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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. GlenG

    Tool Look what followed me home…..a stake plate

    I probably didn’t need this but I thought I might integrate it with my the pipe anvil I’m building. It’s a 4’ stake plate (no name that I can see). With a few stakes and blocks of steel to go with. Still need to clean them up and figure out how and where to mount the plate.
  2. GlenG

    Tool Pipe Anvil

    Hello All, I have been thinking of building a Pipe Anvil. There are a few Youtube video, but I was wondering if anyone on here built one? What size did you build? Any tips or tricks?
  3. GlenG

    I'm that guy...

    We've all heard the stories of 'that guy' who builds a boat in his basement with no possible way to get it out. Well it's not a boat but it does have sails and in my little shop it's it may as well be a full size sail boat because it's going to be challange getting it out. So I guess I am now...
  4. GlenG

    3D Printer Recommendations

    I'm looking for any recommendations for a starter Printer? Just looking to play with something but would like something around a 9" (230mm) bed. Maybe something that could be upgraded later to a second nozzle (is that possible)? Oh yes and cheap, but seriously I'd like to keep it under...
  5. GlenG

    Homemade Sheet Metal Brake?

    Hi, I need to make a roughly 20” x 30“ x 3” deep to hold water, and thought it may be time to bake a small brake. Has anyone made their own brake? Did you use plans or wing it with your own design? Did you make a simple bending brake or a box and pan (finger) brake? What pitfalls did you run...
  6. GlenG

    Difficult Acto (Machineryplans.com) Plans

    Hi, Just throwing this out there to see if anyone else has come across this site https://www.machineryplans.com/ They appear to be selling plans for everything from surface grinders, to shapers to brakes and rollers. I wonder what sort of quality they are?
  7. GlenG

    Not So Lazy Susan….

    I ’ve been looking for a turn table to use when painting projects, but I could never find one that was large or heavy enough, so i decided to build one. To top is 15”x15”x1/4” aluminum and the base is 14”x14”x3/16” steel with a 12” turn table bearing rated for 1000lb. The longest part was...
  8. GlenG

    CTIRE, Mastercraft Plasma Cutter?

    Wondering if anyone has any experience with the subject Plasma cutter? It's a dual voltage pilot arc unit that retails for ~$750
  9. GlenG

    Metal Spinning

    Hi, I was just visiting a pewter store while i was on vacation and now I’m intrigued by metal spinning. Who has done it? Where did you get your supplies? What equipment did you use, metal lathe or wood lathe? Generally, just interested to hear what others may have to add to the discussion
  10. GlenG

    Oven Temperature Controller

    I had an old toaster oven that I used when I needed to heat small parts prior to painting, shrink fits etc. It was OK but I was always nervous about temperature control and accuracy, so I recently completed this build. It consists of a PID controller, SSR, thermocouple and various sundry...
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