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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. Colten Edwards

    Dangerous places to work

    I'm like a squirrel in this place as I wander around filling orders
  2. Colten Edwards

    Dangerous places to work

    been unemployed for awhile with a couple of jobs in between, however nothing good or lasting. Just started a new job at .................. Gregg Distributors. what a gold mine :) I'm really gonna have to watch myself or I'll end up owing money instead of making any. I know where I'll be buying...
  3. Colten Edwards

    CNC router Recommendations?

    I built a cncrouterparts.com 4x4 table. I only ordered the special parts from them, and bought the cold rolled steel and aluminum extrusion from within Canada. Saved quite abit of money for shipping. Aluminum extrusion in the 102" length I needed when I created my 4x8 table, I shipped via CanPar...
  4. Colten Edwards

    3D Printing - machines owned by members

    although this is not mine, I have printed one of these. Just need to put the shroud on, and it will be fully functional. printed in two pieces. I have 390mm's of Z height which has increased recently with the purchase of new linear rails to probably around 480mm. this is a rough estimate though.
  5. Colten Edwards

    3D Printing - machines owned by members

    home-made delta from 2040/2020 extrusion with a 330mm 120volt print bed, 1 meter high. currently using a "re-arm" 32bit board attached to a ramps 1.5 board with TMC2100 drivers and dual extruders :)
  6. Colten Edwards

    Craftex CX600 Motor Problems

    You would not be able to use the dials to manual mill. However a good DRO would make it quite possible to manual mill. My intention is to remove the handles completely. CNC only. But this does not preclude manual milling as you would be using the keyboard to jog. At some point I could get a...
  7. Colten Edwards

    Craftex CX600 Motor Problems

    I bought my ballscrews on eBay from a guy linearmotion2008 (?). He has supplied alot of these to people using the Hoss plans to CNC there G0704's as he's a recommended supplier. AutomationTechnologyInc is another supplier, but I had a problem with there shipping costs. You have to ask him about...
  8. Colten Edwards

    Craftex CX600 Motor Problems

    I had a issue with my King Industrial KC20vs. which is basically a G0704. I was boring out a large hole and it was taking a awhile. The brush cap melted and when I attempted to restart the mill there was nothing. Fortunately the Bosch Colt router has basically the same size cap and brush. I then...
  9. Colten Edwards

    New to me lathe

    Just finished replacing headstock and gear change oil. replaced the oil I had used in the apron as well. Cleaned up ALOT of crap from everywhere. Need to find a source of either thick rubber or felt to use for the wiper's on the ways since the rubber is kinda screwed from age. Found out I have a...
  10. Colten Edwards

    new DCMT toolholders

    how I know about the differant sizes of inserts, I have a set that is much too large for the holders I have. I'd have to go check numbers, but pretty well double in size. On a pleasant note, they came within two weeks. Now if I could just get the rest of my crap from aliexpress as quickly, I'd...
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