• Scam Alert. Members are reminded to NOT send money to buy anything. Don't buy things remote and have it shipped - go get it yourself, pay in person, and take your equipment with you. Scammers have burned people on this forum. Urgency, secrecy, excuses, selling for friend, newish members, FUD, are RED FLAGS. A video conference call is not adequate assurance. Face to face interactions are required. Please report suspicions to the forum admins. Stay Safe - anyone can get scammed.
  • 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. cuslog

    KO Lee cutter grinder belts

    Thanks for that ! I think I'd just have "Winky" make up some belts for me - I have enough other projects and his pricing seems relatively cheap. Now, to see if he'll ship to Canada.
  2. cuslog

    KO Lee cutter grinder belts

    So, recently purchased a KO Lee Tool & Cutter Grinder (B360 model). Works fine and I'm enjoying having it. However: it's the older flat belt type, I only got one belt and 6 or 8 flat belt pulleys with it. The one belt I got has seen better days and I'm thinking I should find more flat belts or...
  3. cuslog

    Chinese end mills

    I've bought several endmills off AliExpress -- ZGT is the only brand name I have experience with, there's probably others that are as good. Only metric sizes available, I have metric collets. 10 ~ 25% the cost of North American or European brands (varies with size) and just as good. Somewhere...
  4. cuslog

    Tips/Techniques using emery on a lathe

    I use a file as a backer for emery cloth on the lathe -- Left handed -- most of my files have golf balls for handles -- actually, quite comfortable.
  5. cuslog

    What Ever Happened to All of the Great Canadian Machine Tool Builders?

    Nailed it again ! My wife and I ran our own business 35+ years - moderately successful - but when you have some success, you also become a target for jealousy, resentment etc. Biggest reason I see though is far lower input costs in general in the Asian countries - and there's over a Billion new...
  6. cuslog

    Heat wave ?

  7. cuslog

    My used machinery shipping experience

    So, I had often looked at used machinery posted for sale on line but the logistics / expense and the unknown costs always threw me off. I had looked for a small Tool and Cutter Grinder for quite awhile. I needed small because I'm in a small workshop. I missed a couple, I was just simply too...
  8. cuslog

    These auction rigging fees are ridiculous...

    Next it'll be a "convenience fee", then an "access fee", "fuel surcharge", "waste and recycling fee", what else could they come up with ?
  9. cuslog

    These auction rigging fees are ridiculous...

    Yes, I was there to view this morning and I agree. $25.00 rigging fee for (each) small items you could carry out by hand. Just gotta reduce your bid by that amount.
  10. cuslog

    Any members anywhere near Magog, Quebec ?

    Direct message sent.
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