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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. jgimp69

    New guy from Midwestern Ontario

    Baseball. He played for Kincardine
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    Tips/Techniques Workshop Organization- things that have made a difference for you

    I still need to take the time to make holders for my 5C collets and my MT drill bits (red boxes)
  3. jgimp69

    Sticky What Machines Do You have?

    Did my millwrong apprenticeship in a plastic injection mold shop in London (Phillips Tool). Got a good education there. But I’ve been cutting chips since high school. We were luckily enough to have a pretty well equipped shop for a high school. Been hooked since then.
  4. jgimp69

    Shop Inheritance Machining Episode

    I agree that bolting down vs portability is based upon the user, available space, quality of flooring etc. But I also think that the machine needs to be leveled to at least a reasonable degree with no soft foot present to give you the best results. My mill isn’t currently anchored, but is...
  5. jgimp69

    Ontario member sound off

    New member just north of Goderich
  6. jgimp69

    Shop Inheritance Machining Episode

    I think it depends on the situation. For home use, a heavy Colchester or Stanko or Bridgeport would probably be fine on custom skates it you are still able to reasonably level it with no soft foot. A light duty craftex or bench top mill, not so much as I would imagine it would dance across the...
  7. jgimp69

    Tool Keyed or keyless tailstock chuck?

    I could definitely see using a keyless on smaller lathes. On most jobs I’ve always used 14N or 16N chucks and Ive usually only centre drilled for live centres or flipped to MT drills. I’m now thinking about a keyless on my Colchester at home though
  8. jgimp69

    Sticky What Machines Do You have?

    New here. I’m just starting to gear up for retirement but here goes -Bridgeport knee mill, variable, rewound from 600v to 240 and setup with a freq drive. Setup with 2 axis accurite readout, Kurt drawbar and in the midst of booking up a trico coolant system. -Colchester master 2500, new...
  9. jgimp69

    Sticky What Machines Do You have?

    Long as the beer fridge is cold I wouldn’t care...
  10. jgimp69

    Tool Keyed or keyless tailstock chuck?

    I’ve never used a keyless chuck on a lathe. I don’t think I’ve ever come across a keyless on a MT at all. Usually I’m flipping from the keyed chuck to a MT drill or live centre anyways so often as opposed to keeping the chuck in the tailstock that I don’t think it’s enough of a production...
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