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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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    US Tariffs

    Yikes. Its like a minefield out there. Now the trick becomes to verify are items running through a USA middleman distributor & incurring the dinger fees there (and passed onto customer). Or are there provisions to land them to Canada direct. I bet there is some scrambling going on right now in...
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    Funny dot on Windows 10 user icon

    Different explanation. I'm noticing strange log-in related things in Chrome lately. When I research them its becoming apparent how buggy its become. Maybe little gifts from rapidly departing employees? LOL
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    Mini rant - who drills the holes on these economy lathes?

    Unfortunately hand drilled holes in some of these machines is just how they do it. One could argue its using lower cost labor but in many instances is just bad engineering & false economics IMO. They could have made a jig or fixture to better control the operation to make it much more consistent...
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    Noob needs help with custom HSS tool.

    A green wheel (silicon carbide) will dress carbide but kind of depends on quality & grit & material removal. The grains are harder than aluminum oxide but they are designed to break down faster exposing new grit which means they wear faster especially on carbide. Even so, the dressed edge can...
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    Rhino 8 users?

    I have not used it since v3 or so. I did a lot of work with it back in the day, but it lacked a lot of what I felt I personally required for more mechanical applications. It was not parametric, Grasshopper was a separate purchase plug-in, But looks like they have fully integrated. Drawings were...
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    Zenair CH601HD

    Coming along! I was going to suggest some initial bulkhead / former templates to help you with 'screeding' the filler finish contouring but you were well past that stage. The former grid also helps contain the filler material by kind of compartmentalizing. But looks like you have the...
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    3DP metal for model engine

    Conversation snips: it's https://www.weerg.com but they only print in plastics. The different aluminum alloys are what they offer for the CNC work they can do. Vent pipe V5 9.90n Euro for 2 off (discounts for two or more). Coolant pipes left and right 5.83 Euro each. Shipping 6. 84 Euro and to...
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    Splined coupler

    I made this (3DP) part for a completely different purpose but maybe you could adopt the idea. Each face has the same layout of half circle divots. So a 4mm ball mill plunged just under 2mm depth. One side has 4mm bearing balls bonded into it. This allows the 2 parts to be slightly separated...
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    Solidworks for Makers and SolidCAM

    Standing offer to help with any SW CAD questions that arise. I have not run Fusion so can't bridge the equivalence/difference gap between them. Zero knowledge on the CAM side at present. One thing you might check into. Our (Calgary) public library has full access to LinkedIn Learning through...
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    3DP metal for model engine

    A very talented model engineer on the Model Engine Maker forum is building a 'bar stock' 1:3 scale Mercedes Benz W165 Grand Prix race car engine from the late 1930's. He does use his shop CNC for many parts but interestingly, he designs in 2D not 3D CAD. Anyway, what started as an unrelated side...
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