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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. Raygers

    What size lathe do you have?

    I have a 7x Chinese lathe, my last steam engine build had a 6" flywheel and it was a challenge with my limited-size lathe and minimill. I've been looking at other casting builds and some of them have 8" flywheels, another challenge that I'll embrace with gusto. I have 2 choices as regards the...
  2. Raygers

    Shop heat

    When I left school, early '60s I worked for a while at a company called Road Rollers, they rented the machines out to contractors. When they came back to the yard they were brought into the shop for service. Most of the big ones were diesel engines and hand-cranked from the back end. You can...
  3. Raygers

    How do I make a Star Trek replicator?

    Do you know any dentists? They have a scanner thingymabob that they use to scan your teeth, I had this done when I was in to get a cap for one of my teeth made. I watched to on the big monitor that they have on the wall, very impressive.
  4. Raygers

    Vevor vises....quality?

    I only have half a bottle. Worked at a factory that had mercury vapour lights, when the electricians changed out the dud ones I'd go and grab them out of the bin, break them open and pour the mercury into a container. My mind is still as sharp as it's ever been, at least since yesterday.
  5. Raygers

    CA-AB Russell steel prices

    There's a new Metal Supermarket in Windsor, a little closer.
  6. Raygers

    Threading - 29.5/30 vs 90

    When I was in college I was taught both methods with the advisor that 30-degree method is the accurate method, there is less loading of the part, especially if a small diameter part. 90 degrees can and will dig in but is adequate for most applications. the calculations differ but are available...
  7. Raygers

    What to drink?

    Eeni meeni mini mo.:D
  8. Raygers

    Ontario member sound off

    Just a small city boy, living in Chatham.
  9. Raygers

    Other Basic Electronics, Multimeters, & Oscilloscopes

    A little humour and a measure of dumbness. I fitted an RPM counter, from Amazon, on my mini-lathe, superglued the magnet onto the spindle and fired it up. Something was not right, the display gave all sorts of strange characters that changed with the spindle speed. It was a while before I...
  10. Raygers

    Milling vise handle size poll

    I'm not sure what mine is, I'm in the house at the moment, all I know is that it hurts when dropped on my foot.
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