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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. ThirtyOneDriver

    ThirtyOne Driver's projects

    I've been hiding from the internet since about Valentine's Day - may start accessing this more often again.
  2. ThirtyOneDriver

    Grind lathe bed in ontario

    Yeah... Red/Cam Man. would be in the same complex so that would have made things easier (I don't leave my place often), but it's so close that I can integrate a visit w/ my next set of errands @TorontoBuilder.
  3. ThirtyOneDriver

    Grind lathe bed in ontario

    So I was pleasantly surprised to see a small sign hanging on a fence indicating that Preston Rebuilt Machinery was located in unit 6D and stopped in to their shop. Linda was there but Roy was on a service call (seems like a one man gig) and gave me a quick tour and a business card. She...
  4. ThirtyOneDriver

    Grind lathe bed in ontario

    I looked them up - they're just down the street from me and on the opposite side of the train tracks from my metal supplier. Having only driven by and not having stopped in, the building's appearance fits the stereotype of an old, large, industrial/fabrication/machining shop. They're actually...
  5. ThirtyOneDriver

    ThirtyOne Driver's projects

    Had a hand determining if I bent the spindle today and the dial indicator result determined that the spindle is straight. Set-up and tried the english wheel in the late afternoon (small Craftex one) and found it pretty interesting. The setup I have may be good enough for fenders that I've been...
  6. ThirtyOneDriver

    ThirtyOne Driver's projects

    Welding Carry over from the Classifieds where I was contemplating selling my Precision TIG 225 (Lincoln Electric, almost everything in my shop related to welding is LE due to a past relationship w/ the company)...
  7. ThirtyOneDriver

    Lincoln Electric 225 Precision TIG Welding Machine

    So the welder that would have replaced the 225 in my upgrade doesn't have an option on it that I desperately need and therefore I am best to keep the 225 until I'm ready to upgrade it to an Aspect - with how little I've used the 225 it may be several years or even a decade before I make the...
  8. ThirtyOneDriver

    Lincoln Electric 225 Precision TIG Welding Machine

    We tried turning one into a time machine once - we haven't seen the guy since.
  9. ThirtyOneDriver

    Lincoln Electric 225 Precision TIG Welding Machine

    Yeah, I have E3 tungsten electrodes which are 2% lanthanated - I haven't used them in a long time - I have so many 2% thoriated that I use them for steel. Lots of things I've had to (been forced to) work with in the past are pretty hazardous (military's "health and safety" policies and...
  10. ThirtyOneDriver

    Lincoln Electric 225 Precision TIG Welding Machine

    Padding/practice. Could be cleaner but there was more effort in getting torch time than cleanliness (zero really). There's some machining lessons to be learned as well.
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