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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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    Noob question: Propane Oxy problem keeping flame

    You are the saver! Thanks. I don't know how I missed that? getting old :)
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    Noob question: Propane Oxy problem keeping flame

    Have you seen that replacement tips anywhere ? Any particular store or link ? There are Victor style tips with screw-on collars but not tips with thread on its own.
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    Noob question: Propane Oxy problem keeping flame

    Brilliant. Thanks a lot Ryan !!!
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    Noob question: Propane Oxy problem keeping flame

    Indeeed, I am regulating presure down to the bare minimum. What I notised , though - even pure propane tends to be pushed away from the tip as I am increasing the flow Anyway, I will try again tomorrow. Regarding resses - I am bit chicken to ruin my only tip of the torch . I am in search...
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    Noob question: Propane Oxy problem keeping flame

    Yes, Please, that will be great.
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    Noob question: Propane Oxy problem keeping flame

    Hello team. By chance aquired gas welding/brazing kit and tried to use it for the first time. Instead of acetilene i am using LPG from regular BBQ. There are regulators on both cylinders - propane and oxygen, Tip that I only have is marked 701 0.1 So the actual problem is flame is "thrown"...
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    Bridgeport M head - disassembling help needed.

    Thanks. This is what I am planning to do. I already ordered matched pair of 7205 to put as bottom BB in the spindle. I will arrange spacers same way they were before (even if this is not an original way). Second pair will be 6205 - regular pair. All four are without sealing, so I will...
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    Bridgeport M head - disassembling help needed.

    Thanks Susquatch. Appreciate your input. What is your opinion with regard to spacers vs. no-spacers bearings arrangement?
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    Bridgeport M head - disassembling help needed.

    Going forward with spindle disassembling. It is quite a lot of rust in there. Probably rain was trickling down freely instead of oil :( . I noticed that ball bearings were working not in the conditions that manual suggests. First- bottom two are 6205 instead of 7205. Top and bottom pair is...
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    Bridgeport M head - disassembling help needed.

    OK. I decided to continue on this thread with my efforts of rebuilding M head. I decided to build quick and dirty hydraulic press out of shop made engine crane. It is super heavy and super duty shop made crane that I salvaged from junk yard several years ago. It is built with front crossbar...
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