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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. LenVW

    Introduction for Dave Hylands from Peachland, BC

    I think you will hear that MetalSupermarkets are ‘expensive’, but, they do sell a few common forms of bar & plate in small amounts for us ‘home’ fabricators. Millennium Alloys is a ‘industrial’ metal supplier who deal in a wide range of products and like to handle larger volumes of custom cut...
  2. LenVW

    Introduction for Dave Hylands from Peachland, BC

    We have a few software developers in Central Ontario who are also CHMW members. Lots more of retired machinists, designers and project managers. I recently received some Aluminum Channel from a Kelowna, BC supplier. http://millenniumalloys.ca/ They seem to be close to you in Peachland. Welcome...
  3. LenVW

    Sourcing Metal | General Discussion

    I have made an inquiry about ‘cut’ pieces from PROAX. They happen to be close to a few vendors that I visit on a weekly basis in Toronto. Stock lengths are 20 ft. and if the profiles are similar to European Standard, their are several End Users in our area.
  4. LenVW

    JCDammeyer's 42 projects

    Don’t blow that scarf into the machine crevices, flush it out with coolant. We used to have thin pointed magnetic shims for cleaning out small joints in vises and other setup jigs. Compressed air was a No-No in our Special Tools Department.
  5. LenVW

    JCDammeyer's 42 projects

    When I was at Ex-Cell-O, this type of vise was only used on surface grinders for accurate finishing passes. Never in a mill for heavy cuts, the retaining fasteners were always on an angle and keeping the moveable jaw DOWN and HOLDING against the fixed jaw.
  6. LenVW

    Mill dro

    I have a KING 3/4hp Mill that I added an IGAGING EasyView DRO. See the photos. It does not have a round column, but you can get creative.
  7. LenVW

    Show us your shops!

    Eye, Eye Captain. I spotted the milk and cookie, is Santa a frequent visitor ?
  8. LenVW

    Show us your shops!

    My little shop has to be organized or I can’t fit everything in. Some people say it’s a sickness, but, I don’t waste any time trying to locate tooling, fixtures or various materials.
  9. LenVW

    Product Vise Stop!

    KSFs: Wide adjustability and ease of movement. Bravo !!
  10. LenVW

    Product Vise Stop!

    Vise Stops come in a lot of variations. Mine bolts behind the fixed jaw and is easy to remove.
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