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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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    New to me 6" X 48" belt sander/ 9" disc sander

    When I used to work at Akhurst machinery, we sold a graphite backing pad (by the foot) (https://shop.akhurst.com/usa/pro6-hd-g.html) that would make a world of difference on your belt sander. At the time, I only had my 4x36, so of course bought some and installed it. Fast forward a few years...
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    Plasma cutters

    Another thing to remember... you can have an awesome 50cfm pump, attached to a 1000 gallon tank. But then you run your lines into a 3/8" regulator, that goes down to 1/4" ID hose at the reel.... you've got nothing. ;) Point is - you're pretty much only as strong (CFM) as your weakest link...
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    Plasma cutters

    Pilot arc - it essentially shoots high frequency, lower amperage power from the tip to the surface. It's ionizes the air, and lets the main arc light off easier. Similar to in TIG welding, you might hear the terms "scratch start" and "high freq start". That's *my* understanding of it anyhow! :D
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    Plasma cutters

    Whichever you get, make SURE that you can easily get the consumables. If you can use an expensive Miller (etc etc) tip right off the shelf, it'll beat the hell out of having to wait 3 months to order one from the MFG (just to find out they discontinued it, or they went out of business). Also...
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    Shop Built Steady Rest

    That's not just machinery - it's a work of functional art! My favourite kind. Very impressed.
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    Southern Alberta Members?

    I'm "sort of" maxed out now. It's based on a percentage of your property area (10%). I could have gone to THE max of 2100 (vs my 1650), but then the new stupid foundation laws they imposed would have kicked in. Anything over (I want to say 1073) means the foundation cost would have almost...
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    Art becomes/meets science

    I subscribe to a lot of tech newsletters. Usually they're talking about the latest 'thing' in electronics etc, but today this came across my desk(top)! https://hackaday.com/2019/05/07/how-art-became-science-in-machining/
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    Southern Alberta Members?

    It's a REALLY common platform. I was a parts guy at JET equipment for 10 years and learned a lot about the various brands coming out of here and there (mostly Taiwan). The only tricky part was making up the motor bracket. And even then, if you've got a MIG and a bandsaw, you're good to go. If...
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    Southern Alberta Members?

    Well - all that stuff, and about 10 times more. Hahaha....no, really.... there was a LOT more.... Why Coaldale? I guess... why not? Was sick of living in a big city. Even Lethbridge itself was too big. At least here it's still close enough to 'stuff', but far enough to say I don't live...
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    Southern Alberta Members?

    Went and took a few shots inside. Please excuse the disaster area! It's just me out there, and I've been tackling it all myself. When the builder was 'done', I was just left with bare stud walls, and open ceiling rafters. That's where I started to build up from. All the paneling in there is...
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