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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. DPittman

    Wild Honey Bee Swarm

    As you know I'm not a bee expert but if/when you find one I can almost guarantee they will talk your ear off about bees and provide all the info you could ever want and then some. I've known/know a few bee enthusiasts/experts before and each and every one of them had that characteristic. Now...
  2. DPittman

    First crash

    Well parting tools certainly can make a difference but make sure you've got all the basics covered first...angles, rigidity, speed, feed, lube, etc. The smaller the lathe the more important all those items are.
  3. DPittman

    Tool DCMT & brass

    Ha ha it's good to see others enjoy the same sort of thing as I do. I have a coil of brass probably 9 ft long on my shop wall as I thought it was beautiful in itself. I was using an "Eccentric" tangential diamond tool holder to make the cut and that tool doesn't have a chip breaker on it so...
  4. DPittman

    A near miss and big consequences

    I know from family experiences that I did not want to get shingles so as soon as I was able to get vaccinated I did. I don't remember if it was the first dose of the vaccine or the second but one of them knocked me on my keester! Very rough 3 days I believe. The other dose was unpleasant for me...
  5. DPittman

    Shoulder check

    Just take out airbags and seat belts and the injuries would be reduced significantly. Just joking of course I agree the stats are alarming and horrific.
  6. DPittman

    BB CX701 12x26? Abbotsford $3,500

    I wish
  7. DPittman

    Whisk(e)y, wine and cheese!

    No it certainly will not be good, well not until after 4 drinks or more of it then it starts to get really quite good. It then becomes delightful for the rest of the evening, but by mid morning the next day you'll swear it was dirty wool sock wash that some toothless cigar smoking hobo gargled...
  8. DPittman

    Solitary Bee House

    That was fast! I've had ZILLIONS of bees around my trees the last 10 days or so and as far as I can tell none of them have even given my new bee box a sniff yet.
  9. DPittman

    Shoulder check

    Ya don't worry motorcycles don't usually cause any damage to your vehicle. JUST KIDDING!!!
  10. DPittman

    Shoulder check

    I've got neck and spine problems and I don't shoulder check as fully or often as I should. I've pulled in front of someone more than once but thankfully haven't caused an accident. I'm teaching my kids to drive and am trying to stress the importance of a good shoulder check. "Don't do as your...
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