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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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    Ammco 6" Metal shaper

    I built the shop attached to my house back in 1983. The garage is 1800 square feet, cement block 12' 6" ceiling, front 900 square feet are for cars, the back is my work shop. When built I only used half of it, just didn't have much for tools. Over the years as I wanted to do a project I...
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    Ammco 6" Metal shaper

    Continuing on. I decided to make some new flasks. I really should have made them smaller as in the end once rammed with sand they were very heavy and used up all of my sand for such a small part. Next I needed to sift the sand. I have a sheet of thin plastic on the table saw to keep...
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    Ammco 6" Metal shaper

    In the mid 90's I was working in a foundry in Hamilton Ontario, once called Dominion Foundries then bought out by an American company and renamed Dominion Castings. We were installing a 30 ton 60Hz electric arc furnace to replace 2 12 ton 25 Hz electric arc furnaces. From time to time when...
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    Ammco 6" Metal shaper

    Thank you for the offer, my posts are behind the actual time line. The part has been cast and installed on the machine. TonyK. Grimsby Ontario Canada.
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    Ammco 6" Metal shaper

    According to the manual, 225 pounds. When I got mine the motor was off of it, vise missing and some other stuff. 2 of us loaded it on to my pick up truck. TonyK. Grimsby Ontario Canada.
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    Casting sand

    Sand casting. Interesting stuff. My first question is how desperate are you and how much money do you have to spend. Take a look at Princess Auto https://www.princessauto.com/en/petro-bond-casting-sand/product/PA0009028150 Expensive but, so is everything these days. Ten pounds $100 that is...
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    Ammco 6" Metal shaper

    The next issue at hand is the side cover. I have noticed that many old machines like these are missing the side cover. Options, do nothing, a sheet metal cover, cast an aluminum cover. Option number 3 it is. There is a fair bit to cover here and it will take me several posts. Here I go. I...
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    Ammco 6" Metal shaper

    And so it seems. Thanks for the kindness and help on this project. TonyK. Grimsby Ontario Canada.
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    Cincinnati No 2 Cutter Grinder Restoration

    Please do. I have in the past used a car fan belt, but it is ugly. I would like to purchase a proper belt for it. Thank you. TonyK. Grimsby Ontario Canada.
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    Ammco 6" Metal shaper

    There was a box in the mail box today, with a chunk of iron wrapped like a large piece of meat along with some metric drill bits and taps. Totally unexpected, thank you so much. It will be awhile before I get to machining this part. I want to get the shaper completed before I go in another...
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