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  • Several Regions have held meetups already, but others are being planned or are evaluating the interest. The Calgary Area Meetup is set for Saturday July 12th at 10am. The signup thread is 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. little ol' e

    Shop Old school stuff

    My memory isn't the greatest these days but, IIRC, I was dealing with Guy and the sales team, along with the tooling reps for testing @ Duramill in those years. Prior to Duramill getting on board with Kennametal I believe. Now that I think back, it must have been around the mid way of 2006. I...
  2. little ol' e

    Woo hoo! It's a cold snap!

    You are welcome sir. Other than the cold snap here, are things heating up inside you for some particular reason? Sounds like I have a Susquatch just about ready to pounce haha...
  3. little ol' e

    Er40 collet chuck

    Some shops cannot make these types of holders in house anymore, depending on customer approvals. When are made to buy as part of the TE agreements and so on. That certainly isn't something that a beginner in this hobby could pull off IMO. You deserve to give yourself much more credit than you...
  4. little ol' e

    Robot Arm

    I hope you have good luck with those bearings over time.
  5. little ol' e

    Woo hoo! It's a cold snap!

    Off topic.. Nah, jus' a little to the right.:p I heard an old wives tale some time ago.... not sure if its true or had a good reason behind it. Anyway, It went something like this, anyone who fingers the eyes, stands over 6' tall with flat feet, should stay on the flats of the land. Your pouch...
  6. little ol' e

    Craftec Lathe And Milling Machine And Accessories C$10,000

    You may recall, the old school flat top Hertel square inserts from that era... They would plow through P-20 without a hic-up. Even if some bondo fell out of the wooden model while tracing lol. Digitizing turned the clocks ahead just at the rite time.
  7. little ol' e

    Shop Old school stuff

    I'm sure some guys here know, Stellram had some good stuff out in the mid 90's. They went downhill fast when they switched to the index style inserts on the button cutter shell mills. I knocked the pin out of the holder due to cracking of the inserts, however, the inserts still wouldn't stand up...
  8. little ol' e

    Tool Face Mill recommendations please

    The flight is all part of the fun when dialing things in. I've been strapping myself into an Olds for many years. The past few years not so much, it certainly does get expensive. Nice ride!
  9. little ol' e

    Tool Face Mill recommendations please

    @slow-poke , what I would like to know is... what rear gear you have stuffed in the back of your mustang profile pic haha.
  10. little ol' e

    Tool Face Mill recommendations please

    Yep, guy out of Cambridge is one of the best in the business today.
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