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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. Johnwa

    Tips/Techniques Motor Conversion question

    For less $$ but you will have to deal with Chinglish instructions...
  2. Johnwa

    A "quick" project

    We had a JD R 2 cylinder diesel. They had an amazing amount of pulling power. Worse part about the gas starting motor was they always ran out of gas when you were miles from home.
  3. Johnwa

    Other Basic Electronics, Multimeters, & Oscilloscopes

    This reminded me to take the batteries out of my 260. Mine uses 1 D cell and 1 9 volt battery. I think it is 1970 ish version.
  4. Johnwa

    Which bandsaw blade?

    For those of you with 7x10 bandsaws, what tooth count do you use? Do you use a different blade for really thick material? Also do you run coolant? thanks John
  5. Johnwa

    Replacement Gear for Craftex CT089 13x24 Lathe

    They also have a mod1.25 in plastic.
  6. Johnwa

    Replacement Gear for Craftex CT089 13x24 Lathe

    I have a 46 and a 60 tooth gear but no 56. did find this though https://bepltd.com/products/1-5-mod-x-56-tooth-metric-spur-gear-in-steel
  7. Johnwa

    Am I a hoarder?

    We had a 50 lb can of Sodium Chlorate. It was supposed to be a soil sterilant, but it could be used in place of saltpetre. There were some pretty big bangs on the farm.
  8. Johnwa

    Am I a hoarder?

    I just had a “hoarder’s worst nightmare” moment. I was going to test to see If my pic programmer would download from a pic. I’ve been saving my last pic project from 25 years ago for just this moment. Unfortunately, in a moment of weakness, I trashed it about a month ago.
  9. Johnwa

    Heat bending acrylic / cast plexiglass

    There are a few bender examples on instructables. This one looks pretty simple https://www.instructables.com/DIY-Acrylic-Plastic-Bending-Machine/
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