee

    Tips/Techniques Workshop Organization- things that have made a difference for you

    Aside from clearing the front steps, it has to be over a foot before I consider the shovel or the plow. The shovel doesn't see much use. I've discovered that, if you just leave it alone, the snow will eventually melt. People are just so impatient. The path from the house to the shop just gets...
  5. MrWhoopee

    6" Bridgeport Vise for Mill Milling Machine, $250, Windsor, ON

  6. MrWhoopee

    Mercury

    It was my first primary high-explosive, had to steal my dad's vodka to make it. He was relieved when he found out I wasn't drinking it.
  7. MrWhoopee

    Netflix price increase at wrong time entirely

    My wife is a B&W movie fan, mostly film noir. We find ourselves watching more free movies on YT than on Netflix.
  8. MrWhoopee

    You still on the fence to get a 3d printer?

    And I did cancel. The recent furor over certain restrictive updates to the Bambu firmware caused me to consider the implications of this sort of action going forward. The X1C still appears to be a superior printer, but the potential for other more onerous anti-consumer measures, and Bambu's...
  9. MrWhoopee

    Bambu Labs to implement an authorization and authentication protection mechanism

    In light of these developments, I've contacted Bambu to cancel my order for an X1C. This is exactly the type of issue that has caused me to avoid Apple products. When I shell out for a product, I expect to own and control it.
  10. MrWhoopee

    You still on the fence to get a 3d printer?

    My wife is used to that, all of my friends are unsavoury. They're just not as expensive.
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