• 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 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. torinwalker

    Bulldog 3 Ton Arbor Press

    Older, larger (and probably over-engineered) Bulldog 3 Ton Arbor Press. Beautiful press - have had this for years but have upgraded to a larger capacity press. Shown here with a soda can for size reference, this press can handle up to 12" tall items from base to bottom of ram. Throat is 7"...
  2. torinwalker

    Anyone have experience preventing de-carb during HT?

    Acquired an electric muffle furnace for heat-treating and looking to shoot the breeze with anyone who has experience keeping A2 and O1 parts from de-carbing during the HT process. I just bought 50' of 321 stainless foil (arrives next week) but am also thinking enveloping in clay with a sprinkle...
  3. torinwalker

    Atlas 618 "Armature Lathe"

    Found this cute little lathe in Oakville from a guy who collects junk left over from renovations (or possibly in lieu of payment). Says he's "waiting to clean it up" and doesn't know what it's worth. Anyone care to guess what this package is worth? It's an Atlas 618 "Armature" Lathe with...
  4. torinwalker

    Sine Plate Roll Pin Enagement

    Watched a video of a guy re-surfacing some v-blocks on a 6x6 magnetic chuck/sine plate and thought, damn - I want one of those. Shopping on ebay and kijiji, they're pretty expensive... then I re-discovered a 4x4 suburban mag chuck gathering dust on the shelf. Figured making a sine-plate for this...
  5. torinwalker

    Do-All 6x12 Surface Grinder for $400 (Kitchener)

    Not affiliated in any way. Was just perusing as usual and saw this. Article says "needs a new cross-slide screw", so might need one. Might not. Worth checking out for that price...
  6. torinwalker

    Tons of Drills, Reamers, Taps, and Machine Tools

    I bought a bunch of tools figuring I'd pick out the stuff I want and slowly sell off the rest. Here is what I have. I am also willing to trade provided it's in my list, which you can find at the bottom. (Note to admin - sorry, I didn't join to spamvertise my wares. You asked for three posts...
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