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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. Susquatch

    Request to do a small machining job

    All of my schooling as well as my first engineering job were based on the mixed Imperial / US standards of measurement. At the time, I thought gallons, Quarts, and ounces were too complicated and confusing. Little did I know that the metric system would soon run me over. I remember a young...
  2. Susquatch

    I suck.

    Yup, it's official. Every single last one of us thinks you suck. So you REALLY SUCK!
  3. Susquatch

    Tooliom 135s

    NOW YOU TELL ME! My eyesight divorced me just before I tried welding. It's only gotten worse since then and so has my welding!
  4. Susquatch

    Tooliom 135s

    For serious!!!! That really is amazing. I guess I was simply born too long ago.
  5. Susquatch

    Tooliom 135s

    My first shot at welding was OA, then stick, then MIG. I did ok with OA but hated it. Hated stick even more. I sorta like wire but it's a love hate thing. Wish I'd had someone to look over my shoulder and yell at me but never did. At my age nobody will yell at me anymore. I doubt I'll ever get...
  6. Susquatch

    Stick welder issues

    Full Copper (not plated) scrub pads work even better. Mice, rats, and bats don't like Copper in their mouths. I never had any success with moth balls. In fact, they didn't even help with moths. The mouse and rat snap traps work great but require constant tending. I tried a 5 gal pail with a...
  7. Susquatch

    3C Collet: 12 mm

    Well, you can't win them all. At least it's a nice lathe!
  8. Susquatch

    3C Collet: 12 mm

    Is it feasible to switch to 5C? If so, it would be a lot easier to find them.
  9. Susquatch

    Workshop and Air filtration.

    A trick I used to use was to create a negative pressure in the work area. That is as simple as locating the shop vacuum outside and running the hose inside. That way, no dust migrates to other parts of the house because all the airflow is inward not outward. If I had a shop like that, I...
  10. Susquatch

    New Member in Tottenham!

    Very cool! What beach?
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