• 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. opensourcefan

    Other Shipping Resources

    If anyone has any knowledge or experience with shipping companies that will ship cross country lets start a place to share them. Recent experience has shown great difficulty in getting a simple pallet shipped to BC from ONT. You'd think in 2024 this would be easier but doesn't seem so. Would...
  2. opensourcefan

    Free Lathes in Nelson BC

    https://www.kijiji.ca/v-other-business-industrial/nelson/lathes-assorted/1686767185
  3. opensourcefan

    Metal Metal Heat Treating Experience

    I want to dive into the world of heat treating metals. I've never heat treated anything on purpose however I have worked with products made of all kinds of exotic metals capable of all sorts of crazy feats. I would like to treat some basic steels and tool steels small small sizes and be able to...
  4. opensourcefan

    WTB - Bench Mill

    Need something with more substantial in all regards compared to my mini 4x16. Preferably 110v but single phase 220 okay as well. 6" ish Y travel, 16"+ X travel Min 1000w motor Variable or multi speed Prefer MT3 but R8 is fine as well Fwd and reverse Vintage or recent. I've been looking at...
  5. opensourcefan

    IT'S TOO BIGGGGG!

    You know, I had (have) a small 2" vise on my mini mill. Great for small things obviously but not so much for anything big or for making aggressive cuts. So I thought it was time to get something bigger, better, more accurate, more cool looking. Well, apparently a 4" CNC vise is almost as big as...
  6. opensourcefan

    Shop DRO taking away my fun?

    Okay, maybe a philosophical question but lately I've been thinking about getting a couple DRO's for my mill and lathe. But then I decide I don't want them because I enjoy using my dials and setting up dial indicators when needed. But then I start thinking it would be so easy and faster and maybe...
  7. opensourcefan

    8x16 Lathe Electronic Power Carriage AND Cross Feed MOD

    Well, I wanted the ability to I decided to have some fun, do some learning and keep myself busy. I apologize in advance as I never meant to document the build for sharing so I don't have a lot of pics. Here's a video, I'm not a camera-man nor a youtuber. Here are some pics, just ask if you...
  8. opensourcefan

    Tool Budget DIY Scraper Advice Needed

    Hey all, I want to build a scraper to learn something new. Does anyone have any experience building one from Home Depot or a paint store odds and ends or something? There must be a simple, inexpensive, quick way of getting going. If I find it meditating then maybe I'll splurge for a proper...
  9. opensourcefan

    Homemade Toolbit Grinding Jigs and setups.

    Carrying on from this topic, those of you who have made jigs and or setups to sharpen tooling, can you share some pics and ideas. I'm thinking about just building something to work with my 6" grinder or maybe a new dedicated for the purpose. A new grinder with specific wheels is still a 20th of...
  10. opensourcefan

    Justifying a Single Lip Tool Grinder (Dekel Clone)

    I really want to be able to make some cutting tooling as well as repair my end mills, drill bits, etc. However I'm seeing that they're kinda expensive, like a whole second lathe or some other big machine expensive. If I put that money aside and purchased new bits and mills as I needed them, I...
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