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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. kevin.decelles

    First lathe crash

    Thx - this makes me feel better about it. My theory is I need more machinery to practice my moving skills. The hunt ensues!
  2. kevin.decelles

    King 1440 and Craftex Threading

    And to add insult to injury, my 1903 von wyck (which is standing again after it went over) can do it all without gear changes. Here is a picture of the tpi plate and the exposed gear box. you can see one of the casualties of the fall, the cast lever broke off and needs a fix.
  3. kevin.decelles

    King 1440 and Craftex Threading

    Correct. and the stuff I thread most (3/8-16, 5/16-18, 1/2-13) are all different gears.
  4. kevin.decelles

    Gadget - multi purpose

    A picture of the yoke in my largest shaper. The bevel gear for the adjustment handle can be seen. Turning the gear move the slide block in the yoke there by changing the stroke. Speed is controlled by a transmission or cone drive etc. a 2” stroke will take the same time as a 18” (motion wise...
  5. kevin.decelles

    Gadget - multi purpose

    Rotary to linear in simple form. Strap a paint can to that
  6. kevin.decelles

    Good morning

    Welcome from eastern Saskatchewan
  7. kevin.decelles

    King 1440 and Craftex Threading

    I have the c0636a, and @cuslog experience is like mine. Each gear combo can do a handful of pitches, but not all. Eventually you have to change gears. The power feed speeds shown correspond to a specific gear combination (30 and 60 I believe). When you change the gears the feed chart isn’t...
  8. kevin.decelles

    Heading East! Ya Mule Ya!

    We’re living parallel realities! I too only have electricity (no gas) and I’ve been bringing insulation back from Alberta on every trip I make back to Calgary. That, and beer. Damn PST adds up after a while
  9. kevin.decelles

    Is there any easy way to level a foot stock?

    I mistook your challenge, not centering the foot stick, but adjusting height. Trial and error for me
  10. kevin.decelles

    Is there any easy way to level a foot stock?

    I usually double up on the washers on each end, when you tighten the washers act on each other and not so much the tailstock
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