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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. GummyMonster

    Basement machine shop? Pros and Cons...

    Thanks for all the great information. Yycmh Craig - No, I'd just started setting up slowly in my garage when the opportunity to use this room in the basement came up. All this things listed in my last post are going to be done to my new workshop in the basement. Sorry, I tend to get long...
  2. GummyMonster

    Airbourne dust dangers..

    That's a good question Tom. I can't say that I've seen anything about humidity issues with the water filtration. I don't think it's would raise humidity too much, as the air is moving above the water, not stirring it up. Obviously it would add some moisture to the air. The humidity up here is...
  3. GummyMonster

    Airbourne dust dangers..

    That's awesome, thanks. Here's a link to the water filtration system I'm looking at . General info - https://www.woodtalkonline.com/topic/5386-water-based-dust-collection/ System I want to replicate, possibly incorporate it into something like yours Brent. - I'll be darned if I can find the...
  4. GummyMonster

    Basement machine shop? Pros and Cons...

    All this input is great. I'm going to move forward with this basement set up. My current machines are small enough to be carried by my 2 strong boys. The room is at the opposite end of the house from the main living spaces. And I am going to put up soundproof wallboard over the drywal, and on...
  5. GummyMonster

    Airbourne dust dangers..

    Brent H, love to see your design and setup. I want to set up something that works well but won't cost a fortune for my woodworking. I'm looking at using water to filter the fine particles. I need to recirculate the air for many months of the year (as you most likely do as well) to prevent heat...
  6. GummyMonster

    Airbourne dust dangers..

    To be honest, I guess I never read enough to see him selling products. I saw mostly design pics and such of what a person can build. Maybe I've just forgotten his sales side, it's a huge amount of information and I read it awhile ago. Either way, I felt his info made sense to me, as I worked a...
  7. GummyMonster

    Airbourne dust dangers..

    Morning everyone, I had found this study and information awhile ago. It doesn't directly discuss metalworkers, but most people who are mechanically talented as you folks are often work at different hobbies, pastimes. I never realized how dangerous fine dust can be . No one ever really talked...
  8. GummyMonster

    Basement machine shop? Pros and Cons...

    Evening, So my situation has changed. I've been moving towards setting up my garage for metalwork and for woodworking. I was going to build a partition and create 2 separate rooms. Mainly to keep sawdust away from the metalworking equipment, and also to make having a really good air filtering...
  9. GummyMonster

    Die Grinders?

    I have 3 side grinders, 2 small and a real big one. I recently bought a flap disc to try after reading how much people like them on here. I'll use it mostly for removing rust and smoothing things before welding, then cleaning up and polishing welds after (on small pieces of course).Finishing...
  10. GummyMonster

    Die Grinders?

    I may have found a really good alternative. The PROXXON Longneck Angle Grinder LHW/E, 38544. - https://www.proxxon.com/us/micromot/38544.php 110v. No heavy air use. And there's an easy way to convert these to Roloc Discs. - Unless someone knows something bad about the Proxxon grinder. I'm...
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