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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. Alexander

    What CNC programming software do you use ?

    On windows 11 when you press windows G you get capture options from the windows game bar. This is just a bracket to mount a mirror on a classic car. The material is the round stock you and Josh Bought years ago. I will part this off on the lathe after the milling is done. Then it will get...
  2. Alexander

    What CNC programming software do you use ?

    I am working on a project in fusion 360 right now. I did a screen capture of the simulation. I'll post it up here just in case you wanna see what the simulation looks like. There's no audio but enjoy.
  3. Alexander

    Tips/Techniques Hydraulic Rod

    Low sfm. 70sfm works good for what I am cutting. That means a 1.5" rod would machine well at 180rpm. Keep the feed rate high. Ten or fourteen tho. Per revolution. The hard exterior is chrome on the rods I am machining and is about .125 thick.
  4. Alexander

    Tips/Techniques Hydraulic Rod

    I can probably help with this. I machine hydraulic rods at my day job. The Secret is to try and get under the hard outer layer in one pass at low speed and then the center part of the rod is actually pretty soft. On a 3.25" rod I take .25" off in the first pass at 80 rpm with a sandvik CNMG...
  5. Alexander

    What CNC programming software do you use ?

    We use GibbsCam, the previous shop I was at was Esprit Cam, and the job Before that was Mastercam. All are very capable. I am a fusion user at home. I have be using Fusion for 8 years now. Fusion 360 has come a long way so anything I said years ago has possibly changed.
  6. Alexander

    Drones.

    I am definitely trying! I have a Blade 230s. I split my time flying in Real Flight using VR and my dx7 controller. Then I can take the same controller to the field and attempt my maneuvers with the actual Helicopter.
  7. Alexander

    Drones.

    I have an older mavic Mini that I've logged 140 hours of flight time on now. You can follow me on Instagram at yycdroneguy. I do slightly prefer the challenge of flying 3-D hellies
  8. Alexander

    Supplies At least in Calgary, a very good shopping experience

    Yep I been buying from Chris for 7 years. Good guy to know. Would recommend him
  9. Alexander

    Modern tool md-45a

    @cwrhasit has been a while since i bought anything from modern tool but they were pleasant to deal with. I do recommend them :)
  10. Alexander

    Help wanted!

    Thanks to all our volunteers. We are working on an an announcement about new moderators. We have enough volunteers at this time. Thanks!
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