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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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    Anyone know there way around O/A torch brands?

    We had these at school in the Oxy/ace lab and they were very nice for welding/brazing. https://canadaweldingsupply.ca/collections/oxy-fuel-torches-attachments/products/victor-wh411c-torch-handle Very compact and comfy in the hand. $268 isn't terrible, but not enough to justify over my...
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    Anyone know there way around O/A torch brands?

    Does it do it with a full tank? Sometimes high pressure regulators are not the greatest on the low side. Gauge shows a couple hundred PSI, but that could be off a bit, and I've had torches act pretty funny with low Oxy before. They will light fine and act normal, but then flutter and flicker...
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    Shop Stuart’s big dumb thread

    Ah yes right, I remember now (I think). Yeah, that was traffic the hard way for you. I just did 2 months of that crap daily, and that was enough.
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    Shop Stuart’s big dumb thread

    It was down near you wasn't it? If not that one, there was another great deal for something last week down near you I almost sent you, but then got busy at school, and it was gone by the time I got back to it. I get confused.....Too many to keep track of lol. I wouldn't have anywhere else...
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    Welcome to Westwood Metalworks, What is he building in there?

    Thanks. I'll probably use it a bit, but will most likely reach for my Starrett first. I'll probably toss it in my work box, and it won't look that pretty for long....
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    Shop Stuart’s big dumb thread

    holy crap that's bigger than it looked in the pictures (I saw the fresh ad too...) Hell of a deal.
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    Hello from Almonte, Ontario (just left of Ottawa; but don't hold that against me!)

    Wait, WHAT? So your you have an East and West hand, which could become your North hand and South hands? While I have a strong sense of Polar direction, and do prefer it for a lot of directional description (driving especially), only going by that would drive me nuts for some stuff. I guess...
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    Welcome to Westwood Metalworks, What is he building in there?

    Spent the morning redoing the cad modeling for the grinder. Still not "done", but done enough that I can finish the axles for the platten attachment wheels. I had prints printed from the original model pre crash, but I made a call to flip the wheels end for end to what I originally had, so...
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    Ain't It The Truth?

    Kids socks are the pump killer around here. 4 pumps now, they float up over the drum ("people" overload the drum.....) and get sucked into the pump splitting the housing. I can change one in about 10 minute now, doing it blind just tipping the washer back slightly to get at it from underneath :D.
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    Ain't It The Truth?

    Just missing a soapstone too.....
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