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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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    Does anyone recognize this brand of vise?

    I was killing time in the shop today and thought I would do a small repair to my drill press vise so I started washing it off in the solvent tank. I had never cleaned it up in all the years I've owned it. It came ( well used) with the shop and I thought nothing of it for decades. As I was...
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    Tool Threaded screw cutter

    I suspected him of hiring a hand model.
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    Threading tools

    @kstrauss The finish looked like the metal was being torn off instead of sliced. very rough surface finish even after spring cuts. I am running as slow as possible, 80rpm I believe.
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    What are you guys using for lathe threading tools?

    Was just looking at the warner threading tools and they show inserts with 10 deg. back rake and 0 deg back rake. What would the application be for each?
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    Threading tools

    Well, after thinking about this for a while I am leaning towards the CRS as the culprit. In the past I have threaded spindles and axles and have never had such pathetic looking threads. And that was with the same tooling. This was the first time threading CRS and probably the worst example I...
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    Threading tools

    I should have added that I was working with 7/16 cold rolled steel, cutting a short 3/8 thread to a shoulder. A die would not cut up to the shoulder and the thread was only about .500 long. I don't have any HSS ground for threading but will get some ready for next time. @Arbutus , are those...
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    Threading tools

    I did some more threading today( 3/8-24) and am real unhappy with the results. I was using a brazed carbide tool and that may be the problem. What are you guys using to single point threads, HSS ? The partial profile carbide inserts look good but I can't run fast and am afraid they would give...
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    CA-SK peavey metal rack

    Went to town to get some 7/16 cold rolled and noticed Peavey Mart had 25% off. Not sure if local store only but might be worth checking out. I didn't realize they even had metal till yesterday.
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    Daily struggles with Ableism

    I think when you get to the age some of us are at (65-70) there aren't very many that have no medical issues.Comes with the territory I guess.
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    Need Help in selecting a DRO for Craftex CX 601 mill drill

    When I got mine it was confusing at first also, but all I had to do was order the pieces separately to get what I wanted. Sometimes you just have to read things over a few times before it makes sense . The tricky part is making sure you measure your travel correctly to get the right length scales.
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