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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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    Product KBC Grade A surface plate dyed granite??

    Hi All, I just picked up a Grade A 2 ledge 24x18x3 surface plate from KBC. The plate appears black all around but when I was installing the 3 point supports on the bottom I noticed that the plate is actually bright grey and appears to be dyed black. After cleaning for the first time with...
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    CA-ON Source for music wire in Ontario

    Prices on Amazon are absolutely ridiculous!
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    CA-ON Source for music wire in Ontario

    Hi, I’m looking for music/spring wire to make some custom springs. I’ve never made springs before but I understand the general idea. Im not sure what wire thickness I need but I think generally 1-1.5mm should do…I’m making a custom spring to hold my diy pneumatic wrench power drawbar. I need a...
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    Tool Looking for a decent ER32 R8 collet chuck

    Very good to know, I know they are a Canadian reseller so I’d much rather buy through them than to import from the US or Asia.
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    Tool Looking for a decent ER32 R8 collet chuck

    Yeah that’s what I was thinking as well but not looking forward to setting up the die grinder and tilting the head etc…for in place re-grind .I’ll try one more time and call them as suggested if the runout is bad. If it doesn’t work out I’ll try some of the other ones suggested by others on...
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    Tool Looking for a decent ER32 R8 collet chuck

    Yes same one labeled CanCnc. R8 to Er32 chuck. Looks really well made and finished which is why I thought the first one must have been a fluke. I keep verifying my R8 spindle runout each time to make sure. I did not only measure the spindle runout directly on the R8 taper but also using a R8 to...
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    Tool Looking for a decent ER32 R8 collet chuck

    I bought and returned 2 of the Accusize chucks from Amazon thinking the first one was a fluke and the TIR on both was .04mm. Good to know that they stand behind their products. I’ll try again in this case and give them a call @Tom Kitta I measure the runout by taking an average of the TIR on...
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    Tool Looking for a decent ER32 R8 collet chuck

    Hi, I'm looking for a ER32 R8 shank collet chuck with reasonable TIR. The ones I could source on Amazon(including the pricier Accusize) all have a runout > .04mm/.0015" which is relatively high for using small end mills(1-3 mm range). Any suggestions?
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    looking for 30x30 pallet and crate

    Hello, I'm looking for a standard 30x30 wooden pallet and crate in the Burlington/Hamilton/Oakville area if anyone has one and wants to get rid of it.
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    Mill Stand Design - Static Stress

    Yes if I need them to rotate 360. Keep in mind the stand will live on leveling feet…the wheels are just for convenient movement without needing the shop crane Machine is supposed to arrive this Friday
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