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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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  1. skippyelwell

    Here's one for you boys, what is it?

    Under a magnifying glass I can make out RE-132 CAN88 stamped in, weighs 2-3lbs, found digging in the bark yard.
  2. skippyelwell

    Help from the electronic gurus

    I picked up an used LED work lamp this morning and this little thingimjig appears to be burnt out. Is this a commonly available piece that can be purchased or am I out of luck? Thanks
  3. skippyelwell

    Is there a specific job for these boring bars?

    Is there a specific job for these boring bars?
  4. skippyelwell

    Lathe test bar

    I've purchased a 3ft piece of 3/4" tool steel/drill rod and am getting ready to make my own test bar to align the new lathe. I've watched a couple of vids but I thought I would ask you guys before I start cutting if there is anything I should watch out for, tricks, tips?
  5. skippyelwell

    Standard Modern 10" Utilathe

    After testing the Colchester against the Standard Modern it looks like the Colchester won the day, no room for 2 lathes. Standard Modern 10" Utilathe (actually 10 3/4" swing) D1-3 spindle mount, tailstock MT3 I have a little more than $2,000 into the restoration, the labour is free of course...
  6. skippyelwell

    How to get the index ring back onto the hand wheel?

    Took apart the top slide on the saddle to clean it up and now I have to re install the index ring on the hand wheel. I've done this a few times but usually it's just one spring and a ball bearing, this one has three and the springs are strong enough to send the ball bearing across the room...
  7. skippyelwell

    Free to a good home.

    Trying to clean up the shop and clear some shelves off, I bought these Porta bandsaw blades a couple of years ago and just realized they aren't the right ones for my saw. Three brand new Milwaukee 35 3/8" 14 tpi blades, also have three or four 4"x36" sanding belts, I don' t have that size of...
  8. skippyelwell

    Standard power hacksaw

    I p/u this power hacksaw last month to help with the all the cutting for the 2x72 belt grinder, got it working well enough to finish all the rough cuts then tore it down for a rebuild. Every bushing and bearing was crunchy or wallowed out and so loud I had to wear ear protection. It looks old...
  9. skippyelwell

    Scored some goodies this morning

    123 blocks, V block, edge finder and a pile of carbide and regular HSS bits, I'll never use all of them but they might come in handy with some trades with other members.
  10. skippyelwell

    Missing wires on a 3hp motor

    I p/u a what looks like a new 3hp ph1 230v motor, I went to wire it up to test but it seems P1 is missing. I took the back off to make sure it didn't fall back into the motor, it hadn't, then just kept staring at it until I noticed someone had snipped the lead coming from the thermal breaker...
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