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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. Kelly McLaughlin

    Work holding T nuts, studs and two leg hold downs

    I have some excess large (for me ) hold downs and t nuts for sale 25.00 for anyone here I'm coming through Calgary on Saturday so I could drop them off somewhere close to Stoney Trail.
  2. Kelly McLaughlin

    Lathe wrenches - Williams and Armstrong for sale

    HI Dabbler! I have an armsstrong set aside, I will swap it out for the ace, sorry i ended up shipping my tool boxes from busy bee, I'm short on time , Move day is the 23rd and I'm on track to get all the jobs in the shop done but barely : ) I bought a vise from a fellow in Okotoks so I'll be...
  3. Kelly McLaughlin

    Does anyone have a: Grizzly G0619, Seig SX3, Shop Fox M1111 or a Busy Bee CX611

    The job I did was a couple of 12mm helicoils and at 100 RPM it walked through the aluminum case like it wasn't there. I've had occaision to to a little bit of steel milling with it and I sure like the variable speed, you get to dial it exactly for cutter size and material, I'm liking this alot : )
  4. Kelly McLaughlin

    Does anyone have a: Grizzly G0619, Seig SX3, Shop Fox M1111 or a Busy Bee CX611

    Hi John! the switches are on the quill handles. from any RPM it drops to 500 if you're below 500 it will remainn where you are but you have 0 to 500 in Tap mode and 0 to 1800 in mill mode. The tap mode makes the reversing switches active along with the RPM limit. So far I like it but use has...
  5. Kelly McLaughlin

    Does anyone have a: Grizzly G0619, Seig SX3, Shop Fox M1111 or a Busy Bee CX611

    Hi Peter! no it just puts the mill in a slower mode the tap draws / you gently feed as the tap threads and then the buttons on the handle allow you to change direction instead of shutting the machine off and reversing good for through holes tricky for blind holes.
  6. Kelly McLaughlin

    Does anyone have a: Grizzly G0619, Seig SX3, Shop Fox M1111 or a Busy Bee CX611

    So I pulled the trigger on the 611 and got it home, everything worked fine except the tapping function, it woudl randomly change direction as you touched or moved the quill feed. I called busy Bee in both Calgary and Concorde but Calgary had no idea and Concord didn't answer the phone but did...
  7. Kelly McLaughlin

    First project - Machinist Hammer

    Very nice Job! did you make some replacement tips : )
  8. Kelly McLaughlin

    Lathe wrenches - Williams and Armstrong for sale

    There's something about holding quality tools! I have chisels and wrenches that when I pick them up the feel of them makes me smile.
  9. Kelly McLaughlin

    Lathe wrenches - Williams and Armstrong for sale

    Actually if you search the brand and Part number that set is US made and retails for 197.00 US It's a good tool, Nicely made and that one was the Hardened version. The set I kept I bought from Snap-on 35 years ago and has given excellent service.
  10. Kelly McLaughlin

    Lathe wrenches - Williams and Armstrong for sale

    Sold the combination set locally.
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