• Scam Alert. Members are reminded to NOT send money to buy anything. Don't buy things remote and have it shipped - go get it yourself, pay in person, and take your equipment with you. Scammers have burned people on this forum. Urgency, secrecy, excuses, selling for friend, newish members, FUD, are RED FLAGS. A video conference call is not adequate assurance. Face to face interactions are required. Please report suspicions to the forum admins. Stay Safe - anyone can get scammed.
  • 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. Janger

    Difficult Picture upload... again

    How much for Xenforo hosting? Just curious.
  2. Janger

    Cheap Bstrd Thread

    Vacuum bags. $20 each???? HD are you insane? No problem I don't shop there anyway. They are less on Amazon, but I don't shop there either. How about a garbage bag instead? They might be $2 each. I just tied the bag around the inlet with a bit of wire.
  3. Janger

    Cheap Bstrd Thread

    Post ideas and things you have done to show off your inner cheap bstrd. Especially when the "correct" solution is a total rip off. Show us the cost and what you spent instead. I mean when you have a great alternative not when you a buy a crappy thing because it was the cheapest and have to...
  4. Janger

    Electric panel questions.

    Thanks for reposting this @Perry interesting! and I like it.
  5. Janger

    Johnford vmc 550

    Compressed air is blown over the spindle taper during tool changes to blow off any chips. The air must be 'dry' as the seals on the spindle can absorb water and fail. (Or cause rust eeek) I think this is overlooked frequently on used machines. What is dry exactly? Nobody has been able to tell...
  6. Janger

    Machine Induction forge failure

    Have you tried a clamp on current sensor meter to watch what happens when you use the machine?
  7. Janger

    Tips/Techniques Wall covering in garage shop.

    I've been thinking about wall finishing alternatives too. The price of plywood wow $40 a sheet. The price of drywall even wow at $20/sheet. and then the labour to do a good tape/mud finish? and paint? So looking at alternatives I came up with this: I bought some 3/8" OSB recently from Timber...
  8. Janger

    Johnford vmc 550

    I just hate that scrib d site. omg it's annoying. and yes we'd love to see some pictures and detail sof the new machine.
  9. Janger

    Iron Casting

    @Tobho Mott Nice series of posts. Really interesting.
  10. Janger

    Drilling with the cross slide

    Is my lead screw engagement crap? I have about a 80%-90% chance of the handle going down at the right moment with the thread dial wheel and perhaps 10% chance of it being too early/late. I have a modern C0603 14x40 lathe. When it does not work pressing down on the handle the engagement is a bit...
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