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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. RobinHood

    Calgary & area meet up Spring 2024.

    So the 30 March 2024 date is no longer in play?
  2. RobinHood

    Calgary & area meet up Spring 2024.

    I could demonstrate the three different types if dividing: direct, indirect & differential. We could also try out some different inserts on mild / SS steel (kind of what @Dabbler, @johnnielsen and I did preciously). Or Metric threading on an imperial lathe. Or multi-start threading.
  3. RobinHood

    ICE

    Stay safe. That stuff is unforgiving.
  4. RobinHood

    measure over pin method for gears

    Thanks Peter for investigating this and confirming with your CAD drawing(s).
  5. RobinHood

    measure over pin method for gears

    I have measured gears using the two pin method. It always seemed to work out. I think unless one uses a CMM, the measuring axis of an odd toothed gear will be slightly off of the normal axis (as seen in your model and the following explanation). The measurement M compensates for that and it...
  6. RobinHood

    Calgary & area meet up Spring 2024.

    I’ll volunteer my shop. It seemed to work out last time. I don’t have my work schedule that far out, so I can’t say if 30 March or 20 April is better. I should have an idea by 25 February though. @Janger , I’ll keep you posted (nudge me if I forget, thanks)
  7. RobinHood

    Mid-Century Modern NC Mill

    … and a couple of diesel generators in your back yard… Nice find!
  8. RobinHood

    DRO Heck.

    I wonder if you are seeing hysteresis in your DTI? You are loading the needle in one direction, then “back off” in the opposite direction for your “measurement”, then you pull the 1-2-3 block and load the needle in the original direction again as you move in with your cross slide. I agree with...
  9. RobinHood

    Tool Budget DIY Scraper Advice Needed

    FYI, this scraper from Grainger is not allowed to be sold in Canada. (At least when I wanted to buy it 2-3 years ago). The US government has prohibited the export of this item into Canada. Even though the Grainger.ca website lists it as for sale… I went all the way to Grainger HQ to try and find...
  10. RobinHood

    Metal lathe options

    @Chris Cramer , you probably already found this, in case you have not, here is John Moran, “GadgetBuilder’s 7x12 MiniLathe” website. https://gadgetbuilder.com/index.html He’s got some nice write ups on modifications he made to his machine.
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