• Scam Alert. Members are reminded to NOT send money to buy anything. Don't buy things remote and have it shipped - go get it yourself, pay in person, and take your equipment with you. Scammers have burned people on this forum. Urgency, secrecy, excuses, selling for friend, newish members, FUD, are RED FLAGS. A video conference call is not adequate assurance. Face to face interactions are required. Please report suspicions to the forum admins. Stay Safe - anyone can get scammed.
  • 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. Tomc938

    SFM RPM Chart

    I understood the first layout, but this layout makes even a little more sense to me. This is awesome! Thanks for putting it together and sharing with us.
  2. Tomc938

    Help please! 10" Royal Shaper, and that's all I know...

    Welcome! That's a nice looking little shaper! Shaper pricing is kinda strange. It's an old school machine that has basically been replaced by the faster and more versatile milling machine. But there are some niche things it does better. And it has total "old school cool" written all over...
  3. Tomc938

    Vancouver Island Meet-up Saturday Oct 12th 2:00pm to 3:30pm - All Welcome!

    Perspective is interesting! Growing up on the Prairies, "out" or "down" or "back" East was not Ontario, it was the other side of the great abyss where Thunder Bay is located. But when we moved to the Island, a lady from church was talking about going to visit family "back East". She kept...
  4. Tomc938

    Vancouver Island Meet-up Saturday Oct 12th 2:00pm to 3:30pm - All Welcome!

    It is also heavy.
  5. Tomc938

    Vancouver Island Meet-up Saturday Oct 12th 2:00pm to 3:30pm - All Welcome!

    Whatever do you mean? We had people from the South Island, people from the North Island, and even an "easterner" from Calgary. Some in their 60s, some in their 70s, and maybe some in their 80s(?). Some were retired. Some were not. Some were old white guys...oh, wait....
  6. Tomc938

    Vancouver Island Meet-up Saturday Oct 12th 2:00pm to 3:30pm - All Welcome!

    You'd all be welcome! In my youth I was a cook at a Holiday Inn and worked with the chef many evenings. I tell people: the first 200 steaks are the hardest to get right. That's why I practiced on other people's steaks.
  7. Tomc938

    Vancouver Island Meet-up Saturday Oct 12th 2:00pm to 3:30pm - All Welcome!

    If you guys want to come up to Campbell River in the spring/summer/fall I'd host a steak BBQ. (bacon wrapped Filet) Just give me 2 years warning so I can clean up my shop space. ;)
  8. Tomc938

    New guy in the calgary area.

    Welcome from Vancouver Island! Excellent repair part.
  9. Tomc938

    New here

    Welcome from Vancouver Island! Great bunch of very helpful guys here.
  10. Tomc938

    Anyone else get contacted by Ivan Darryl about a part you're looking for?

    If it sounds too good to be true... This is called an affinity scam. People join groups that have some level of built in trust (church, scouts, hobby groups) to profit from the good will others have built up over the years. If it's not someone who's been here for a good long time, and active...
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