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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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    Klopp clapper

    So I take a good look at the clapper on my Klopp 650H shaper trying to figure out why the surface finish is so poor. I figured that is was my inability to properly sharpen and shape my tools. This is only partially the problem. The main issue is that the previous owner bored out the taper pin...
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    Inexpensive Imperial tap set

    Picked this up the other night. Thought it was worth the $25 asking price.Made in Japan. Not Snap On quality but better than most inexpensive sets now available.
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    Transformer

    So I am almost ready to start up the Emco Maximat 13. Just one small problem. It runs on 440 volt 3 phase. The motor cannot be rewired to a lower voltage. I have a 15 hp rotary phase converter in my shop that powers the shaper and mill. It is 240 volt. I am not interested in a VFD for the...
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    New vise for the mill

    I picked up a Kurt blemished 6” vise this week. Purchased it directly from Kurt. Was at my front door in 3 days! I cant even get mail in Canada that fast! With shipping it came to $782 Canadian. Ther will be tax payable as well but still, that is much ,much cheaper than anyone in Canada. I...
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    Palmgren lathe milling attachement

    I have a nearly new Palmgren 250 lathe milling attachment that I have never used. It came with my Hercus 9" lathe. It does not appear to have been used more than a couple times. I have it on Kijiji in Regina for $250 but for the members here I would sell it for...
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    EMCO Maximat 13 Update

    Now that things have cooled off a little, I decided to do some work on the Maximat I picked up at auction a couple weeks ago. I changed the oil in all the gearboxes. Then scrubbed a bunch of the rust off the ways. They are slightly dark from the rust but there doesn't appear to be any...
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    New machines

    It has been a busy week for me. Too much time online leads to Visa indiscretions. I purchased a mill from the school in Dauphin MB. I have never heard of the manufacturer but it is a Bridgeport clone. It appears to have mostly Imperial fasteners too which is a bit surprizing. It was...
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    Klopp shaper running

    After a gallon of Simple Free, I was able to find the shaper underneath the filth. Drained the old black hydraulic fluid out and cleaned the reservoir. Added 45 litres of hydraulic oil the set about doing the wiring. The rotary phase converter is a 15 hp unit because of the high starting loads...
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    Klopp Shaper Update

    Thought I would update my experie ces with the Klopp shaper I picked up at auction. Went to Yorkton, loaded up the shaper and brought it back to Regina. It is is in pretty good condition considering its age. Spent two days cleaning the filth and corruption from several decades off the shaper. A...
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    Baldor Grinder

    I have been looking for a decent 1hp grinder for a while. Check Kijiji on a whim for all of SK. What do I find? A Baldor 1220W on a pedestal stand. it even has the Baldor dust collection system that actually works. There were a couple broken bolts in the cover castings that had to be extracted...
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