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  • Several Regions have held meetups already, but others are being planned or are evaluating the interest. The Ontario GTA West area meetup is planned for Saturday April 26th at Greasemonkeys shop in Aylmer Ontario. If you are interested and haven’t signed up yet, click 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. grease monkey

    Machinists handbook 9th edition 1937

    hey all, I recently acquired a vintage machinery's handbook from 1937, still in decent shape, wondering if anyone would trade me for a more modern version, as I'm sure a few things have been added since then... ley me know! I am a history buff, but I also need a more modern version of this
  2. grease monkey

    MT#4 keyless chuck for trade

    hey all, I recently got a deal on a very nice MT#4 key less chuck made by Validus, its a 3-16, 5/8" bit size?, anyway, I'm hoping someone has a keyless chuck with a #3 taper that would like to trade me for this? hate to machine it down to suit if someone needs this, knee jerk purchase not...
  3. grease monkey

    CHMW tools wall poster

    hey guys, I recently hosted a meet & greet here at my place, 16 members showed and 2 sponsors, for lack of a better definition, they came representing a local tools store and sheet metal siding shop and brought swag for door prizes and a $50 gift card for the raffle table, anyway, I have a...
  4. grease monkey

    WTB: Liang Ji 6" machinists vice

    looking a match to the vice I already own, mine is a Liang Ji 6" swivel, let me know what you have and a pic or two, along with price and location! thanks in advance.
  5. grease monkey

    electric motors for sale 2hp & 5hp

    have motors for sale, or trade, #1 is a Weg 2hp 600v 3phase 1755rpm foot mounted 7/8" shaft, asking $200, the #2 is a Baldor 5hp, 230v 1 phase 1750rpm foot mounted with a 1.125" shaft, this one was rewound and had new bearings in it a while ago and runs well. asking $450 I'm looking for a...
  6. grease monkey

    current projects: 1-lawn tractor rebuilds

    so current projects, thats a big question! guess I'll start with the latest... always wanted a 1st gen F150 Lightning, but find one... and then be able to afford it! So I did the next best thing, build one... started with a '96 F!50 reg cab short bed with a factory 300 6 cyl and matching 5spd...
  7. grease monkey

    Busy Bee lathe DF-1237G motor?

    hey all, I recently bought a busy bee lathe, a model DF-1237G, with no motor on it, no idea why, wondering if someone on here has this lathe and can snap a pic of their motor name plate so i can start sourcing a motor for it?
  8. grease monkey

    Tips/Techniques plasma cutter trick

    hey guys, I have an older Miller plasma cutter, I'm sure I'm not the only guy to experience this, but the torch cable when cold, is crazy stiff, to point that over time, the casing starting cracking right at the torch head, so I call my rep and he's like, you better sit down, $1600 and thats...
  9. grease monkey

    Tips/Techniques 3 ph to single phase

    so I posed a query online, how to convert 3phase power to single phase, or more to the point, how to run a 3 phase motor on single phase residential power, couple different ways, 1- the expensive route is to install 3 phase power into your home, (like my cousin did, WOW, what I price, and he...
  10. grease monkey

    DRO help

    hey all, would like to install a DRO on my new to me mill, First model, wondering what you all have success with at a decent cost? itching to install on on the quill as well, but if I cant find one to join the read out, using a 3 axis and the 3rd being the quill, then I'll likely just go 2 axis...
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