• 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. trlvn

    why some people never get covid, finally some clarity

    Exactly. My Mom suffered from COPD for 10 years and ended up in hospital quite a number of times. Invariably in isolation. To visit her. we would be required to don mask, gown, gloves and booties. All of this was to reduce the chance of giving HER another infection. It had nothing to do...
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    Best 10" lathe?

    If you are willing to look at an 11 X 26, you might want to check out Modern Tool: https://www.moderntool.com/listings/5056019-modern-11-swing-26-between-centers-cq6128x660a-lathe Also, I would not be concerned about buying from PrecisionMatthews. They appear to sell quite a few lathes into...
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    Hi from down under

    So you know what to expect... https://xkcd.com/2840
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    Tips/Techniques Organizing steel.

    You would just need to glance at my 'office' to see that we are, in fact, kindred spirits! I've been suffering from 'clean shop syndrome' for the last couple of weeks. I tidied up before having a couple forum members over and haven't wanted to make a mess since. (I got over it this week.)...
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    Tips/Techniques Organizing steel.

    Up until recently, basically all the metal I had was pieces under 24 inches. I bought a couple of 4 inch waster water pipes and cut them to fit under my bench. The offcut is in the lower right. For steel that is better than basic low carbon, I try to remember to keep the end marked...
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    Missing Images....

    No image displayed in older posts, though, I'll sill take the win on current posts! Craig
  7. trlvn

    Missing Images....

    New images now displaying as jpeg! Looks like we're back! Craig
  8. trlvn

    Mill/Drill VFD vs. RPM Question

    Did you have something to display the actual RPM? Like a Hall sensor? Craig
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    Missing Images....

    Maybe we should go back to ascii art: __ _____....--' .' ___...---'._ o -`( ___...---' \ .--. `\ ___...---' | \ \ `| |...
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    Missing Images....

    I think the issue is clear enough. In the Xenforo update, it appears it has been chosen to convert uploaded pictures to .webp format. I presume the motivation is that WebP is supposed to achieve better compression and therefore our submitted pictures will consume less server storage space...
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