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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. johnnielsen

    Deloro Stellite

    Stellite embedded in a silver brazing rod was used to build up the huge reamers (9" OD by 80" long) for sizing oil well bores in the 1970s.
  2. johnnielsen

    Running a 380V 3ph motor on 220v 3ph

    When I owned it, I ran it on 220v 3ph for years. If you have a wiring diagram there for 380v hookup, you should see that the motor leads do not match it.
  3. johnnielsen

    In the market for an Arbor Press: Old Iron or new?

    I was looking at a 3 ton with a ratchet handle down feed and a hand wheel to retract the ram new for $412 on Vevor. Looked decent.
  4. johnnielsen

    trlvn's terrific travelling RF30 tale

    I am late to this discussion but would like to throw an idea out there. Put a piece of all thread in the semi threaded hole and put a nut on the all thread from underneath. Now the all thread is treated like a protruding stud and the column is lowered onto it.
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    Steel spiral stairs

    Anyone aware of any steel spiral stair suppliers or manufacturers in the Calgary area?
  6. johnnielsen

    Don't do what i did.

    The top member on my P.A. 30" inch brake is just a piece of flat bar. If yours is bent, replace it with another piece. If your new piece needs strengthening, bolt a piece of 2X2X3/8" angle on top of your flat set back a half inch from the bending edge using countersink head bolts. It will be...
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    This is my 6" HV RT Dividing Plate Rant.......

    The upside is you figured out what needed to be done and did it with your machine tools. Well done.
  8. johnnielsen

    Engraving endmill

    I checked the website for https://www.micro100.com and they list Thomas Skinner as their distributor.
  9. johnnielsen

    Dial indicator clean and lube

    Kudos, Gentlemen. A very interesting thread doing stuff I am still not comfortable with tackling due to my hands. I have size 23 fingers (ring size).
  10. johnnielsen

    Magnetic lathe chucks

    I don't know. I've never got around to using them. I got them in case I would need them sometime. Does anyone here have experience using them?
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