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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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    Just for laughs

    I lost my metric thread gauge and ordered from Amazon new one. This is what arrived from Amazon, not Aliexpress, not Banggood or any other South East outlet - Amazon !!! Sorry for the fuzzy picture, was not able to hold it steady while laughing.
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    Cheap and easy light for the mill

    107 and 157 mm . Roughly.
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    Ontario member sound off

    I am in Ottawa (Kanata) . My first lathe I dug up from pile of junk and rust behind garage off Carp road....
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    Cheap and easy light for the mill

    Picked this el-chipo LED light source from dollarama store. Glued few HD magnets to the back Voila - nice flood light around end mill right to the workpiece
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    UPS - They try so hard to make you hate them

    There is an urban legend that UPS trucks do not make left turns. All driving routes are made in a way that driver will not be turning left - only right , even if this require to drive block or two more. Statistically, right turn takes less time so no lefts. If this is true - that level of...
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    Need creative engineering advice

    Now it is a time to deal with Viagra stuff - need to extend replacement motor shaft What you see is mounting flange for the original motor and worm gear inside I made a centering washer to fit in this bore and provide centering guidance for the treadmill motor. I am contemplating a...
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    Machine Another control panel - 120 1P ->400 3P

    I like the background filled with HP testing and measuring equipment. Good stuff...
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    Need creative engineering advice

    Here is my progress with fabrication of gear box shift lever. First picture is bushing with eccentric bore and nut. Second picture is bushing with inserted locking pin and nut. Third - lever itself, quite crude welding , but this is what I can do :) , Finally - shifter is assembled and gears...
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    New Member from Ottawa

    Welcome from Ottawa :) . Good to see you here. I am also wood and metal chip maker :) restoring metalworking machine is a challenging but also rewarding process. Good luck!
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    Need creative engineering advice

    OK. Here is what I came with modeling that, rather quick and dirty, in F360. Yellowish part is lock pin itself which is sliding in the busing - beige part. Bushing has eccentric bore which allows locking pin to be adjusted cross handle approx 4 mm. I believe this is enough to get gears into...
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