• 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 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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    CA-ALL New Tariffs

    Looking at the revised list of items subject to a 25% Canadian tariff. There are numerous specific items that will particularly impact members of this group. If you need something it would be prudent to purchase from vendor's current stock before any price increase. From a quick look: • Huge...
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    Cast Bronze Plaques

    Hopefully this is a good place for this question. I am involved in a project that will require a dozen or so cast bronze plaques approximately 12x18 inches and with about 100 words of raised text on each. What companies (ideally in the Toronto area but definitely in Canada) should I contact...
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    Small Facemill

    I need a 3-insert, 3/4-inch facemill and found this Accusize unit on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/product-reviews/B018RFU644/ It sounds perfect with a reasonable price plus they have a 10% discount today and promise delivery tomorrow. However, the reviews are all over the place with 75%...
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    Best Cutting Tools for Lathe Beginner

    It may be an unpopular opinion but for a beginner I would put the HSS and brazed carbide into an inaccessible box (you might need a bit of HSS someday to grind a special trepanning cutter or something similar) and purchase appropriate insert tooling. Do you have a grinder with guides or do you...
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    Tool Tools of the Trades Show

    Did anyone else attend the Tools of the Trades Show in Pickering today? Any treasures? I noticed that Stuart (our guide at the Toronto Meetup) found some toys there!
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    Tool Boring Head Disassembly

    https://www.cafr.ebay.ca/itm/174004052529 Does anyone have experience with this boring head? I have an identical one and would like to mount it on something other than an MT2 arbour. It appears that the head is a separate piece from the arbour (the two parts have very narrow flats for an open...
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    Junque Reduction

    I am trying to reduce my shop clutter. All items are rust free and in Cobourg, Ontario (about 100km east of Toronto on Lake Ontario). No shipping but I could bring items to the April meetup. Stuart V10 castings. Complete set in original sealed package. See...
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    Alibre Training

    I hate software that requires continued payments so I splurged on a copy of Alibre during their pre-Christmas sale. Now I have to learn how to use it! Any recommendations for tutorials/ YouTube videos/ whatever that will help me get up to speed?
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    CA-ON RC Servo gears

    I need some small gears that will attach to the splined shaft of an RC servo. Something like https://www.servocity.com/2305-series-brass-mod-0-8-servo-gear-25-tooth-spline-15-tooth/ would be perfect. Is there a Canadian source or someplace with reasonable shipping charges? Servo City wants...
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    When I attempt a search I get Oops! We ran into some problems. Google Search Engine ID is not specified!
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