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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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    Tools you waited too long to acquire

    My local Dollarama has medium sized boxes with fixed dividers that work well for my collection of small (m2/m2.5/m3) screws. Check in the area for beading and other craft items. For slightly larger items like miniature bearings, GT2 pulleys and such I bought three dozen tackle boxes with fixed...
  2. K

    Stuart’s big dumb lathe

    You "WONDER"? I assumed that we all are!
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    Chucking reamer set, $200, Whitby, ON

    https://www.amazon.ca/Accusize-Chucking-Reamer-Straight-5500-SF00/dp/B00HQMXL38/ for one possibility. Wasn't there talk of an Accusize discount?
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    Micrometer appraisals

    The good thing about the M&W set is that it appears that all of the standards are included. I have the same set in similar condition and I believe that I paid $100 or so perhaps 5 years ago.
  5. K

    Eclipse

    It wasn't the cooling that caused the boom but rather the absence of sunlight pressure that stopped forcing the air out of your area. It is a well known fact that light pressure is very important to determining the weather.
  6. K

    Tool Tools of the Trades Show

    I picked up a few "treasures": some nice Starrett tap holders and a stand for #1-60 drills (same as https://www.ebay.com/itm/275858270873). I was considering cloning the drill stand as a short production run. Any interest?
  7. K

    Tool Tools of the Trades Show

    Did anyone else attend the Tools of the Trades Show in Pickering today? Any treasures? I noticed that Stuart (our guide at the Toronto Meetup) found some toys there!
  8. K

    Tool Boring Head Disassembly

    https://www.cafr.ebay.ca/itm/174004052529 Does anyone have experience with this boring head? I have an identical one and would like to mount it on something other than an MT2 arbour. It appears that the head is a separate piece from the arbour (the two parts have very narrow flats for an open...
  9. K

    Small torque wrench or gauge?

    Any good stuff at Cardon? I haven't visited since before COVID but previously they always had some good toys.
  10. K

    Small torque wrench or gauge?

    Amazon says "Currently unavailable. We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock." for https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0BDR6F2GY
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