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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. Doggggboy

    Looking for non-US made angle grinder

    Bosch grinders, like other Bosch power tools, are manufactured by Robert Bosch GmbH, a German multinational engineering and technology company. Bosch Tools: Is a brand owned by Robert Bosch GmbH. Robert Bosch GmbH: Founded in 1886 by Robert Bosch in Stuttgart, Germany, and has expanded to...
  2. Doggggboy

    The hypocrisy and unfairness in schooling

    Avoid lithospheric braking at all costs.
  3. Doggggboy

    The hypocrisy and unfairness in schooling

    I'll have one of these please. https://mooseheadbeershop.ca/products/the-presidential-pack
  4. Doggggboy

    Welcome to Westwood Metalworks, What is he building in there?

  5. Doggggboy

    The hypocrisy and unfairness in schooling

    A lot of the ladies in my wife's book club are teachers. All 45 to 65 years old. Here in Saskatchewan, teachers have an average of somewhere around 35 students per class and usually at least 10 of them will be ESL students with very little English and 3 to 6 will be special needs kids with...
  6. Doggggboy

    New welding table!

    If anybody else is jealous, this one is at Mcdougalls in Lumsden https://www.mcdougallauction.com/products-full-view.php?arg=7085C39F-EB21-4858-8D99-1A58A6BEEC7D
  7. Doggggboy

    UHMW

    The dogs are smart enough to stay out of the shop. When the piece got launched the first time it didn't go far. The second time it hit the wall and then ducked into a corner that is filled with galvanized pipe and chain link fence remnants built up over 20 years. The lathe stayed surprisingly...
  8. Doggggboy

    UHMW

    I'm more of a viewer than a film maker..
  9. Doggggboy

    UHMW

    Not the first one I've pretzeled. Learning how to use the boring head on the mill was quite exciting.
  10. Doggggboy

    UHMW

    Thanks for all the tips guys. I got the part made after a lot of dicking around. Been a while since I used the lathe so I had forgotten most of what little I had thought I knew. Started turning the 2 inch bar down to size with a fresh carbide insert and everything was going well. Had better luck...
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