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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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    CA-ON West Toronto material comparison

    Went to McKinnon Metals this morning. Great place, you can wander around and pick what ever you want. I got mild steel for 1.00/lb, and aluminum for 4.00/lb. The people are friendly too.
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    Mill scale removal ?

    On the MakeEverything youtube channel he shows a diamond impregnated brush that removes mill scale very easily, it's so expensive though at 300 US.
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    Tool Tools of the Trades Show

    I used that type of wire twisting pliers quite a bit on the submarine.
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    Eclipse

    We drove from Toronto to Prince Edward County thinking the weather was going to be better there. It was mostly cloud cover, but I wouldn't have missed it. We had 3 minutes and 20 seconds of darkness and it was amazing. Went dark like switching a light switch.
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    Ontario meetup, April 6

    I'm in.
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    Shop Question for the basement shop guys

    I used to get complaints about the sawdust when I was doing woodworking, got into metal working and thought, no more complaints about the sawdust in the house. Little did I know.
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    Fusion 360 getting started session December 2023

    I usually start with a sketch after watching your video I may start doing some of it directly from a 3d object, so I learned something. Might want to talk about the two different approaches and how each can be used to your advantage. I like my videos right around 10 minutes, but I suppose that...
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    Do you have a mill and what kind is it?

    Darbert 10x50 with TouchDRO. Raglan vertical miller
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    What size lathe do you have?

    I think this topic is the coolest thing I have seen on here for weeks. Who cares about the thoroughness or accuracy. 5 pages and I haven't seen the topic wander off in another direction.
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    Product Metal Lathe Accessories update

    Just order the tee slot cross slide myself. Should be a fun project, and easier to put a DRO on than the original, rear parting tool I think will be helpful too.
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