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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. Canadium

    What size lathe do you have?

    The more I think about it the more it seems to me that this is a very interesting and valid observation. The poll numbers do seem to support the notion that the CHMW has a significant segment of professional or semi-pro machinists while under represented by the very popular small lathe hobby...
  2. Canadium

    Tools you waited too long to acquire

    I've had one of these for several years also for same reason and really love it. My most frequently used measuring tool. Have been considering getting another because I use/like it so much.
  3. Canadium

    What did I find?

    Is it so light that it floats? Volcanic pumice can be so light that it floats even tho it is a rock. . If so it could have got there by being carried by water. A flood, a temporary stream, that could have deposited it there as things dried up again.
  4. Canadium

    What did I find?

    Looks like a volcanic pumice to me. I would expect a meteorite to be heavy and dense not porous and light.
  5. Canadium

    Tool Mill tool hanger

    Old age.
  6. Canadium

    Proximity sensors??

    Could you use a temporary coating on the glass to make it detectable and remove the coating when finished?
  7. Canadium

    Starrett vs Mitutoyo

    Ya, the old rules of thumb regarding western vs eastern quality seems to be changing. Maybe another good reason to look for older second hand western tools that were built to a higher standard. I do not like the Mitutoyo shift to more plastic parts at all. Altho my sense is that eastern stuff is...
  8. Canadium

    2023 Year end project/shop assessment

    Ya I also navigated some medical problems. One two year treatment period ended with the year end but a new surgery followed. Hope this coming year will be better! I did manage to do some work improving the floor in my poly house, finished a renovation of some clothes closets in my house...
  9. Canadium

    Hello From Golden Horse Shoe Area, (Hamilton, Area)!!!

    Welcome from Hamilton!!!
  10. Canadium

    Aliexpress Coaxial Indicator

    I would love to see that. I recently acquired such a DTI and want to know why I need to keep it.
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