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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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    Cool Tools in your home shop that you'd not likely not see in someone else's?

    I’ve used one of those electric etchers, they work quite well actually. Small parts tend to get warm in a hurry though.
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    Cool Tools in your home shop that you'd not likely not see in someone else's?

    How about a 2 5/8” twist drill? Haven’t used it yet but I know the day is coming. Will be great for opening up a hole in the lathe for larger bores.
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    Shop New to me equipment coming.

    Let me know when you’re in the area, and we can meet up if I’m around. The shop re-arranging continues. The lathe got unburied, and moved where my welders and welding bench were. The welders and bench are now along the wall on the other side. My vertical bandsaw is next to that. Now to move...
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    Shop New to me equipment coming.

    Wainwright, Alberta. So yea, basically no where.
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    Shop New to me equipment coming.

    So, as mentioned, I ended up buying a Hyd-Mech S20 horizontal bandsaw. When one looks at the specs, this is a pretty big saw. Loaded in the back of my one ton with 8’ box, it’s easy to see this saw is BIG!! Two days driving, almost 2300 kms round trip, and it’s home. Was it worth the trip? I...
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    Bring out your shapers

    No, the entire top ram comes off, a big casting like an angle plate goes on, and a vertical slide then goes on that. I haven’t done it yet myself. If you look at Rhodes shaper/Slotter there’s a pic of it setup.
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    Tips/Techniques Hello new guy here

    From a former Peterborough area person, now in Alberta, welcome to the group!
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    Shop New to me equipment coming.

    Did the 1100 kms drive today and got the saw loaded, now crashed at a hotel before heading home in the morning.
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    Bring out your shapers

    Here’s my little Rhodes shaper, I also have the vertical slotting head for it.
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    SM 2000 series feed clutch adjustment

    One could also go to a stiffer spring, because, well, stiff things belong next to balls.
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