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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. Brent H

    The Brent H update thread!

    Just a quick update: many projects on the go or finished from installing Propane, gas fireplace, gas stove, new tile floors, laundry room make over, new powder room, new pantry/coffee bar etc Yesterday I finally climbed through the shop rafters and ran the power lines for the mill and lathes...
  2. Brent H

    Tool Chucking Reamers

    @Susquatch check your machinist handbook for pinning information- might have what you need.
  3. Brent H

    Tool Chucking Reamers

    A good quality set of adjustable reamers will work very well - most, however, will be hand feed and have 3 to 4 cutters. They work well for very close fits where you just need a “hair” removed. For chucking reamers you have ones for the drill chuck (obviously) and there are morse taper ones...
  4. Brent H

    Cross-Slide Leadscrew & Nut

    Well……I used a finger o_O Just at the end of the cut. Also boring bar held at bare minimum length for max support at the thread length. I was threading 9/16” LH acme for my smaller Utilathe. The cutter was quite undercut to allow the back clearance. I think I had a bit of an ACME threading...
  5. Brent H

    Cross-Slide Leadscrew & Nut

    @thestelster : nice work!!! Those Utilathes and their nuts!! Doing the Internal threading leaves for a lot of tool holder flex and I found I had to let the tool ride through many clearance passes and test fit frequently to get a great final fit. I also held pressure on the boring bar during...
  6. Brent H

    Tips/Techniques Arbor Press Mod and TOT

    Somewhere on here I have my press stand and ratchet mods - will see what I can add to this. One thing to note is to carve out a decent hollow under the press base for other gears, shafts to fit. Typically you have to press on shaft bearings where a shoulder (gear, larger diameter etc) are...
  7. Brent H

    SM change gears - Imperial 1120 for metric gears

    @88hillman I was able to salvage my USB and transfer data over to a jump drive. The forum does not support uploading a DWG file - If you PM me your email I can send you what info I have. I have the banjo and gear layout - did not dimension it yet as the project stopped when I got the metric...
  8. Brent H

    "Name that noise". Standard Modern Series 2000

    @JeffD the biggest pain to the shaft removal - red arrow and take off the driven pulley. Then behind that is the plate (yellow arrow) that seals the drive shaft and the access to the bearings you wish to pull. There is a cup seal for the drive shaft and possibly a gasket for the bearing seal...
  9. Brent H

    "Name that noise". Standard Modern Series 2000

    @Susquatch - getting there! Just finishing up a tile job (about 230 sqft) and I can get the powder room, laundry and hall entry running. Then it should be back to play time! I have electrical to finish up and then the lathes and mill will be running again!! I have a hay bailer to make some...
  10. Brent H

    "Name that noise". Standard Modern Series 2000

    @JeffD - also read this - back on page 2 https://canadianhobbymetalworkers.com/threads/restoration-repairs-on-a-10-ld-utilathe-standard-modern.1475/
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