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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

    Netflix price increase at wrong time entirely

    My wife is a B&W movie fan, mostly film noir. We find ourselves watching more free movies on YT than on Netflix.
  2. MrWhoopee

    You still on the fence to get a 3d printer?

    And I did cancel. The recent furor over certain restrictive updates to the Bambu firmware caused me to consider the implications of this sort of action going forward. The X1C still appears to be a superior printer, but the potential for other more onerous anti-consumer measures, and Bambu's...
  3. MrWhoopee

    Bambu Labs to implement an authorization and authentication protection mechanism

    In light of these developments, I've contacted Bambu to cancel my order for an X1C. This is exactly the type of issue that has caused me to avoid Apple products. When I shell out for a product, I expect to own and control it.
  4. MrWhoopee

    You still on the fence to get a 3d printer?

    My wife is used to that, all of my friends are unsavoury. They're just not as expensive.
  5. MrWhoopee

    You still on the fence to get a 3d printer?

    You can all go straight to hell! I fell down this rabbit hole hard, and there is just no bottom. The last few days have been consumed with reviews, comparisons, filaments and more than I can list or remember. I've dowloaded FreeCAD, modeled my first part and generated the STL. AND I just...
  6. MrWhoopee

    You still on the fence to get a 3d printer?

    NOW I do!
  7. MrWhoopee

    You still on the fence to get a 3d printer?

    STOP!, You guys are killin' me here! Now you've got me lookin' at Bambus and Prusas and geezus what else?! Once I got my surface grinder, my shop and my life were complete. That lasted all of six months. Step up to the hole, open wallet and jump in.
  8. MrWhoopee

    Found at the Dump

    An old friend was complaining about his ex-wife's new boy friend and the potential risk to their son. I knew the boy friend and asked what the problem was. He exclaimed "He's a junkie!" I smiled and replied "Yes, he has a contract to scavenge the dump two days per week and sells the stuff...
  9. MrWhoopee

    Well I feel stupid - am I the only one?

    My SB Heavy 10 is similar, neutral between lead-screw forward and reverse. I breathe a sign of relief when I shift into neutral and the clatter stops.
  10. MrWhoopee

    The wonders of Bill's Privates

    Micro$oft has relented somewhat on the TPM requirement for Win11. They will actually tell you how to install on a "non-compliant" system, with the disclaimer that they won't guarantee it will work properly. I have a client who is running an ancient bookkeeping package in an XP VM that I set...
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