• 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!

Search results

  1. Aarknoid

    If you could own just one special vehicle what would it look like?

    I assume they are like hummers on the highway, an exercise in patience and absorbing a terrible ride, but they really do excellent at off road.I think my choices are all about being able to go wherever I want.
  2. Aarknoid

    If you could own just one special vehicle what would it look like?

    well, that is a loaded question. For the longest time it was a 72 Mach 1 with the louvers, but then my tastes got weird.... its a toss up between a home built X-114 ( it counts as a boat :D ) or a Tatra 814-7 which would make a hell of a camper as long as I could resist not turning it...
  3. Aarknoid

    Solidworks for Makers @ CAD30.00 per year

    not that it would fix your CAM issue but from what I heard offline mode is the full version solidworks interface without all the bloat.
  4. Aarknoid

    Solidworks for Makers @ CAD30.00 per year

    Aye I have to agree, I've run it on a i7 960 from 14 years ago, 25gb ram and it was good for single part projects of varying complexity. But that was a 2022 full install. Ymmv
  5. Aarknoid

    Solidworks for Makers @ CAD30.00 per year

    I have just gotten back into solidworks (work got me a license) and have dug up the training manual and accompanying training files if anyone is interested i can post a link. it got me making some complex parts by lesson 3 and .. i stopped doing it as it told me enough to do what i needed at...
  6. Aarknoid

    10” rotary table with 14” chuck

    Likewise! Quite the setup you have there, something to aspire to
  7. Aarknoid

    Does anyone know of any welding teachers in Burlington or Halton area?

    I just picked up a Firstess DP200 Multi-Process MIG Welder from yeswelder myself, I'm in no position to teach anything but just chiming in in solidarity
  8. Aarknoid

    10” rotary table with 14” chuck

    PM sent
  9. Aarknoid

    Workplace Safety at work and in the home shop

    For the face protectors I believe we use these at work : not the cheapest but surprisingly light and easy to work in, and the front plastic cover is changed out pretty easily. I wear prescription glasses and have tried all manner of covers and prescription safeties, these have been my...
  10. Aarknoid

    Hello!

    Welcome! And here I was watching a toy boiler rebuild and though "what's new on the forum.... "
Back
Top