• 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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    Fire....Prepare for it.

    Last place I worked had a hot work permit system they were very anal about, for good reason. Things like removing dust, moving combustibles back 30 feet, having an extinguisher within arms reach, etc before the work even started. Then monitor the area for an hour after hot work is done. It...
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    Ontario meetup, April 6

    At this time, I am interested in attending, assuming weather and life co-operate. In August 2022, a Thursday, another member and I stopped in to Modern Tools-Newmarket, around 1 p.m. and they were, somewhat surprisingly, closed. So it is still on our to-do list. So I will also contact him and...
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    Washing Macchine Motor + PCB

    Are you sure about that? I just went through buying a new washer/dryer, and understood that Electrolux is a stand alone Swedish company, Whirlpool (that do make Maytag and others) is American owned, and GE Appliance is owned by Haier, a Chinese company. If I had to rate washers , which are...
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    New Member from East Garafraxa, ON

    I travel through your little community once in a while, as we take some of the back roads, from the north, to Waterloo.
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    Valuing old camelback drill press

    i see them for sale once in a while, and they are generally not much sought after. The biggest drawbacks are the size and weight, and they do a job a smaller modern version does just about as well. I saw one offered for free in my area, and after weeks, there were still no takers, although i...
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    Machine Any Hendey lathe experts on here?

    If you could get the lathe's serial number, the best source for information would be member Hendeyman on the Practical Machinist forum. He could tell you date of manufacture, original customer, and general specifications of the lathe.
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    parts for Black & Decker Router model 7610

    Do you have a local Restore - they may have one. I see all kinds of older corded stuff at ours, usually goes pretty cheap. I sometimes see tools identical to ones I own, and toss around the idea of picking up one as a spare. Fortunately I always disavow myself of that notion. If I am in...
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    2023 Year end project/shop assessment

    That is a tough post to follow, but my modest efforts; like others, replaced 30 worn out 4 foot fluorescent bulbs with new LED bulbs and fixtures, (a quantum improvement in lighting). Full overhaul of a couple pieces of equipment from the wood working side of the shop (1950's era scroll saw and...
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    Ontario member sound off

    Yes, he seemed like a good guy. The rent at the showroom may have been onerous forcing the sale, but we really didn't get into any of that. He was a bit put off that the liquidation sale, handled by a third party, may have given the impression it was a "going out of business" sale. He...
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    Ontario member sound off

    Different Ford, and how much Fiat (Case/New Holland) supports the older Ford stuff since the take over, not sure. Although when I had my 8N, I could buy pretty much any part easily and cheaply with after market stuff.
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