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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. Stuart Samuel

    CA-ON Cross border pick-up?

    Anyone have any suggestions for cross border pick-up services? Either something with branches across the USA (more useful for the forum broadly), or with a branch around Buffalo, NY. I’m looking at an eBay purchase and they offer free shipping in the US. Buffalo’s about a 2 hour drive for me...
  2. Stuart Samuel

    Miller Dynasty 280

    Well, I finally did it. Not a screaming deal at $4200, but I can stop humming and hawing. Plan is to sort out a chiller for it, and then sell my Syncrowave 250DX, hopefully for around $3000. Keep the wireless foot pedal that came with it. I now have two flowmeters, two pedals (one wired), one...
  3. Stuart Samuel

    Shop Stuart’s big dumb thread

    Finally pulled the trigger on a welding table. Kovosu (Chinese company with a good reputation) was having a sale on machined cast iron grid hole tables, and decided it was time. So… Now I need to figure out how my back room changes to accommodate a 32” x 52” table, and how to keep it from...
  4. Stuart Samuel

    Bunch of carbide inserts/holders, height gauge, digital calipers, and… weird taps?

    Split a Kijiji listing with a coworker. Turned out to have less stuff that suits his lathe (Chipmaster), and more that suits mine. Two things of interest, to me at least: 1 3/8-8 tap. Never seen that style of tip before. Anyone have a name for this? Also got a 1 1/2-8 the same style, and a...
  5. Stuart Samuel

    SOLD Pantograph ‘type’, free, Toronto, ON

    Helping out a friend with some framing last weekend, and found this spilled on the floor under the basement stairs. There’s one tray, but two lids, so possibly a mixed set, and I would not count on it being complete. Tray tops are marked ‘new hermes NEW YORK’, bottom is marked ‘35-336 (OLD NO...
  6. Stuart Samuel

    Die grinder cap

    Was talking to a coworker today, and noticed a nice little die grinder in the top of his toolbox. Had a closer look, and realized it’s a Dotco! Someone gave it to him for free, but… the end cap’s missing. The male thread at the front appears to be 1 1/8”-18 UNEF. Trying to decide if I have a...
  7. Stuart Samuel

    Maximat 7 long bed, $1800, Hamilton, ON

    Drove down to visit my friend Shao Pin in Hamilton, came away with a bag full of drill chucks and arbours, and he mentioned in passing that he was selling a little lathe. Sure enough: https://www.facebook.com/share/Ur7BxyWJkGzR3o7o/?mibextid=79PoIi Seller highly recommended, I’ve known him...
  8. Stuart Samuel

    Brass lecterns

    Finished a pair of brass lecterns (thing you rest your papers on to speak) for a shop up the road. I’d been trying to get things done in an hour here and there, and it was making me crazy, was able to get six solid hours on them yesterday. Client’s… client? had a lectern they liked the...
  9. Stuart Samuel

    Stuart’s big dumb lathe

    In the fine tradition of dragging home things that only barely fit through my front door… (~400lb oak stump I rolled home, lives at work now) I’ve been on the lookout for something a bit heavier than my Myford for a while now. I’m limited, though, by a 35” wide front door, and a front room...
  10. Stuart Samuel

    Knurling?

    Turned down a side job for a bit of knurling today. Don't have the time, and I'm not convinced I could get a satisfactory result on my Super 7, at least not in the next two weeks. Steel, 2.25" diameter, 3" long. 1/4" through hole, threaded one end 1/8-27 NPS, to a depth of 1". Chamfer 2mm both...
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