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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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    Cutting oil of choice

    Best I have found is LPS gold. I have a #30 drill bit that drilled through over 50 inches of tool steel and is still going strong. Drill life used to be a couple of holes. Each hole is 1" deep. Drilled half way from each end. I think the gold refers to the price though. I find it to be far...
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    Tools you waited too long to acquire

    Yeah fiberglass is terrible stuff to work with. I think the stuff they used to sell as itching powder was fiberglass based. Fiberglass laminating was the worst job I ever had. Since working there I almost never have a bad day at work since. No matter how bad things get I know it's better than...
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    Tools you waited too long to acquire

    Having worked for many years I seem to have developed a skill of grabbing sharp things just hard enough to not cut my skin. Started with working in a fiberglass laminating shop then aviation and a bit of side metal working. I have on occasion tried to pick up stuff that was sharper than expected...
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    Tools you waited too long to acquire

    I'm one of the dumb ones. I grab the rats nests with my fingers then I use the vacuum.
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    Tonight was a perfect autumn evening, but bad for pics

    Last nights aurora caught me totally by surprise. I had the wrong lens on the camera for it. I did a mad rush to change the lens then snap a few images. I took one out the front door to make sure I got something. Then did a few more of the house and barn with the aurora. Had I known it was...
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    How big of a monitor for Fusion 360?

    I thought I would post an update to this. I ended up with a 27" 4k monitor. It works well but is not noticeably better than my 24" HD one. The 27" 4k monitor is far better for it's other main use which is photo editing.
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    Fly Reels

    That would be fantastic. I could have used the drawings a few months ago when I got home for the summer. I'm off to Ontario at the end of the month so all metal work will be on hold for a while. I'll contact you when I'm ready to head home again in about 6 months. Thank you I didn't know where...
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    Fly Reels

    Really good work. This is something I'm interested in doing some time.
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    Unique use for calipers

    Did you watch the instructional video on how to use your calipers as a marking punch?
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    Tool Let's Get This Started - Tool Test Tuesday

    It's mind blowing to me that they can sell something like this for $10. I wouldn't even push the start button on the lathe or unlock my toolbox for $10. I sort of consider about $50 to be the minimum profit on any item that I have to put into the mail.
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