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  • 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. PaulL

    For Sale: 7KW 380v 3PH VFD

    Thanks to a "color" selector on AliExpress that put 380V 3PH *inputs* in the same tab as 220V 3PH *inputs*, I have a 380V 3PH *input* VFD that will happily shift the frequency of the god-only-knows-where-you-find-it 380V 3PH *input* to variable frequencies. $100 OBO. Someone, somewhere, must...
  2. PaulL

    TouchDRO unit looking for a good home

    I recently upgraded my TouchDRO units on my mill and lathe to the newer Plus versions. That's left me with one 4-input TouchDRO unit in need of a good home. If you're local to me, you're welcome to take it for a drive and see if it will work for you. Price? Just paying it forward.
  3. PaulL

    WTB: 5HP 3PH motor 600-1200 RPM

    I have a 30" bandsaw/resaw that needs power. I've taken advice recommending a 5 horse motor for it, running at low speed. The saw is flat-belt driven, and good power transmission really wants a fairly large pulley at the motor, hence the low speed. Anyone on Vancouver Island have anything...
  4. PaulL

    Shop Off-grid heating

    We've just had a couple of days of heavy rain and just the wrong kind of cool to go with it - dropped below the dew point and I'm back in damage control mode in the smithy and in my woodshop - first time in 10 years that my jointer decided to flash over with rust :-( So I'm thinking it's time to...
  5. PaulL

    Gas in Victoria?

    I'm tired of paying Messer's rent on a bottle that I don't refill nearly often enough to be worth the fees. Any suggestions for non-rental bottles and refills in Victoria? Paul
  6. PaulL

    DRO Heck.

    I appear to continue to be in DRO heck. I've never looked at my DRO output vs a dial indicator until I was trying to get my lathe's X axis working better - using just the DRO I was unable to hit diameters by better than ~2-4 thou. And when I correlate my DRO movement against my DTI, I see a...
  7. PaulL

    BB CX701 lathe spindle nominal measures?

    My lathe is a Busy Bee/Craftex CX701. I'm trying to figure out my nominal spindle dimensions: nose, bolt pattern. The spindle flange is 125mm. The nose is 70mm (2 3/4")across, with a 43.5mm (1.7") passthrough. I've measured across the studs on a chuck, subtracted the diameter of one stud to...
  8. PaulL

    What's up with this DRO?

    Ok, I'm fuddled. I haven't used the DRO on the lathe for anything precise since I transfered it over. Today, wanting to hit a measurement I put in my current diameter, and it set the display to a near, but not the same number. And I don't means the bounds of precision, I mean a few thou out...
  9. PaulL

    CA-BC Looking for 2x 4' lengths of rail road track

    Anybody have a clue on where to find such? Asking for a friend (really!). Ideally on Vancouver Island, but we can visit the mainland if we need to.
  10. PaulL

    Induction Forges & Chillers

    I have ~15kWh of batteries in my shop, and on a summer day I produce an easy 2-3kW for 5-6 hours. My power hammer and compressor and belt sander, while I'm working all day, on a cloudy day, drew less than 25% of my capacity. That leaves me with only one thing to do: Move to an induction forge...
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