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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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  1. LenVW

    Hello from Arthur On.

    Welcome Mr Blair ? Lots of experience and viewpoints from machinists, metal fabricators and process specialists. I started as a machinist apprentice, became a machinery designer and a project manager. Did you work for Chives Snow Plows ? My wife’s family is from the Teviotdale area and still...
  2. LenVW

    Gerrit's King KC20-VS2 enhancements

    Looks good Gerri !! DROs sure beat counting the number of cranks. Have you tried a ‘bolt circle‘ ?
  3. LenVW

    Tools you waited too long to acquire

    Revisiting my machining days in the 1980s . . . I have to admit the best purchase for me was my KING Mill. It has allowed me to revisit experiences from my youth and test the boundaries of the tooling that I have had collecting dust for years. Thanks Guys, for all your advice along the way !!
  4. LenVW

    Looking for foundry to cast brass in SW Ontario

    That Centrifugal Casting looks labour intensive and the casting temperatures may cause problems of thermal stress cracks. Do you have to PREHEAT your pipe mould to reduce the impact of fast cooling ? I would expect there would be a lot of internal stresses from differential cooling between the...
  5. LenVW

    DavidR8's shop shenanigans

    Looks like the vehicles are taking up the DRIVEWAY !!
  6. LenVW

    Tools you waited too long to acquire

    Looks good !! I like the large diameter knurled handles. I have to search for gloves because I have ‘palmed‘ basketballs since 1978. The small clamp looks ‘very robust’.
  7. LenVW

    Just Joined

    Hey Ron, Welcome to this group. I apprenticed at . . . Ex-Cell-O Special Tools Division You can try Roy (below) he has a shop called ‘Preston Rebuilt Machinery’ in Cambridge. He used to repair a lot of the 602s in the area, but, recently has focused more on FIRST mills. He may still have some...
  8. LenVW

    You know you are old when ...

    Hey fellas, Ever notice that some home maintenance chores become the ‘butt’ of jokes as we age. Keep laughing . . . Life needs more comedy !!
  9. LenVW

    New Member (Millarville, Ab.)

    35 years ago, some buddies and I drove out to Alberta from the Grand Bend area and wound up in Brooks to see another buddy, must be close to you. Lots of experience here, for machining, building and sales development. I spent years designing process equipment for Kellogg’s, Armtec (Big O) and...
  10. LenVW

    New Member (Millarville, Ab.)

    Just South of Calgary ? Rolling land in the foothills ?
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