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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. Brent H

    Dabblings

    @Chicken lights : that’s not the road to New Brunswick!! - LOL. Safe travels!! @Dabbler - looks like you are having a wonderful time!! Would have been great to see you and the gang at the meet up, alas…. I will have to host a Maritime meet up in the fall perhaps!
  2. Brent H

    "Name that noise". Standard Modern Series 2000

    @JeffD and @Danzo187 : there is a set screw that locks the front cap in place. Be sure to have it backed out before trying to drive the shaft into it. This cap locates the shaft bearing so you can make sure the gear mesh is correct by making sure this cap is located properly.
  3. Brent H

    Quill issues in Bridgeport clone

    @88hillman - what do you mean by “hang up” with respect to the manual feed? My Bridget started getting hard to pull up or down at the start of travel (like the first two inches). It wouldn’t let the quill do its thing- check out this...
  4. Brent H

    Dabblings

    Safe travels John, sadly I will miss a visit from you this year (unless you really want the miles on the truck (LOL))!
  5. Brent H

    The Brent H update thread!

    There, photo loaded to prove it true! It is amazing how you think your mill has gone crazy and then you recall “oh ya, gotta tram the head after the big move - doh!”
  6. Brent H

    The Brent H update thread!

    Just a quick update: many projects on the go or finished from installing Propane, gas fireplace, gas stove, new tile floors, laundry room make over, new powder room, new pantry/coffee bar etc Yesterday I finally climbed through the shop rafters and ran the power lines for the mill and lathes...
  7. Brent H

    Tool Chucking Reamers

    @Susquatch check your machinist handbook for pinning information- might have what you need.
  8. Brent H

    Tool Chucking Reamers

    A good quality set of adjustable reamers will work very well - most, however, will be hand feed and have 3 to 4 cutters. They work well for very close fits where you just need a “hair” removed. For chucking reamers you have ones for the drill chuck (obviously) and there are morse taper ones...
  9. Brent H

    Cross-Slide Leadscrew & Nut

    Well……I used a finger o_O Just at the end of the cut. Also boring bar held at bare minimum length for max support at the thread length. I was threading 9/16” LH acme for my smaller Utilathe. The cutter was quite undercut to allow the back clearance. I think I had a bit of an ACME threading...
  10. Brent H

    Cross-Slide Leadscrew & Nut

    @thestelster : nice work!!! Those Utilathes and their nuts!! Doing the Internal threading leaves for a lot of tool holder flex and I found I had to let the tool ride through many clearance passes and test fit frequently to get a great final fit. I also held pressure on the boring bar during...
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