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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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    SOURCING A VFD - WHERE DO YOU GO ?

    https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004561701100.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.93.52641802t5ydMr I've bought 3 off this seller on AliExpress no issues as of yet it's around 75$ for there small VFDs I got there .75kw , 2.2kw , and 7.5kw There small ones are nice cause the fit in...
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    Tool Well made come-along

    Np, and ye this one would be lighter then the iron version but still wouldn't say it's not light I think it's a 1 ton so probly 30lbs ish with proper chain I would guess
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    Tool Well made come-along

    Never seem belt style one of those before looks like nice unit looks like good inbetween for cable turfer
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    Tool Well made come-along

    I'll send you a old CM if you pay shipping, needs new chain and is missing 1 hook. Probly can Rob hooks off a broken wire comealong lol and hoist chain isn't too hard to find. I may even have some spare hooks for it would have to dig around my chain misc buckets
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    Tool Well made come-along

    Kito or cm are both great comealongs i would search marketplace as you can pick up 3/4 ton comealongs for around 100$ semi often. The cable comealongs work for pulling stuff but if you want to lift anything I would spend the money and get chain fall or chain comealongs
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    Tips/Techniques welding tabletop overhang

    My main fab table is 1.25 thick and I left enough room so I can use Bessy clamps around the outer edges and not hit the legs. So overhang is kinda subject to what you plan on doing with table. I also don't like using tables that people have built that use channel or angle around the perimeter...
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    Auction Mitutoyo surface plate and dabblers height gauge

    As promised now that I got more or less all my auction junk put away. This is my B grade surface plates temporary home for now till I finish building the shop. Not ideal but I don't plan on doing any surface grinding next few months so should be ok covered up here for now. The surface plate...
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    Looking for Atlas shaper

    Not a atlas but could be nice shaper if you can get price down https://www.facebook.com/share/19F2rxSYHH/
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    Inflation is hitting used lathes hard these days it seems.

    Ye a guy near me did sorta same thing basically but was trying to flip what I assume some a barn find just less cleaning. He listed the lathe sitting on a trailer rusty had that ad up for almost a year I think. then brought it in side and cleaned it a bit and relisted at same price and it's been...
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    Inflation is hitting used lathes hard these days it seems.

    It is in good shape cosmetically and probly can make ok parts but looks like it wasn't oiled at some point in its life. But for the asking price that's a brand new 1236 lathe with DRO maybe a tool or 2?
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