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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. Arbutus

    Shop Dangerous shop lights

    I purchased three of these LED garage lights. They get left on for long periods and get hot enough to cause a fire. Yesterday I was busy making chips when the ceiling light failed. I heard a fizzing noise, followed by the smell of smoke. The light fitting had dropped out of the ceiling and was...
  2. Arbutus

    Machine 1x42 Linisher upgrade

    I use this little belt sander for fine finishing work such as chamfering, squaring to dimension and polishing. I thought this might be of interest for other folks who use these machines for fine work. The table and its fences can be setup quite accurately to produce a true 90/90/90 part with an...
  3. Arbutus

    Vancouver - Fraser Valley meetup

    I was wondering if there is enough interest to organize a meetup for folks in the Lower Mainland this Summer. :) BBQ, Swap meet, Bragging Bench, Show & Tell, sometime in July perhaps? I'm still looking for a venue - so all suggestions are welcome! Don
  4. Arbutus

    Question for woodworkers with a CNC router

    I'm interested in trying relief carving in steel on my CNC mill. The plan is to use an image and from that, generate a 3D dataset which will recognize the Z depth. If this works, then maybe I can figure out an easy way to produce embossing dies for a rolling mill So my question is how do you...
  5. Arbutus

    Supplies Am I seeing this right?

    What on earth has happened ? Thats four times what I paid last year. :( Local supplier: I just needed a 2x2x0.25" piece!
  6. Arbutus

    Tool Lathe indicator holder

    Well that was another Tuit well spent. While working on the Eureka relief tool, I was having all kinds of problems with the DTI mounted in one of those wobbly magnetic indicator stands, teetering on the edge of the ways. The solution was this rear mounted indicator stand, which is sturdy and...
  7. Arbutus

    Tips/Techniques Eccentric turning advice needed

    I am starting to build the Eureka form relieving tool from Model Engineer, Volume 168. This gadget cuts the relief behind the cutting edge of a milling cutter, such as these involute gear cutters. The drawing shows the mandrel which is a triple eccentric turning. I have double-guessed myself...
  8. Arbutus

    iPhone for real-time measurements

    I thought some folks here may find this interesting, I came across this app for the iPhone which allows the phone to be used to take physical measurements using the phone's sensors. So far, I have used it for inclination, audio (my dog has a 110dB bark) and vibration monitoring on rotating...
  9. Arbutus

    Ask a simple question.....

    I was researching adhesives for plastics, but couldn't quite find the correct terminology, so I asked my AI buddy: (warning: Long Read) what is the correct term for an 'oily' plastic vs a 'dry' plastic? as it relates to the surface properties ChatGPT Reasoned about oily and dry plastics...
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    Tips/Techniques Printed worm drive rotary table

    The job was to build a modular rotary mount as part of a synchronized camera positioning system. This stage is a horizontal base mount for large (2Kg +) cameras costing more than my car, so it has to be sturdy and do the job reliably. Previous iterations were made from CNC milled 6061with...
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