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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. quitereal

    Lodge & Shipley Lathe $1500

    Thats a really nice lathe and a good deal. What are the spindle speeds on that beauty?
  2. quitereal

    CA-AB Looking for 6” round bar

    Ya just take your finest 6" cake pan and bake a bunch of plastic in your oven for several hours until you feel light headed should do the trick lol
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    CA-AB Looking for 6” round bar

    Perhaps casting? Thats around 700ml of aluminum. If hdpe is an option save your bottle caps... But i think pressure and/or vacuum need to be involved to remove bubbles...
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    Locked Cabinets At Canadian Tire

    It just seems like everything is locked up there now, cans of spray paint, all sorts of stuff. May as well run it like those old Consumers Distributing where nothing is displayed, just walk up to a counter and have someone get it from the back.
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    Bring out your shapers

    Ya that was before it went into the garage, it was staged outside under a tarp for a year or two as i was intimidated with the weight. Eventually got it inside, and got over my fear of weight - with rollers and a prybar a guy can move 5k lbs with one hand (my mill in that case).
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    Bring out your shapers

    Heres my girl Never had it running though, its got a broken rocker arm from porous castings. The motor is something else too - 3hp 3ph, externally selectable number of poles/speeds. This machine is where ive found 1/2-12 threads. Cant find makers mark at all. roughly date to early 30s as...
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    Tips/Techniques Tapping Head Morse Taper Question

    Jacobs themselves suggest drilling a cross hole when theres no shoulder http://www.jacobschuck.com/uploads/ueditor/file/20200604/1591240204146153.pdf In case the mounting taper of the arbor does not provide a shoulder, a cross hole should be drilled through the neck of the arbor (illus. D) and a...
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    Cheap miller welders

    I want to give a tip for anyone looking to buy a welder, specifically millers. We're in a special position in canada in that there was a period of time where miller would rebadge their welders for canadian distributors. The most common one you'll see are orange acklands - see an orange...
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    Buying socket head cap screws online

    Pa has an assortment kit https://www.princessauto.com/en/106-pc-sae-hex-head-cap-screw-kit/product/PA0008845117 I like just walking in to a bolt place though, cheaper than mcmaster, good quality and always have what i want.
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    Product Favourite Tap & Drill chart

    I like the starrett tap drill pdf, also the starrett metric equivalent chart I also intently study this decimal chart Also a sheet metal gauge chart and a pipe chart are nice to have.
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