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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. Crankit

    Help with switches!

    I need a new direction control switch for the lathe, I've tried to find one locally but I get deer-in-the-headlights look from the electrical suppliers in the area when I ask them. I've gone onto digikey but wow is there a ton of varieties in switches which I don't understand. I know I need low...
  2. Crankit

    Mystery tailstock for sale in Okanagan area

    Some lathe is missing it's "significant other" not sure on the manufacturer and it's hard to tell sideways! https://classifieds.castanet.net/details/metal_lathe_tailstock/4580877
  3. Crankit

    Interesting vertical shaping attachment for Bridgeport up for auction

    A Bridgeport Shaper head made for one of their milling machines up for auction in Victoria....I've never seen or heard of one of these! https://www.bcauction.ca/open.dll/welcome?language=En Item #44
  4. Crankit

    Harrison M300 BC Auction site

    It's closing tonight, still at a pretty decent price range for a well built lathe. Located in PG https://www.bcauction.ca/open.dll/showDisplayDocument?sessionID=644931967&disID=8108014&docType=Tender&dis_version_nos=0&doc_search_by=Tend&docTypeQual=TN
  5. Crankit

    BC is sure getting it's butt kicked today

    The forest fires here have become an inferno tonight with big evacuations and alerts being implemented all over the interior. I was driving through the North Okanagan around 4:30 and there was a few areas that the smoke was so thick the sun couldn't penetrate through and it was darker than...
  6. Crankit

    Colchester Lathe in Victoria

    Colchester Triumph 2500 up for Gov't auction https://www.bcauction.ca/open.dll/showDisplayDocument?sessionID=2001264423&disID=8084757&docType=Tender&dis_version_nos=0&doc_search_by=Tend&docTypeQual=TN
  7. Crankit

    Big R McDougall Lathe for sale

    This baby should hold any floor down! https://classifieds.castanet.net/details/r_mc_dougall_co_lathe/4224755/
  8. Crankit

    Delrin source?

    Where can I get 3" Sq Delrin stock in Canada? Cheers, Wayne
  9. Crankit

    Hemingway Products

    British website with some very neat work holding tools and accessories...not cheap but cool. http://www.hemingwaykits.com/index.html
  10. Crankit

    Cheap lathe....$750

    This one isn't going to be up long...in Summerland BC https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1893304377503249/
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