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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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    Railfanning

    The EMD diesels tucked away inside those are something I'd like to make a working model of, just because it doesn't seem to have been done before. They are a real marvel of engineering, and even thought they are old, they probably do still make near or all of the 3000hp they were rated for - the...
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    Physical activities…..

    200lbs would be an amazing target (5'11"), haven't been there since I was in my early 20's. Used to be 185lbs of leg muscles and forearms from mountain biking everywhere and using lower gears and grunting my way through versus spinning like the pros. Back then I was trying to be 200lbs (weight...
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    Physical activities…..

    I feel like I'm teetering on the brink of getting beyond the point of no return, or maybe I'm already there with fitness. Use to be easy, go biking (mountain or road), play hockey, do manual labor around a cottage, hiking or whatever (except running - my body violently disagrees with running)...
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    Cast iron T-slot plate and accessories for trade or sale

    open to offers or trades. Does $300 peak anyones interest?
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    Mikes shop activities

    Well, its been a long time since I have had shop time. Just finished a 3 week tour of Ireland with my wife as a 25 year anniversary celebration. We saw 26+ castles, abbeys and towers that are OPW sites in Republic of Ireland and a handful more NT sites in Northern Ireland; many neolithic ruins...
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    Shop What's Happening in Chazz's Shop?

    W.r.t. #3 - don't buy Samsung - just know too many people with issues (me included) that make them candidates for recycling after the warranty expires.
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    Looking into 3d printing

    Ok, a bit late for some negative comments on my K1C. Was advertised as being capable of 0.2 nozzles but a firmware update made that 0.25mm, which Anycubic doesn't have available (been a few weeks since I checked). Not planning on using that size much but definitely want to try it out on some...
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    Machine Tools Warehouse MD-003

    I should expand on my noise comments. I've only had 3 milling machines in my life, a 3-in-1,the MTW MD-001 and now my Tormach 1100S3. The 3-in-1 and the Tormach are belt drive, and were night and day quieter than the gear head. The gear head is full of oil, with maybe only the final gear drive...
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    Machine Tools Warehouse MD-003

    Ok, that is a slightly different machine then. General comments and my humble opinion on it. Gear head makes a heck of a racket running in any gear. What spindle taper is it? Hopefully R8 and not MT3. For manual machining it's fine, capable but don't believe that it can run a big shell mill...
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    Machine Tools Warehouse MD-003

    Md-003? I owned a Md-001. These are basically a heavier variation of the RF-45 that has been re-branded by everyone and their cousin. Does it look like the one I had (and sold)? https://canadianhobbymetalworkers.com/threads/for-sale-zay-12z-converted-to-cnc-for-sale-ottawa-on.12246/
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