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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. Janger

    New ceiling mounted crane?

    ingenious. temperamental. ie. temper + mental. heebie jeebies and I like @Dan Dubeau comment about making it yourself for 4x as long and 5x as much as I think about making current sensors for my electrical panel...
  2. Janger

    Tips/Techniques Show your shop related 3DP

    More details please! What is holding down the collet block? And how does that lead screw work inside? Maybe some section views?
  3. Janger

    Drilling with the cross slide

    Agree, but I think anyone would want power feed if drilling 12”+ holes like historical alarms was describing or hundreds of holes as JN mentioned. I think an ELS or CNC maybe even better.
  4. Janger

    Drilling with the cross slide

    when drilling deep holes with the tail stock I often retract the drill by loosening the tailstock from the ways and yanking the whole thing back. I pull back on the drill chuck to avoid any taper disconnects. Clean, oil, and reverse it back in to close to the hole bottom. Then start drilling by...
  5. Janger

    Anyone using ChatGTP?

    So I tried on chatGPT "make a picture of an old white man with a white beards sitting in a rocking chair on a ranch style house porch holding a big fly swater" and got....absolutely nothing! It kept claiming it was busy, for about 2 days, then finally said your image is ready and here it is! and...
  6. Janger

    Drilling with the cross slide

    Here is that thread on a cross slide drill. https://canadianhobbymetalworkers.com/threads/drill-fixture-for-lathe.6468/
  7. Janger

    Drilling with the cross slide

    I don’t follow the benefits of this - how is this different from a drill chuck in the tail stock? A motorized drill on the cross slide is useful - I have a post on making one of those from an electric hand drill on here someplace…
  8. Janger

    Hitch extension

    Picture?
  9. Janger

    2025 Calgary meetup dates

    Looking forward to the event. I plan to bring all my remaining stock of the super nice a smile lathe chuck keys. I need to sell them all folks so prepare for some blowout pricing. Regular price $90. I am going to have them for just $10 at the meetup. I have quite a few 3/8 but also some other...
  10. Janger

    Design/G Code software

    I bought an extra standard license for a few months a while back. It was $85 a month I think.
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