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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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    Bandsaw table

    Fastenal? I'll just be thankful that the Red Deer store gives great service. I've done about 5 orders of ~$50 in the past 3 months, often with small numbers of items, often items that need to be ordered in, all "cash sale", which means Visa card - no problem. Perhaps, as shared earlier it is up...
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    Bandsaw table

    @Hruul Another great resource for hardware and lots of other shop hardware is Fastenal. I like their secure afterhours pick up. They have a minimum order fee - but it is pretty low (add one box of conventional hardware and you'd make the limit).
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    New lathe choices in Canada

    The Travers example helps to put things in context. They list quite a nice 13" lathe - which makes the eye popping price of the SM ("north of 20K for the 13" model") look like it is on a half price sale. If you can get a good condition industrial lathe, with attachments and basic tooling for...
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    Cross Slide Screw Material

    The chart from Peter helps in pointing out that the OD is a non-critical dimension- it does not touch anything. I believe the sloping sides of the thread are what determines the fit. when cutting an acme thread, there is quite a bit of tool in contact with the material - there is going to be...
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    Cross Slide Screw Material

    You are correct, I was mixing two ideas. The point to take away is that you need to be able to compare the thread. You want the thread to be consistent over the entire length. There are probably a few approaches to compare one area to the next, or to an example thread (the actual number...
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    Cross Slide Screw Material

    I have made three "long" screws: one for the compound on my 15" lathe (acme), one for the cross slide on the 11" lathe (acme) and a 15" long 3/4-10 tpi (regular V thread) for a meat slicer. It is challenging - to get the fit all the way along. I suggest you first figure out how you are going...
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    New lathe choices in Canada

    Most any of the main machinery dealers would be glad to sell you a lathe (Skinner, KBC, Travers, Modern Tool - likely many others). I bought my first lathe from Modern Tool (they have new and used machines), that was near 40 years ago, good service - no issues with the machine.
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    Looking for a lathe

    Welcome to the forum. It would help if you described a little more of what you are looking for in a lathe. Granted "excluding 3 phase" narrows the field a lot, and generally means a pretty small machine. Of course larger single phase motors (i.e. 10 HP or even more) are available, but one is...
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    Surface Grinder Improvement (Ingar RT-618-2A)

    HI Proxule, please tell us more about what you have acquired. Post some pictures. I've been using my little grinder for about a year and a half. I am very pleased with it. I'm finding that there is quite a learning aspect to getting decent results. I don't know how much of the less than...
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    Oil can for use with ball oilers

    Reilang all the way for me. No mess to fill it, no leaks in storage - whether laying down or upright, operates in any orientation. My only regret is that I messed around with various oil cans, made different ends and put off the purchase of the Reilang for several years.
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