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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

    Bristol Model 0 Small Vintage Knee mill, Modernized - Medicine Hat AB

    Hi Folks! It looks like I'm going to lose my extra work space come spring so I'm posting this now to see what if any interest there is. I hate to part with it but I just won't have space and it seems two mills is one too many : ) It started life around 1919 as a Horizontal machine. I did a tool...
  2. Kelly McLaughlin

    5" 1 1/2 - 8 TPI backing plate with lock collar

    Sold! Thanks to all who replied!
  3. Kelly McLaughlin

    5" 1 1/2 - 8 TPI backing plate with lock collar

    I go to milk river often so that might work too : )
  4. Kelly McLaughlin

    5" 1 1/2 - 8 TPI backing plate with lock collar

    second that, the registration on the ER40 looks small enough to allow you to turn the backing plate and not have to change the shoulder but you won't know for sure till it arrives. where are you located DB Dales tools here in the hat is normally pretty competitive. If you're in Calgary or that...
  5. Kelly McLaughlin

    5" 1 1/2 - 8 TPI backing plate with lock collar

    I think some had that spindle but I've not owned a Southbend, it will fit the Atlas 10 and 12 inch lathes.
  6. Kelly McLaughlin

    Need monitor advice for this version

    Yup looks like it! I guess it will go back : ( I'll keep looking, I don't want a computer just a screen so it may be a bit tricky, It won't hold me up as I've never had a touch before and can live without it but if I can find something usefull. It's always a journey : )
  7. Kelly McLaughlin

    5" 1 1/2 - 8 TPI backing plate with lock collar

    Hi Folks. I have this surplus backing plate after my lathe upgrade It's yours for 50.00 plus mailing or I have to go to Calgary on the 15th 16th so I could bring it, It was on my Std Modern 9 x 20 collet chuck which had .001 tir so it's decent. outer dia 4.933 backing shoulder .395 mount...
  8. Kelly McLaughlin

    Need monitor advice for this version

    Ah! Well the wonderful thing about amazon is it's return policy, I'll do some research on the Lenovo in the mean time. Would you remember the brands you returned, I ordered a Thinlerain 15.9 inch. I guess I'll see what shakes out : ) with 0 experience I may have more questions to ask : )
  9. Kelly McLaughlin

    Need monitor advice for this version

    I found and ordered one from amazon once it was deemed to be a good move. The Taig is a pretty clean environment so It will definetly be a learning curve : ) The one I got was just over 100.00 and will definetly work with my OS at least according to reviews. I have usb 3 ports so I think speed...
  10. Kelly McLaughlin

    Need monitor advice for this version

    Hi Folks! Happy New Year! I'm revisiting my Taig cnc, I had it bench mounted and needed the space so I'm building a stand alone enclosure on wheels. Do I want a touch screen monitor? I had a 27 inch HDMI TV that doubled as my desktop monitor and it was really nice for detail but it's too big...
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