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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

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

    You can all go straight to hell! I fell down this rabbit hole hard, and there is just no bottom. The last few days have been consumed with reviews, comparisons, filaments and more than I can list or remember. I've dowloaded FreeCAD, modeled my first part and generated the STL. AND I just...
  2. MrWhoopee

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

    NOW I do!
  3. MrWhoopee

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

    STOP!, You guys are killin' me here! Now you've got me lookin' at Bambus and Prusas and geezus what else?! Once I got my surface grinder, my shop and my life were complete. That lasted all of six months. Step up to the hole, open wallet and jump in.
  4. MrWhoopee

    Found at the Dump

    An old friend was complaining about his ex-wife's new boy friend and the potential risk to their son. I knew the boy friend and asked what the problem was. He exclaimed "He's a junkie!" I smiled and replied "Yes, he has a contract to scavenge the dump two days per week and sells the stuff...
  5. MrWhoopee

    Well I feel stupid - am I the only one?

    My SB Heavy 10 is similar, neutral between lead-screw forward and reverse. I breathe a sign of relief when I shift into neutral and the clatter stops.
  6. MrWhoopee

    The wonders of Bill's Privates

    Micro$oft has relented somewhat on the TPM requirement for Win11. They will actually tell you how to install on a "non-compliant" system, with the disclaimer that they won't guarantee it will work properly. I have a client who is running an ancient bookkeeping package in an XP VM that I set...
  7. MrWhoopee

    Huge list of unfinished projects for the new year

    It sounds like you are referring to the original with 1/8" retract, which (IIRC) is the one you have. The new, 1" rectract model has exact;y what you are describing. (Something about "great minds....") Have you watched the video that @TorontoBuilder posted above? I created a FB group (I...
  8. MrWhoopee

    Huge list of unfinished projects for the new year

    Absolutely! I am currently working out a change to address an issue that has been on my mind.
  9. MrWhoopee

    Huge list of unfinished projects for the new year

    I like it just fine, in fact I encourage it. While not as profitable, I find it equally gratifying that someone would want to copy my work. It's one thing to buy something, another matter entirely to build it.
  10. MrWhoopee

    Tool Vevor Drill Bit Sharpener

    Exactly what I was thinking.
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