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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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    Elmers Engines

    You must have most of the plans already! Nice collection of engines! Is there any particular plan you are looking for? You've probably found (and downloaded) the deWaal metric (larger version) plans of the Elmer Verberg engines?
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    9" standard modern utilathe nose spindle thread orientation.

    If the bull gear can be easily accessed, something like this can work: I made something similar for my lathe in a few minutes with 'QuikWood epoxy putty and a piece of plywood for a handle. The good part is that it will break before the gear will. A good strap wrench (is there such a thing...
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    ApplePi

    Thanks, John. I'm light-years away from your level. After multiple (totally unenjoyable) attempts in the past, I'm FIRMLY in the "Tried LINUX several times; didn't like it" camp, thus disqualifying me from conversations like this. I manage to install OS X in a Mac - that's about it. Anyway, I...
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    ApplePi

    Thanks, that helps a bit!
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    ApplePi

    So you have replaced the OS X on the Mac with a different OS so you can use Pi?
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    ApplePi

    I'm confused - do you like that Macbook (a.k.a. Apple laptop) with the Pi or not? Off topic: I have a couple of Macbooks from that era. If it's a Pro, it usually says so on the display border. Also, there are ways of running newer OS versions on old Mac hardware that work pretty well (search...
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    Tool Fast shipping of reamer

    Re: 15mm reamer. I hadn't done much work with metric sizing and fasteners until this year. It's been a pleasant surprise to find reasonable quality stuff at inexpensive prices from Ali (and occasionally Banggood), but pretty much only in metric sizing as far as I've been able to see. I have a...
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    Tool Fast shipping of reamer

    Lately most of my Ali purchases seem to be coming more quickly than a few years ago. They seem to be shipping from China to a service in Canada (via Air Cargo container??) where the items are combined, re-packaged and sent out via CanadaPost. Nowadays I often get a plastic bag with items from...
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    Line Noise Suppression Capacitor?

    Really? That is HOT.
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    Line Noise Suppression Capacitor?

    A search online will reveal that this is a common problem. e.g. : https://www.eevblog.com/forum/beginners/desoldering-circuit-board-solder-won_t-melt/
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