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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

    UPS Charges

    The Canadian Gov't prior 2007 capped the "gift" exception to Can$60. Currency exchanging from USD to CAD easily put gifts into taxable/brokerage territory
  2. Crankit

    Other Nitrile glove alternatives for allergy/sensitive skin?

    Try cotton glove liners, it might require bumping up a size for nitrile gloves. We use them as warmers in really cold weather. they do help control sweat in warmer weather too. They're cheap and if it doesn't work you're not out much.
  3. Crankit

    Broken tap removal

    Taps are pretty hard so you could try a punch and break it apart into pieces
  4. Crankit

    UPS Charges

    Interesting topic and replies.....I did O/O for Purolator for ten years and they sub'd for UPS for just about everywhere other than metro areas. I too got screwed by UPS long prior to delivering for them and hence, had much experience in educating my customers in how to avoid UPS brokerage fees...
  5. Crankit

    Looking for a couple of things.....

    If you're wanting a decent GTD handle, look at old T&D sets on Kijiji or MP that have the handles in the set. They are way cheaper than buying the handles on ebay.
  6. Crankit

    Tool The sphincter of the machining world

    I've had YouTube premium forever but I still play some of the slow talkers from the deep south at 1.75X and I can still understand them. Some videos get put to a minute from the end to get to the summary.
  7. Crankit

    Mitutoyo tools at ITM dot COM

    Mitutoyo doesn't manufacture anything in the USA anymore. Their rules and squares are made by PEC Tools and I would bet anything else labeled USA is outsourced. Brown and Sharpe does the same with many of their tools. It's too bad but dollars unfortunately talk!
  8. Crankit

    Product Canadian made vise

    I found them but the latest is 1952 but no vise ads.
  9. Crankit

    Product Canadian made vise

    I used to have some old Canadian machining magazines from the 50's that I was going to snoop through the advertisements but I can't find them
  10. Crankit

    Metal mill

    Where's the guy in Kelowna who's looking for a mill?
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