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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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    Got an old unnamed lathe

    I got this little one about four years ago. It does have a very very small pass through, about 1/4" or less. Distance from chuck to tail stock is about 12"It is cast iron. It has no marks / nameplate or anything to help figure out who made it that I can find anywhere. The gear behind the...
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    Upgrades to a Craftex CX708

    Before warned this is long winded. To make the lathe a little more user friendly here are some photo's of a couple of accessories. Please note: 1. That the parts except for the stretchable accordion apron used are my designs, done in Fusion 360 and 3D printed with a Bambu Lab X1C 3D Printer. 2...
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    Cross Slide T-slots Purpose???

    Probably a dumb question but on my Craftex CX708 it has two T shaped slots on the cross slide. The question is what are they used for and the tools that can be slide into them. At present they are great chip catchers and cleaning them is a pain particularly under the tool post. For the time...
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    Need to get drill bits for tapping

    Where do you source good quality imperial drill bits. I am looking from 1/4" to 1/2" by 64ths, #7 to #60 numbered bits. Also are there any Canadian drill bit manufacturers. Thanks in Advance
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    How much oil in lathe gear???

    I sold my old Atlas Lathe and purchased a new 10" x 18" gearhead lathe. The new machine has a oil level window for the gearhead and a vent hole in the cover plug. When I did the 20 minute per speed selection for the break-in no load speed run I found that at low speeds under 600 rpm there...
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    New member from eastern Ontario

    I just recently purchase a new 10 x 18 metal lathe to help me with my primary hobby's, 3D design and industrial leather sewing machines. I hope to take some of my CAD designs and turn them into long lasting metal metal parts.
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