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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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    Let's undertake yet another project - Jackson No. 2 Vertical Milling Machine

    I have similar design Becker #3 mill with table in similar condition (weep, weep). Planning to convert to CNC, most likely on my retirement. Anyway - how are you fixing these things?
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    90 slitting saws plus

    Each one is 10 CAD if I am not mistaken. "take only what you need" (c) ... BTW - if horizontal milling cutter 65 degrees - is that possible to cut dovetails with it ? Did anybody tried that ?
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    90 slitting saws plus

    Nice haul. I am still in process of collecting (!!!???) these kind of saws/cutters
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    Tips/Techniques Hello new guy here

    Welcome from National Capital. Hope you will enjoy here.
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    3D printing parts for you machine. Nice stop-gap solution

    Hello. Check out this video - quite interesting. Canadian fella shows way to (temporarily) replace difficult to find parts using 3D printing. Very viable when you need to fix machine while making broken part on the very same machine.
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    Finding lathe parts

    3D printing ? Find similar model and modify it for your needs, then print from tough and strong resin. Photopolimeric printers are very precise and modern resins are strong.
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    New member from Ontario

    I am trying to keep my shop clean for one single reason - if I am dropping bolt or nut or something small to the floor - it would be nightmare to find it between chips and dirt scattered around :)
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    DRO descends into madness

    Are there any rubber parts or temperature sensitive parts around this screw ? if not - If you have small Bunsen Burner or gas burner with pointed flame and heat this screw until it will budge. Soldering iron is not effective enough for such operations. Just few days ago I removed set screw...
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    Looking for an insert

    What is this store ? can you share link to it, please ?
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    Antique lathe still in use

    I have Hendey tie bar spindle lathe from 1918. Still in working condition. not as precise as I wanted it to be, but fits almost all my needs. I will have to rebuild split nut as original (?) made out of babbit is completely worn out.
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