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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. thriller007

    3D Printing - machines owned by members

    I’m just getting started and I have the flash forge adventurer 3. Just printing some axa quick change holder mount for the wall. update...that worked good. Time to print a few more
  2. thriller007

    Any fusion 360 educated smart dudes on here

    You have to bear with me because this is all brand new to me. I am looking at making a template with fusion 360. I am trying to make the template to make this angle grinding gauge for high speed bit’s in order to just lay the piece of paper to perfectly align the holes on a piece of plate. I...
  3. thriller007

    What are you using for spindle lighting?

    that is basically what I am making but will be permennantly mounted to the spindle.
  4. thriller007

    Is your 3-D printer lonley, neglected, bored and in need of a project?

    well that looks pretty solid Craig!
  5. thriller007

    What are you using for spindle lighting?

    I am looking to see what you are using for your mill or drill for spindle lighting. I have ordered some angel ring lights for mine but looking for how others have their machines set up. I currently just use a couple of magnetic flashlights as a trial that work ok when the spindle is up all the...
  6. thriller007

    Is your 3-D printer lonley, neglected, bored and in need of a project?

    Yes mine is now attached in 4 places and is quite solid.
  7. thriller007

    Hi everyone from SE Calgary

    Welcome. What do you like making chips with?
  8. thriller007

    Is your 3-D printer lonley, neglected, bored and in need of a project?

    Good job Craig. You were making things more flexible and I was making mine more solid. It’s set up now to grind at 8° End relief angle when the tool is on top of my grinding jig. And then for the other angles I just adjust the jig.
  9. thriller007

    Craftex 701 lathe & 601 mill DRO sizes required

    I looked at my order and here is what I bought. Travel length=250mm, total length=390mm works good but if you can add 50mm if you want. Travel length=400mm, total length=540mm works but lots of room so add 100mm so that you have more play room. Travel length=600mm, total length=740mm works but...
  10. thriller007

    Craftex 701 lathe & 601 mill DRO sizes required

    great another CX601 owner. I have the cx706 lathe so that won’t help you but I can have a look and see what size scales I bought for the CX601. I remember thinking I should have bought a the z axis and the x axis a little bigger but it was really close. I would recommend buying from AliExpress...
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