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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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    Best Product to Use for Fillets and Curves in a Simple Aluminum Pattern

    Hi All, I am making a simple pattern in aluminum (to produce several non ferrous - silicone bronze castings). It has several curves where I need to form a root fillet or blending radii. What is the best product to use here and one which will stand up to repeated and rough handling in a foundry...
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    Tool Does Anyone Still Use a Wiggler?

    Hi All, As a follow up to the above. Turning down the long thin stem on the part held in the 4 jaw. This would seem to be a straightforward operation but to do it right, there is much more to it than meets the eye. To follow best practice: The rectangular part in HR steel (from my scrap bin)...
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    Tool Does Anyone Still Use a Wiggler?

    Hi All, I do. Here is a photo of one which I use to centre a punch mark in the end of long piece of rectangular stock held in the 4 jaw chuck. It takes a bit of setup but with a little practice I can set the punch mark on centre to better than 0.001". It was one of the first tools I ever...
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    The Only Local (Toronto Region) Non Ferrous Foundry which will Accommodate us Crazies

    Hi All, Skara Non Ferrous Foundry located at 930 Kamato Road in Mississauga has been the only place which has helped me so many times over the decades with my many, small, piddly nuisance requests, the latest being I wanted 5 additional silicone bronze locomotive brake cylinder castings...
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    Shop Truing up Diamond cup wheels

    Re: The video on how to clean up (dress) the faces on your diamond grinding wheel. You don't have to make any cover for the indicator stylus. You can use a piece of thin blue tempered spring steel set between (and taped to) the stylus of your indicator and the diamond wheel face when indicating...
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    Meehanite Cast Iron Available Locally?

    Hi Peter and Mcgyver, Great answers! Thank you for all of the information provided and your experience with lapping. I now have a work program to undertake. I will have a look at Robin R's video as well.
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    Meehanite Cast Iron Available Locally?

    Hi All, Just got back from sunny Spain (it was not so sunny this year) as the Mrs. hates Canadian winters. The 1" diameter 250 grade Meehanite bar stock piston material arrived two days after we left so... Anyway, Craig Asher says to start with the piston and grind up and polish a piece...
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    A Project Without End

    Hi All, By a mere mortal compared to PeterT's and thestelster's work . I had to haul the boiler up onto the table of the mill again for this drilling and tapping operation.
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    Does Anyone Still Make The Real Swiss or German Multifix Tool Post? (not an offshore clone)

    Hi Martin, I have 4 way SB tool posts for both of my lathes also but they are not Multifix.
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    Does Anyone Still Make The Real Swiss or German Multifix Tool Post? (not an offshore clone)

    Hi TorontoBuilder, Yes, I know about Amestra. But they have no local rep. here which is a problem. Maybe, I should rephrase my question to "which do you consider to be the best of the best clones"?
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