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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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    Electric heater question

    As long as a second heater doesn't up my cost there is some possible benefit for me. I have a thermostat issue but only when it is really cold. The thermostat is a double pole electric thermostat and is located on an exterior wall since there are no interior walls. The issue I end up having is...
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    Electric heater question

    I am no electrimagician so I want to run this past members on here and get opinions. First some background for context. I am in Saskatchewan where it is currently -26 C and I heat my small shop with an electric heater on a thermostat during the winter months. For context the shop is 16'x24' with...
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    Finding lathe parts

    Ebay is where I got all my atlas parts but that was 16 years ago. There used to be tons of them on ebay not sure if that is still the case or not.
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    Center drill or spot drill

    But if the drill bit in the picture were larger than the improper spot angle wouldn't it line it up just fine even though it would just be the edges of the spot angle guiding it?
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    Center drill or spot drill

    I've recently started to notice more and more people using spot drills in the machining videos I watch on youtube. I don't know if they are becoming more commonly used or if they always have been and I just never noticed before. I have always just used a center drill to start my holes either on...
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    How old is my lathe?

    Depending on they model and configuration you could try going through all the info on https://www.lathes.uk/ under atlas. I was able to date mine to about a 10 year span just based on when certain features and layouts and sizes became available.
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    Tips/Techniques better suggestion for holding thin sheet metal for milling?

    I am assuming the hot melt glue let go as the part got warm? If this is the case there are higher heat hot melt glues available you could try them. In woodworking instead of the painters tape and super glue I have had a lot better luck using double sided carpet tape it holds much stronger and is...
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    Home Depot Tool Cabinet Question

    I bought Husky top and bottom chest just over 20 years ago when I was a mechanic. Still have it and it still weighs a good 400 - 600 pounds. The only issue I have ever had is a few years ago the hammer drawer had a spot weld let got where the drawer front attaches to the drawer slide. I still...
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    Will notches in a tapered seating surface affect performance too much

    When you turn wood on a metal lathe how is the clean up? I am picturing the saw dust absorbing the oil and becoming an oil soaked mess that sticks to everything and isn't easy to vacuum up? or do you wipe down the machine and use it dry? I seem to recall the Atlas lathe book mentioning that the...
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    Looking for an insert

    Your timing on this couldn't be better. Ordering ccmt inserts was on my to do list for this weekend.
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