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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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    Tool Caliper with broken screw

    Looking closer at your photo I see now that it didn’t break at the end of the thread like I thought so you would have to shorten the stub and make another adapter screw to get more travel. What I meant was the screw with it’s integral pivot pin would be slid into the slot in the leg then...
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    Tool Caliper with broken screw

    Just had a thought, @Susquatch can you make a new screw with a sleeve end (female) and fit it over the broken end of the screw? You might lose a little travel but you wouldn’t have to mess with getting the pivot end of the screw out of the leg. You could join the sleeve to the old screw with...
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    Tool Caliper with broken screw

    Just had a look at mine that I inherited from my father. Same little Starrett which shares the case he made with a Moore & Wright 1” and an unidentified 2” mic. I can see what looks like a pin in there but I can’t see how they got it in there or whether it’s integral to the screw. It could...
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    Found at the Dump

    Ha ha! I spotted a metal desk drawer one time, perfect for under bench storage and asked a guy working there and he said just make sure they don’t see it at the scale on the way out. I guess that as long as the scales show you lighter on the way out you’re good to go! :p Nice score on the...
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    For Sale/Trade - Dormer E511 M8 x 1.25 spiral point titanium nitride coated taps

    Keeping with the tradition started with @140mower, I have made a little trinket to trade for a few (more) taps, I’ll contact you by PM to trade coordinates. Thanks D :cool:
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    Huge list of unfinished projects for the new year

    Oh, great, more cool projects to put on the list, lol! D :cool:
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    Whelp, there goes the neighborhood.

    Problem is they’d have to crawl over the marketing types, bean counters & lawyers to get close enough to get a look! D :cool:
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    Repairing Cargo Box

    I’ve always wanted to try plastic welding. Failing that, maybe pop rivet + reinforcements inside and bond/weatherseal. Might try some of the adhesives used in the autobody trade? It’s probably High Molecular Weight PolyEthylene (HMWPE, not HDPE). HMWPE doesn’t really bond well but does...
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    HO HO HO

    Oh, forgot the weather report. We had what somebody said was the first white Christmas in 10 years, about 4” a couple of days ago and 2 - 3” overnight. That’s all we need, looking forward to spring….. ;) D :cool:
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    Zenair CH601HD

    Putting the engine on has to feel like big progress, It’s looking a lot like an airplane! Good for you re-working the things from the past owners that just don’t feel right, I have even done that for things I have done myself and gone back and looked at.:oops: Oh, and you’ve poked me to...
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