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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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What's Paul up to?
Not far from Vaucanson's lathe is this monster engraving whee by Jesse Ramsden, 1766: About a meter in diameter it's set up to make radial marks on a blank centered in the jig. The steel ring on the outside has fine graduations all around, and two microscopes to view the markings with - it...- PaulL
- Post #518
- Forum: Your Active Projects!
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JCDammeyer's 42 projects
Yeah. Totally annoying! All the assumptions we make now when we stick a voltmeter in there were borked.- PaulL
- Post #527
- Forum: Your Active Projects!
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What's Paul up to?
I got to spend some time at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris yesterday. This place is *full* of fascinating historical artifacts. From Pascal's mechanical calculators, Blériot's plane that he used for the first crossing of the english channel, a Cray-2 supercomputer, and so much more...- PaulL
- Post #517
- Forum: Your Active Projects!
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JCDammeyer's 42 projects
The only major thing I did on mine was flip the ring gear on the starter/transmission interface. The teeth were stepped (to reduce weight, I assume), with the teeth cut away around half the thickness of the ring. Some clever previous mechanic had put it on backwards, so the pinion from the...- PaulL
- Post #525
- Forum: Your Active Projects!
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JCDammeyer's 42 projects
I loved my '63! Body 5083 off the line. I could absolutely see the rust in the rocker panels. Oh well.- PaulL
- Post #523
- Forum: Your Active Projects!
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Benchtop Hobbing Machine - The BHM
I was in the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris yesterday, and saw this gear hobbing machine designed and made by Theodore Olivier circa 1841. It cuts inside or outside gears - the configuration is currently set for inside, where the blank runs through the annular cutter and is guided by the...- PaulL
- Post #32
- Forum: Your Active Projects!
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Anyone using natural gas for their forge
The more important reason is to not worry about bottle freeze. 20lbs bottles freeze up too fast when forge welding. The 100lbs ones are better, but the last 20-30lbs freeze up the same way. You won't have that problem with municipal gas service. Though these days I'm using my induction forge...- PaulL
- Post #16
- Forum: Blacksmithing, Foundry, Forge, Anvils, etc.
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What's Paul up to?
Nothing much in the shop as I've been in the UK for a conference. But by coincidence, my hotel is just off of Southwark Street. And it made me look up my bandsaw... The F.W. Reynolds company has their address at 73 Southwark Street. My hotel is literally 3 doors down from the Hotel Mercure...- PaulL
- Post #515
- Forum: Your Active Projects!