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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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    Cleaning spraying gun after painting

    It is an alkyd enamel. I am using no-name paint gun with gravity feed, nothing special or expensive. I am using following protocol for cleaning: 1. Right after painting - clear Varsol to blow out any paint remnants inside that gun. 2. After Varsol a bit of gas to clean it even more. 3...
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    Cleaning spraying gun after painting

    Hello team. I found myself repeating tedious procedure of cleaning spraying gun after each paining session. it does not matter that I blowing varsol trough gun each time, it is getting clogged. I am disassembling gun each time and cleaning each part separately and even using paint stripper...
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    Machine enamels?

    I am using Sherwin Williams Micropoxy two component tintable primer. Yes, it is expensive but very good. Two layers will work as primer+paint.
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    Bridgeport M head - disassembling help needed.

    Hello team. I am working on my newly acquired round ram BP mill with M head head. I removed pretty much everything and now trying to push quill out , but it stuck there. I was trying to heat housing and move quill but, so far, no luck. There is still pinion that need to be pulled...
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    Bridgeport M head spindle cap removal

    Hello. Refurbishing my BP with M head and stuck on removal this spindle cap. It is rotating freely, I see no any setscrews, there is no any thread underneath. It is M head with step cone pulleys model. Wondering, if anybody seen this before and have any clue. Thanks.
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    Old, tired dial graduation refresh

    Really nice. Thanks Mcgyver. BTW -is there method to have satin finish in home shop? is that some sort of special media blasting?
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    Old, tired dial graduation refresh

    Hello folks. How do you restore/refresh old dial graduation on worn dials? Or just rubbing some contrast paint into it?
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    What is this set screw ?

    No, mine is not brass. Screws are pushing steel flat gib with dimples on it, so no need for "soft" metal
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    What is this set screw ?

    Here is application those setscrews are used for - it is cross-slide with gib tightening screws
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    What is this set screw ?

    I was born in USSR - Minsk, Belarus. My farther was working in the plant that was producing fridges. It was back then quite poorly designed fridge even for that times , even for USSR. At some point government purchased complete factory -turnkey solution - to manufacture modern fridges. It...
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