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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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    Question on grinding Tungsten for TIG

    Jeebus! Crocs? Like one of my trainees (seriously, I was supposedly HIS trainer, a guy with infinitely MORE experience than I had !) said, you only drop one spark into your ear, welding overhead, before you really understand the value of ear plugs! I don't wanna be that, but I hope you don't...
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    Tig torch adapter?

    There are pages of TIG adapters out there, so it might pay to go to a decent welding supply place and ask. Take the torch and hose with you if you can. Like as not, they will set you up, probably for cheaper than you expect.
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    Question on grinding Tungsten for TIG

    Testify! Amen! Suggest that you dedicate a bench grinder to the job. One wheel is used to clear off the bunged up goo, and clear it off, the other for the finish grind. But I have got reasonable enough results, using a cordless drill and a crappy used angle grinder disc, that I will opine that...
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    Anyone going to the Calgary Motorcycle show?

    LOL! Last one I was at was in Edmonton. Outstanding memory from the show, was the look on the rented bikini fluff's face when I asked her to at least, step behind the bike, as I wanted a picture of it, not her. The trials riding demo was pretty darn great too! Mad skills! Honestly though, I...
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    Member buddies and end of life planning....

    #5 has more smarts than most of the bosses I worked for in my Military career! (Damn, it makes me feel old, that I know who #5 is! LOL!)
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    Member buddies and end of life planning....

    Sorta like the Redneck's death-bed plea, eh? "Please don't let my wife sell my guns for what I told her I paid!" LOL! Have met spouses of several different minds, some were well aware of values, others that spent the day after the funeral, feeding her Husband's toys into the burn barrel, to be...
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    Member buddies and end of life planning....

    Honestly, I figure that the stuff that pleases me when I am alive, I can worry about, after I an no longer alive, it's all not my problem anymore! Whether you want to leave that on whoever loads the dumpster, when you are gone, or not, you have to decide!
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    Kinda cool?? Anyone have one?

    I learned to REALLY respect the capabilities of a rotary table, when I did a so-called "Advanced Machining" course, in the military. Wasn't really all that advanced, just a short and sweet run though a LOT of manual machining capabilities, that we were not really already aware of. We made...
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    Kinda cool?? Anyone have one?

    Yeah, no kidding! IIRC, they called that Volostro unit a Cherrying Head. Was used mainly, for putting a radiused corner on an injection mold, while using a really basic Bridgeport style mill to accomplish the act. Lots of light cuts, usually with fairly small milling cutters. Sorta like...
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    Oh GREAT!

    Y'know, it all sounds bad, but it wasn't always. Like I said, there was a lot of good times, before it went sour. I can't claim innocence, it took two people to have a fight, and I carried my side. But I never insulted, assaulted, nagged, or threatened her, as she did me. I'd kinda like to...
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