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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. Crankit

    T-nut for an Aloris QCTP

    The right files and time can build some good parts!
  2. Crankit

    T-nut for an Aloris QCTP

    You used some cold rolled? or did you have a piece that came with the tool post? I had my QCTP (supplied) piece machined by a local machinist(kinda) and he complained it was hardened and wrecked his milling cutter. Seven months later he got it finished:rolleyes:
  3. Crankit

    Barn Finds

    Great score! Any idea when the lathe was bought?
  4. Crankit

    McMaster-Carr

    I'm not sure what you guys in AB have for freight forwarding companies but in BC we have Summit Custom Brokers that bring freight up from US border to their hubs in the Okanagan. A buddy of mine uses these guys frequently and it works well for him as many outfits in the US will ship free in the...
  5. Crankit

    Moving heavy things... on the cheap

    I ran large wheeled machinery for 15 years and balancing load and machine was tricky but fun, specially Bobcats. Had one short haul driver try and tell me how to run a forklift...once.
  6. Crankit

    How not to move a lathe

    Bravo boys!!!
  7. Crankit

    Left hand drill bits

    Bought my set soon after I bought my Jeep as every bolt I needed to remove for accessories would strip out. I will always have a set in my tool box.
  8. Crankit

    McMaster-Carr

    You are correct, >30G gross you have to have a GST number, under it's optional but you won't be able to apply any GST credits for any purchases. I just restarted my GST number last week to help out at Purolator to deal with the insane overload they have, I always had my BN attached to my file...
  9. Crankit

    McMaster-Carr

    I used to haul M-C packages every day when I was with Purolator, always next day air. Those and Sandvic were good money makers...sadly I didn't know any better so any carbide inserts that would spill out of the packages went straight out the back door at the end of the day
  10. Crankit

    Site slow or unreachable at times

    no issues and responding quickly
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