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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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    Emco Compact 5 Tool Block

    Cleaning out some things and I ran across an Emco compact 5 tool block. I no longer have any use for it because I moved on to bigger equipment a long time ago. There is some surface rust but the bottom mating surface is quite clean. Part is free to anyone with a compact 5 that can use it. It...
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    A question for the farmers.

    I also have issues with a couple of other weeds. One is cow parsnip. I have managed to mostly eliminate that with mowing. It has gone from widespread to just a few around the pond. I'll be removing those with a shovel shortly. Probably my most hated weed is bull thistle. That stuff is nasty...
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    A question for the farmers.

    It's always there even in dry years. It just spreads during the wet or damp years. I have yet to see any animal that will eat this stuff. They all eat around it, even the goats. I do plan on eventually buying some goats to eat the brush around the ponds that I can't get at with the tractor.
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    A question for the farmers.

    I would consider roundup to be an absolute last resort. I'm sort of hoping some one tells me to just keep tilling it until it dies off. My property used to be a farm and it runs along a former railroad bed. It's also adjacent to a farm. I'm pretty sure roundup or something worse has already been...
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    A question for the farmers.

    I know from previous threads on here that there are a few farmers on here so I think it's as good a place as any to ask a question. What is the proper name for this weed and is there any practical way to control it? It grows in damp areas in my fields. This year it is growing like crazy. We are...
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    Tool Third hand recommendation?

    Go to Amazon.ca and look for third hand tool it will pop up.
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    Tool Third hand recommendation?

    I have the old style the one that looks like a piece of bar stock with alligator clips on the end. I recently tried one like in this photo and it worked a lot better.
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    best way to cut corrugated sheet metal

    I bought a blade specifically made for this from a building supply place. It lasted through trimming every panel while re-roofing the barn. It goes in a circular saw.
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    WANTED - July/August 2006 issue of Home Shop Machinist

    Got your PM.
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    WANTED - July/August 2006 issue of Home Shop Machinist

    I have a copy of that magazine. Do you need the actual magazine or would a copy of the article be ok?
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