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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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    Member buddies and end of life planning....

    Honestly, I figure that the stuff that pleases me when I am alive, I can worry about, after I an no longer alive, it's all not my problem anymore! Whether you want to leave that on whoever loads the dumpster, when you are gone, or not, you have to decide!
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    Kinda cool?? Anyone have one?

    I learned to REALLY respect the capabilities of a rotary table, when I did a so-called "Advanced Machining" course, in the military. Wasn't really all that advanced, just a short and sweet run though a LOT of manual machining capabilities, that we were not really already aware of. We made...
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    Kinda cool?? Anyone have one?

    Yeah, no kidding! IIRC, they called that Volostro unit a Cherrying Head. Was used mainly, for putting a radiused corner on an injection mold, while using a really basic Bridgeport style mill to accomplish the act. Lots of light cuts, usually with fairly small milling cutters. Sorta like...
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    Oh GREAT!

    Y'know, it all sounds bad, but it wasn't always. Like I said, there was a lot of good times, before it went sour. I can't claim innocence, it took two people to have a fight, and I carried my side. But I never insulted, assaulted, nagged, or threatened her, as she did me. I'd kinda like to...
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    Oh GREAT!

    First 25 or so were pretty good. Last 7 years were hell, as she went through a bunch of life changes, failed to deal with depression, and decided it was all my fault. She took it out on me, I took to drinking myself stupid every so often to get a break from it, essentially, taking out that I had...
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    Member buddies and end of life planning....

    I gotta say, the best "end of life planning" I ever saw, was a Watchmaker (stone deaf) in Regina that I met. 'He' was pretty keen on maximizing his potential values, but 'She', stated that the first guy to the front door with a truck and a $20 Bill, was gonna get the whole lot! Don't diss on...
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    Oh GREAT!

    Sorry, but after spending 30 years married to a woman that thought she was smarter than me, the LAST thing I am interested in, is having anything that thinks it should be smarter or better able to make decisions than I am. F**k AI! Not interested.
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    End of our backyard chicken experiment.

    People confuse education, with intelligence! Often! When faced with the question "What do you know, you don't even have a degree?" You soon lose your respect for what passes as "higher education". Been there, done that, too many times.
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    Aluminum wire going to make a comeback?

    Ayup! Excrement eventuates! LOL! (sh*t happens!) Good habits, especially when you understand why they exist, can save your bacon, when the fire flares! It may have not a single thing to do with what you are doing that day, but if someone else screwed the pooch, it could still kill you just as dead!
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    End of our backyard chicken experiment.

    LOL! I took my niece (laughing girl, above) Hunting, and we harvested a pretty nice Mulie Doe! Free range, organic, meat! I never went through the "post secondary" BS, but refuse to put up with the concept that this means I was stupider than those that did!
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