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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. TheLocalDrunk

    Lathe Purchase, move, setup and Lathe Stand build

    It’s going to be a while before I get my own tools to make chips. But once I do I will run a bunch of test cuts and let you know how it performs. Also need to turn a new shear pin and as per a different thread I need to fix the pulley stack on my mill.
  2. TheLocalDrunk

    Lathe Purchase, move, setup and Lathe Stand build

    Thanks! Having done that now I am pretty confident that I could get that lathe into any room.
  3. TheLocalDrunk

    Lathe Purchase, move, setup and Lathe Stand build

    Got the lathe mounted up and put back together. Everything went incredibly smooth. The headstock alignment wasn’t that bad. We got it to within 3/10th of a thou over 12” Will give more info later when I am at my computer and not trying to type on my cell.
  4. TheLocalDrunk

    Modern Tool meeting

    Lol. Come on everyone calls me drunk. So can you ;) I am all for first name and aliases on name tags. I have only met two people face to face on this site so it would be nice.
  5. TheLocalDrunk

    Modern Tool meeting

    Well, I identify myself as a Male. How you identify yourself is up to you. (Kidding of course)
  6. TheLocalDrunk

    Modern Tool meeting

    Yes, where is the info for this? Is it still going on?
  7. TheLocalDrunk

    Lathe Purchase, move, setup and Lathe Stand build

    Oh, one thing JohnW will like to see..... is the back splash guard for the lathe had all the paint flaking off of it when I bought it. Long story short someone powder coated it free of charge..... so thats going to look great when it is all together (Yes will post pictures when that happens)...
  8. TheLocalDrunk

    Lathe Purchase, move, setup and Lathe Stand build

    I was temped to play with that stuff. How is it to work with? Did you just apply with a brush then?
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