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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. Robert Fontaine

    Just noticed this Video. Remarkable Machining

    I was more interested in the machining than the pens and knives that they try to sell. There is either enough of a market or they have found some very foolish investors to pay for their tooling. Personally, I just enjoy the cuts.
  2. Robert Fontaine

    Just noticed this Video. Remarkable Machining

    JohnGrimsmo - "" The final finish seems rough, but the scale and the sheer number of features are amazing.
  3. Robert Fontaine

    Hello from Winnipeg

    A subtlety that I was not previously aware of in metal workers.
  4. Robert Fontaine

    While I learn some new stuff - 3 Flat pieces of metal by hand (+/-)

  5. Robert Fontaine

    While I learn some new stuff - 3 Flat pieces of metal by hand (+/-)

    I've started cleaning and making piles of junk to sell and junk for the dump... While I'm getting sorted out for my first project I want to make 3 flat pieces of metal using the Whitworth 3 Plate Method. No parallel or square but flat to 5 millionths or better. Make the plates, acquire the...
  6. Robert Fontaine

    Hello from Winnipeg

    Old Iron is the best kind happily/sadly I have limited space and Swmbo will not let me build a fabrication shop in the basement. All I want is a small mill and lathe, and a surface grinder and a fixture table and a welder and a compressor, automation, tooling, measurement, surface...
  7. Robert Fontaine

    Metal Moving Heavy Steel in Winnipeg

    I will be putting it down on railway ties so plenty of room to stick some scrap underneath but thanks for the tip. In my youth, I spent about two weeks cutting up an old cast iron boiler into pieces small enough to hand bomb out of a university basement. Cutting metal is something I am...
  8. Robert Fontaine

    Hello from Winnipeg

    Thanks a lot.
  9. Robert Fontaine

    Metal Moving Heavy Steel in Winnipeg

    I am tempted to big on a nice piece of 1" steel plate to build a couple of fixture tables out of. I may be able to get the steel cheap but have to figure out how to get it from point a to point b. My only problem. 65" x 53" x 1" = 999 pounds or 450Kg for the metrically inclined. I put out...
  10. Robert Fontaine

    Hello from Winnipeg

    Thanks for the greetings. Sent out a couple of requests for price for some 1/2 steel plate today. Owww. They certainly saw me coming. It's pretty clear that I will be spending most of my time going to scrappers, kijiji and facebook. For you twice the price and bring your own forklift.
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