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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

    The hypocrisy and unfairness in schooling

    Or perhaps a better title would be 'Two lessons about school I wish I had learned before I started school'! I just couldn't let @Susquatch 's post go unanswered altho it was so off topic I decided to put my reply here. @Susquatch said "Because I was a highschool drop out, I had to take the...
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    New to me Ammco 7" Metal shaper

    You are not alone!!! I hated public school with a passion! I dropped out of grade 13 in frustration. Almost got myself expelled that last year. I thought they didn't know how to teach. Felt like I was being wasted. Figured I should have had a University degree already by the time I was in grade...
  3. Canadium

    Lathe Chuck Key

    Same here!
  4. Canadium

    Tool Organized my drill bits

    Ya! My collection is a confused mess! Numbered, lettered, fractional, metric, spiral, spade, old, new, dull, resharpened, tapered shank, straight shank, 118 degree, 135 degree, plain HSS, TiN coated, carbide and cobalt! How to organize??? All food for thought!
  5. Canadium

    Pictures

    Works OK for me! I have a slight delay before the picture shows but not that bad. I'm using Firefox browser on Windows 10. I would guess it' all about the software versions you are using and your machines processing speed.
  6. Canadium

    CA-BC Amazon.ca vs direct from Accusize?

    Your example implies that if you buy thru Amazon you don't pay GST. I doubt that is true. More likely it is exactly as @TorontoBuilder says. The difference is in the shipping.
  7. Canadium

    New member from Hamilton

    Welcome from the East end of Hamilton!
  8. Canadium

    UPS gripe

    Reminds me of the time UPS vanished one of my packages. Tracking showed it went in the opposite direction to California! Apparently no one there thought that CA at the end of my address might mean Canada! The vendor just wrote it off and gave me a refund.
  9. Canadium

    Tool Anyone own a metal cutting circular saw?

    Ya! I have the Evolution! Totally love it! Makes fabulous clean straight cuts in steel plate. I think they have a special blade for aluminum.
  10. Canadium

    Ammco 6" Metal shaper

    Don't have any answers for you. Presumably you already checked out VintageMachinery.org? All I can say is that I have one too and mine is blue. Pictured in post #6 at following link ... https://canadianhobbymetalworkers.com/threads/bring-out-your-shapers.12360/#post-167585
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