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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

    Wire EDM machine

    I sanctioned (funded) a build of an edm last year. My partner in crime was given the book by langlois and noted the same thing — dated components. The final product cost me 180cdn and was built with an arduino & some capacitor banks. Fundamentally it “works” but needs fine tuning. I think...
  2. kevin.decelles

    What's Paul up to?

    best thing I've read today. Thank-you for the smile.
  3. kevin.decelles

    Tips/Techniques Need some guidance on a lathe/mill comb machine

    agree with all comments. too much $$$$
  4. kevin.decelles

    CA-ON McMaster-Carr

    I registered a trade name in Alberta 30 years ago for $30. That allows me to use that name when setting up bank accounts etc. when I signed up with McMaster cart i just typed the name in. No evidence required. I recently went in and changed my address for this last order, no issues I don’t...
  5. kevin.decelles

    CA-ON McMaster-Carr

    No additional charges btw, what they stated online was what I paid.
  6. kevin.decelles

    CA-ON McMaster-Carr

    I ordered a batch of 4’ acme rods in various pitches plus a set of acme nuts to match. Shipping on about 27lbs was 80USD. I live in rural Sk, and the parts shipped from 3 warehouses (Etobicoke , Chicago and Cleveland ). All parcels arrived in under three days on two Purolator deloveries...
  7. kevin.decelles

    Quick survey on Foundries

    Ditto. Take my pattern for making levelling feet. I can make 4 of them in an hour that need 5 mines of cleanup. Minimum swarf. Plus, you can easily cast a rough version of something that would be timely in cnc
  8. kevin.decelles

    Quick survey on Foundries

    @jcdammeyer , your molds always look spectacular , can you detail your process for finishing them?
  9. kevin.decelles

    Finding Lathe Spindle center line in CNC with multiple tools

    I paid 45 for a similar one off alliexpress
  10. kevin.decelles

    Quick survey on Foundries

    I have tried melting chips that @Janger provided from his cnc however it does not melt nicely , oxidization is the issue. It doesn’t go liquid, just ashes/slag. I think a workaround is to have a charge of aluminum billet melted then to add the shavings in a shielded container (pop can) but...
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