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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

    Where to buy a Reilang r003 precision oiler with double pumps

    Morning, I'm wondering if anyone uses one of these? I've been researching a good quality,long lasting oiler can and these keep coming up as top of the line. Made in Switzerland. Pump a very low volume, which is what I'm looking for for a coolant/lubricant can. I purchased a basic one (Princess...
  2. GummyMonster

    Water Soluble Cutting Fluid?

    I've been using it for various cutting and drilling and it seems to be working well. I actually have it in a precision needle tip bottle like this - I did so mostly because the pump can I bought shoots it farther than a super soaker and I needed to use the fluid without waiting that day. It...
  3. GummyMonster

    Water Soluble Cutting Fluid?

    Thanks RobinHood, now I'm not concerned about using it. I'll try different ratios and see which I prefer. I'm planning to set a up mist coolant system on my machines, but I won't have big storage tanks for whichever coolant I'm using to go bad. Small batches will work fine for me. boilerhouse...
  4. GummyMonster

    Water Soluble Cutting Fluid?

    Morning everyone, Well, my lathe and milling machine are finally in Canada. Somewhere between Vancouver and their new home. Waiting impatiently. Anyway, I bought some cutting fluid at Princess Auto the other day. I was kinda hurrying and I didn't read the front of the jug. Turns out it's water...
  5. GummyMonster

    BC Fasteners tool sale.

    Morning everyone, Just thought I'd pass on a pretty good sale for the month of May. https://bcfasteners.com/ They carry many good brands of tools of all kinds. I bought a pair the of Knipex plier/wrench. It's like a super high end set of channel lock pliers crossed with a crescent wrench. The...
  6. GummyMonster

    Ball bearing tolerance info

    Lots of information there. Thanks. Ken
  7. GummyMonster

    Inexpensive drill bit set on sale.

    I sure will. It's funny, even on AliExpress there is very little selection, of ANY quality. I ordered a bunch of metric end mills, and I may use them to finish metric holes, as DPittman suggested above. I don't understand why they're hard to find, when they are used worldwide. Ken
  8. GummyMonster

    Inexpensive drill bit set on sale.

    My position is the same as Canadium. I figure these will help me get a feel for the different drilling aspects. And will show me a little of which sizes I'll use more. Eventually I have planned for a high quality set, whether bought all at once, or a selection of my own to suit my needs. I...
  9. GummyMonster

    Go to stores for tooling in Canada?

    I'd love to go to auctions for these types of tools. Used to go to farm auctions all the time. But up here, there's virtually nothing like that. Any machine shop auctions up here would be selling lots in 5 & 6 figures and higher. Little out of my league... Ken
  10. GummyMonster

    Go to stores for tooling in Canada?

    Oh,I've read the Brownells and Sinclair catalogs numerous times. I'm certain I'll be buying from them eventually. Their tools are mostly specialized. For now I'm going to focus on learning as much as possible about many facets of machinist work in as short amount of time as possible. I have a...
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