• 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. Stuart Samuel

    2x72 grinder discussion

    At work we have some (pretty worn out) 3M Trizact belts, that I like as a step right before polishing. I don't recall the grit we have, but I see them for sale up to an equivalent of 2000 grit. They're not especially cheap, but my experience is they cut reasonably well right to the bitter end...
  2. Stuart Samuel

    Cutting fluid handling and disposal ( England )

    As someone trying to run the metal shop side of a small shop, super helpful, thanks!
  3. Stuart Samuel

    Hello from Toronto!

    Welcome! No ideas on the clay, but nice to see another local person on here. :) I used to have a shared space over on Wallace, near Lansdowne, and lived on Perth. I’m near the bottom of the 427, now.
  4. Stuart Samuel

    Announcing the 2025 Ontario Meetup April 26 in Aylmer

    2026! (Time flies, I know) Edit - Thanks Stuart, I fixed it above.
  5. Stuart Samuel

    Buying from McMaster Carr

    Same as everyone else. The first time I ordered from McM, I tried to send it to my shop, which is in a commercial building. 'We only ship to businesses'. Finally occurred to send them a copy of my business registration, and they were happy to ship after that. As Dan notes, their website is...
  6. Stuart Samuel

    Welcome to Westwood Metalworks, What is he building in there?

    My usual answer to ‘What could go wrong?’ is ‘Do you want that in alphabetical order, or…?’
  7. Stuart Samuel

    Announcing the 2025 Ontario Meetup April 26 in Aylmer

    I’ve got a Craftex 8” x 12” wood lathe I got for free that’s coming along, priced the same. I don’t think it’s ever been out of the box. :)
  8. Stuart Samuel

    Rust is the Enemy

    NEW DAN GELBART?!?
  9. Stuart Samuel

    Belt Sander Electrocution

    Yes, we grounded the cabinet body of ours, to address this.
  10. Stuart Samuel

    What Are These?

    I have that Starrett set at work, I like it for tramming the mill head.
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