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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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    Spring is Here!

    I don't think you are far off in your theory. If you can't be smart and careful, be prolific, accept the losses, and still be a success in evolution.
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    Palmgren 3" Vice

    I'll put in the obligatory "You Suck!", as a congratulatory message for a great score! Damn! $5 hardly gets you a decent coffee these days! That, will last longer, and be of much more benefit.
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    Machinery's 20th

    Whitworth thread were very similar to BA threads, in that they stuck to a series of rules for deciding their dimensions, and the dimensions of the subsequent nut or bolt head. Off the top of my head I cannot plainly state that they were proportional through the sizes as BA was, but they also...
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    JCDammeyer's 42 projects

    LOL! I saw a Septic Pump truck that had two really interesting signs on the back. One said "Satisfaction Guaranteed, or Double your Sewage back!" and the other said "I only pump Septic Tanks on Weekends, the rest of the time this truck is used for bulk school milk deliveries!" As to locking...
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    JCDammeyer's 42 projects

    Start with Start with dusting them with Diatomaceous Earth. The Diatoms in it wear holes through the carapaces (or more clearly, the protective layer) of hard shelled insects, and it causes them to dehydrate and die. There are a bunch of other generally benign or even wholly organic means out...
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    Real estate listings suck

    I dealt with a Realtor in Alberta, who was a wonderful person. After we bought through her, we sent her flowers, delivered to her workplace, as well as a pretty hefty gift certificate for a good restaurant in her home neighborhood. That good. Sadly, she bailed out of Real Estate, not much later...
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    Spring is Here!

    Yeah, so do I. It was unnerving. I hustled the little sh!t to the side of the field, and got clear as fast as I could. Was pretty happy to not have go beat up! In all seriousness. Hell has no wrath like a pissed-off mother, and these girls intended, as far as I could see, to demonstrate just...
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    Spring is Here!

    I cut hay at about 4-5MPH, depending on the field conditions. I tend to have spent some time in the days and weeks prior to the cut, watching the various does, and where they have staked out areas that were 'theirs'. I still hit the odd one, still makes me feel like a right sh!t, and nature...
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    Spring is Here!

    I normally have to catch and relocate fawns from our hay fields, as their birth schedule times rather well with our first cut of hay. Usually a pretty easy process to catch them, as they rely on remaining still and unseen, you can often simply walk up to them and grab them. Had one, a couple...
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    Tips/Techniques Pre-owned Lathes A Guide to Inspecting before you buy

    Search out the monologue as was originally posted by the proprietor of MerMac Machine Tools, many years ago, titled "In (modest) Praise of Klunkers"! Heck, I'll save the search too... https://www.mermac.com/klunker2.html
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