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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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    Standard Modern 12x30

    Just remember, when reground, the geometry does not come out exactly the same as the original so the HS will not be a perfect fit on the new ways. It will also be high compared to the worn TS. The carriage and TS won't fit either, but they'll be worn and have to be scraped in any event. You...
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    Mcygyver's Lugger trucks

    It gets a bit technical with lots of varaibles. The lifting capacity is 40,000 lbs but what you can carry changes with axle position and provincial laws. Figure 15 - 18 tons. The whole reason lugger trucks exist is that while they have less volume, they can carry more because of the weight...
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    Home shop insurance

    There is another bit of misery they serve up - the inspector. Any of the stuff we have is considered a "dangerous" hobby and god help you if you get caught with welding equipment. They hate risk, and for some reason I can't fathom, there is a lack of insurance available (demand higher than...
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    Tool 3D printed die filer

    what we really need are 3d printed die files - that's the challenging bit in getting into die filing
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    Mcygyver's Lugger trucks

    Yeah, the "lugger" I suppose comes the lifting lugs on the sides that the hooks grab (and I am a terrible speller) Dan, we've build them for roll off truck bodies, basically a roll off bin without walls and doors....just the rails and floor. But it still ends up off the ground 9" (6" HSS rail...
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    Mcygyver's Lugger trucks

    Now that you know .... can I sell you a lugger truck? :) This is one of our lugger truck bodies.
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    Made in/shop in Canada options - Links or recommendations only!

    I've got a part of the business that makes self dumping hoppers..... obviously more b2b, but we'd love the support if anyone needs these in their business. Competition is Uline and Global who are more expensive and afaik source from the US. We've a loyal following, but its hard to beat the...
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    VFD E Stop wiring

    Don't know what the VFD does with its e stop function, there's no external braking resistor and we all know what the documentation is like. I'd be fine with NO estop because I'm the only one using it (rules are an E stop as to be NC so a broken wire doesn't disable the e stop) but I'm working...
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    VFD E Stop wiring

    thanks, I did put push buttons and a contactor into the box but they are before the VFD. There is a large e stop button the side the case that I was think to use wired to the VFD. It should be either wired or removed.... which leaves a hole in the case. I guess I could wire it in series with...
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    VFD E Stop wiring

    with the ubiquitous AT VFD's like here http://myosuploads3.banggood.com/products/20190919/20190919015909SKU792664.pdf how does one go about wiring an emergency stop? The "multi" input has a setting for emergency stop, but it operates on normally open.... whereas an E stop is always suppose to...
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