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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. EricB

    My 30 years old mill is still pretty straight!

    Nice. The backlash eliminator isn't for accuracy though, it's a knob you turn to spread the adjustable brass nuts apart on the fly. It's just so that you can do a climb-milling finishing pass for a better surface finish. Nice DRO! They sure make life easier. Sent from my B15 using Tapatalk
  2. EricB

    My 30 years old mill is still pretty straight!

    Rough as it may look at first all a lot of old machines need is a little love and adjustment. That's going to be an awesome mill. Do you have a backlash eliminator on it? Sent from my B15 using Tapatalk
  3. EricB

    Stainless belt guards for my mill

    "Swirly patterns" haha looks great! I think that pattern is called "engine turned" but I could be wrong. Sent from my B15 using Tapatalk Edit: what color scheme are you going with? Classic machine grey/green or are you going to get creative?
  4. EricB

    My generic 4" X 6" horizontal bandsaw

    Tsk tsk, John. For Karma points you'd better give that nice little saw to... Oh, I dunno... some young guy who has to do all of his cutting at work or his friend's house perhaps? :P I'm the kind of guy who would typically rather have a 60 year old machine that was built in North America or...
  5. EricB

    Edmonton Meet ups & local info

    Haha I don't trust most of the Journeymen I've worked with to hold a +/- 0.002" tolerance on a manual! (Sadly I'm honestly not joking, they usually can't even do it on an NC) You may have to show me this Phil-trick. :P So far in my apprenticeship I've had Dan Foley, Chris Woods, and Ralph...
  6. EricB

    New guy from Sherwood park

    Hey Jon! I'd be interested in seeing one of your builds too, have any pictures?? Check out the Edmonton meet-up thread: http://canadianhobbymetalworkers.com/threads/edmonton-meet-ups-local-info.44/#post-1359
  7. EricB

    Edmonton Meet ups & local info

    Just going to tag @skogg in here, since he's new to the site and from Edmonton. I'd be able to meet up sometime this weekend if anyone's interested in grabbing a coffee or a beer. Edit: Also, I haven't taken the intro to machining, but I'll be going into my 4th year of the machining program in...
  8. EricB

    edmonton guy.

    I'm a machinist as well. Just an apprentice, but if you need any help with it let me know.
  9. EricB

    edmonton guy.

    Hey Chris, welcome to the forum. We should have an Edmonton meet up soon! Just checked out your Instagram, there's some really cool stuff on there!
  10. EricB

    Hi everyone :~)

    Hey! Cool bulb idea, excited to see what else you make! Sent from my B15 using Tapatalk
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