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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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    Can you drill a magnet?

    I thought this subject was discussed already but can't find it. Maybe i was dreaming, so can you drill a hole in a ceramic magnet? I got a couple of cheap ones from PA and had a thought about some uses but need to attach them to wood. Glue might work but they will be outdoors so a stove bolt...
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    Costco pumpkin pie

    Was in Costco yesterday minding my own business, when two ladies went by me with a cart loaded with at least 15 of those huge pumpkin pies that Costco has. Damnation that was it, wandered over to the baking area and low and behold there was a large stack of pies. $6.99 for these 11 inch dia...
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    Internet on my phone.

    My internet died so I can't use my laptop.:(:( I got one of the kids to show me how to access the web with my phone, which uses a different provider. The phone sucks big time. How in hell your supposed to use this piddly little screen and key board all the time boggles my mind. Perhaps the...
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    Shop Parts from Busy Bee

    Back in April i contacted BB looking for a part for my lathe, CX706, the bushing that is used on the change gears. Had a couple of emails with them then crickets. Sent a couple of emails asking for updates, crickets. A week ago i got a phone call, hmm april to july, asking if i still needed the...
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    Happy fathers day.

    As my daughter is likely still sleeping at 6AM i will have to venture out and see why there are cows and calves wandering up and down the road. :rolleyes: Good thing i'm up early every morning.
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    Early morning activities

    Got a call about 1:45 to attend a birthing issue at the barn, 1 hour later we phone the vet, 2 very large feet and no head. Now just waiting for our vet to get down, hopefully not another c section. I used to be able to handle this type of problem but damn arthritis is not helping. Sucks to...
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    Fire....Prepare for it.

    Had a small repair to do to the loader frame of our main chore tractor, a crack in the main frame where a pin holds a lift arm on. Ground it out and had daughter hand me the mig, i'm sitting on the hood snuggled up to the windshield, felt my left foot getting warm. Told daughter to grab fire...
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    ICE

    Well i just had a fun trip to the barn to do the early morning check on the heifers. All that lovely rain we had yesterday has now frozen, turning my yard into a lovely skating rink. First order of business at daybreak will be to see if the gravel pile is loose enough to spread over the 200...
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    Remote camera systems

    Anybody here using a remote camera system to monitor out buildings? My daughter is looking at setting up something to monitor the barn during calving season, 3or 4 cameras likely. The major problem i can see is distance from barn to her house, 3-400 yards, that may not be an issue if using a...
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    Tips/Techniques Evaporust turning steel black

    So i have had several things turn a nice black, a hard to remove coating. First was a seating die that had some rust so i gave it a soak, came out a matte black nearly impossible to remove coating, then just yesterday i soaked a powder drop tube that i just bought and had a lot of rust. Same...
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