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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. MrWhoopee

    Tips of the Trade

    Quick and easy expanding collet stop I needed a second collet stop recently. A quick survey of my 5c collets revealed that very few of them were internally threaded. Expanding collet stops are expensive (and I'm cheap), so I just made one.
  2. MrWhoopee

    My First Dickson Auto-Retractor

    I was contacted by a gentleman from the U.K. who has a Dickson S1 toolpost and was interested in an auto-retractor. I tried to talk him into a straight-shank model, but he was having none of it. I found some aftermarket holders on eBay and ordered a couple. Being from India, I was hoping they...
  3. MrWhoopee

    Rapid Toolholders, Almost Free

    No more calls please, we have a winner. Yes, Type M is the smallest.
  4. MrWhoopee

    Rapid Toolholders, Almost Free

    I have a few Rapid Type M toolholders and an incomplete toolpost, for which I have no use. Yours for the price of a Priority Mail medium flat-rate box from the U.S.
  5. MrWhoopee

    SOURCING A VFD - WHERE DO YOU GO ?

    Understood. My lathe is a 1 hp SB Heavy 10. I'm willing to take the chance, expecting to use the ramp up time to ease the startup load. If necessary, I can even disengage the drive belt before starting the motor. There's already a lever provided for this purpose..
  6. MrWhoopee

    SOURCING A VFD - WHERE DO YOU GO ?

    I just put the Vevor branded version of this one on my Harig 612 surface grinder. Paid US $70 off eBay. I like it very much. Getting ready to get one for my lathe.
  7. MrWhoopee

    Tools you waited too long to acquire

    I inherited an Arrow mechanical cable stapler. When it went missing, I actually paid retail for another. Besides phone and ethernet cabling, they are very useful for drip emitter tube.
  8. MrWhoopee

    North America When You Can't Buy from McMaster-Carr

    I just came across this, perhaps you already know. https://jlcmc.com/
  9. MrWhoopee

    Vaccinations at Pharmacies, particularly Tetanus

    I am heartened to hear that the Canadian health care system is nearly as complicated and illogical as ours here in the U.S., although we pay twice as much for it. We get all of our vaccines at the pharmacy, but there seems to be a shortage of pharmacists. Our preferred pharmacy has restricted...
  10. MrWhoopee

    AliExpress

    I find this very surprising. Down here, south of the line, every order I have ever received came via USPS. Of course, I always choose the vendor who offers free shipping. Since the Chinese gov't subsidizes postal shipping, combined with the treaty mentioned elsewhere, it's just about the only...
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