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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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    Royal Live Centre Bearing Replacement

    Millwrights change bearings, that is our bread and butter. Thrust bearings wouldn't have as much lateral resistance as the very simple deep groove 62xx. That is likely one of the whys of the fairly light duty construction. The short distance and a the sloppy thrust bearing would degrade your...
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    Ammco 6" Metal shaper

    You build a much more scuukum motor base than the original maker of my shaper and I did.
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    CBN Grit Sizes for Lathe Tool Bits ?

    My wife has ordered from Baltic Abrasives for diamond lapidary wheels for her rock and gem club. Though the prices are in Euros, they are still a good deal less than the American Diamond Pacific. The club grinder/polishers get a lot of abuse. I know because I get " Honey, could you look at xxxxx"
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    CBN Grit Sizes for Lathe Tool Bits ?

    My 7" Wissota brand grinder only has general purpose wheels, a 46 and a 80. They are slow and hot for grinding bits. I gather to achieve both the surface finish and tight tolerance these parts are going to require, I should use HSS bits on my Taiwanese DF1224g . CBN wheels unlike soft A/O wheels...
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    Hello and welding question

    Here in Vancouver, if a Miller, Lincoln or even a Magnum pack it in, they all go to the same independent service center. There have been some horror stories with some of the online purchased machines. It worth while doing the research before purchase.
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    Hello and welding question

    I have couple of welders, a Magnum Wave 200 (HuGong) . It an AC/DC stick / TIG . It can TIG weld aluminum up to 1/4" barely, but can not weld beer cans. That takes much more expensive electronics. So it's a good but not great welder. The stick can be programmed to be very sweet, indeed. Stick...
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    Electronics Help

    I was just looking on how to put together a board. But cleaning the lens of the infrared sensor might have helped a little, still not enough to get a half of an idea of rpm. 280 to 410 I'm powering the transformer off a wall plug. On the Mach Tach circuit board there is a female power...
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    Electronics Help

    This is way outside my expertise, but my question should be fairly simple . I have a Mach Tach on my lathe which is giving erratic readings . Now that it's running ! The manual says VFD interference on the power, so they suggest common mode filter EH28-1.0-02-75M-X T0836R and two capacitors...
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    Ammco 6" Metal shaper

    One of the things about shapers, they don't require much power. My 6" uses 1/4hp.
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    Hello and welding question

    I'm no great shakes as a welder, but it was part of my trade. I started out on my own trying to gas weld plate steel . Not recommended. That was in the '70s. These inverter welders are game changers. I would recommend a DC stick welder . You can hook up 220volt off your wife's dryer plug. You...
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