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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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    Proud to be Canadian song

    Was about to grumble, one more reason I left Toronto, but maybe there’s an update on street hockey. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/street-hockey-toronto-council-1.3681162
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    Proud to be Canadian song

    Fondly recall my junior high language arts teacher using music to teach language to a 13 year old version of me that was a poor and failing student. Ran into that teacher 40+ years later and had the chance to thank him for setting me on a better path. One of the groups we analyzed was the Guess...
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    Proud to be Canadian song

    I’m going to show my bias as a son of two professional musicians- much as I like Gloria Gaynors song We Will Survive, she’s a New Jersey American disco star. Not even close to Canadian. Difficult to escape American culture and influence, n’est pas? Now if the Guess Who’s American Woman was...
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    The ultimate filer

    Nice! Can’t read the maker’s plate. Ruhla? One of the Czech makes? Looks nicer than my big Oliver (that is still awaiting a rebuild)
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    The oldest Chipmaster in captivity

    If I understand correctly, Monarch 10 trouble E’s, certain Rivetts, the English CVA, and probably other toolroom lathes all use three point bed mounts. In addition to Chipmasters which I’ve been a little too intimately familiar with. Altho not as up close and personal as the great work by this...
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    Likely scam FB Marketplace item: Lista Cabinet

    Reverse image search show what appears to be exactly the same cabinet with same background for sale in Arcola N, East Regina. Hmmm.
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    Likely scam FB Marketplace item: Lista Cabinet

    Optimistic price imo, as a Wpg-er myself. Listas, Vidmars, Rousseaus and the like don’t come up for sale often here though. Shipping price is way high for a cabinet Wpg to Regina. Don’t know if it’s a scam, but it ain’t a deal.
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    If you could own just one special vehicle what would it look like?

    Wow! That brings back (bad) memories of driving a U-haul truck starting Dec 30th many years ago from Kingston to Winnipeg with 3000 lbs+ of mill and tooling in the back. It was a rushed adventure or someone else would have gotten the mill. The only enclosed truck I could rent across provincial...
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    If you could own just one special vehicle what would it look like?

    Well, there’s the Mustang that the guy down the street from me dug out of a swamp and restored. Um, not a Ford… https://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/survivors/serial/44-63476
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    Looking for some opinions from those of you how rebuilt a head stock

    Good to hear, Tom. I didn’t go up Illimani- looked really intriguing though. Glad you went. The glacier /snow started maybe 150m above the hut on HP when I was there but was esp sun rotted the higher we went. Like smaller penitents. Wouldn’t mind going back to Bolivia. Glad you had a good trip!
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