• 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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    Disassembled old surface grinder REID No 2-i Free

    For Ottawians and vicinities - I have old completely disassembled surface grinder up for grabs. Probably worth only as a scrap, but if somebody courageous enough to spend some time on it - take it. Don't tell me that it is elegant way to get rid of junk - I have my own trailer and can...
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    SouthBend turret toolpost mounting questions

    Hello folks. I happened to have this turret toolpost This turret toolpost is made specifically for SB 10 but I am a bit puzzled - my SB 10L has no corresponding mounts or anything suitable to mount it. Does anybody knows, by chance - what is the way to put it on ?
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    Gift for myself. LF common wisdom

    Hello folks. I have a b'day soon which will be not just yet another year but will signify new chapter in life. It is an moment when I am not just have a bitter-sweet feeling of aging but also see a quality of being wise yet still capable to do many things as grown up. Anyway ... I have an...
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    LF: 3D model for Geared CVT

    Hello everybody. Recently stumbled upon this article and youtube video about geared CVT. Looks quite interesting to me and with all prose and cons of this solution it might be quite practical for machinists. Geared CVT I am wondering if anybody seen or may have 3D model for that with 3d...
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    Deal or not a deal?

    Hi folks. As you may noticed I am on the market for tool & cutter grinder. Not that I really need it, it is more that I just want it - I would, probably, will have lifetime endmill and cutter supply for the price of the decent cutter grinder. Here is the local guy, likely small machine...
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    Not fair - possibly scam

    I am still upset and angry ( probably should not be, but anyway... ) I was negotiating cutter grinder deal with local Ottawa guy - Larry Maulsby. I accepted posted price with no negotiations (it was very cheap TBH) and we agreed to meet at his place. While I was driving - 40 minutes before...
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    This guy selling some interesting bits and pieces, Continuously updating his inventory Ottawa, ON

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/profile/61563520496543/
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    (Horizontal) Milling machine 400CAD. QC, East Canada.

    Interesting conversion possibile - IMO can be adapted to use as horizontal boring , jig boring machine. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/776875190551751/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A295833b9-e6f7-43b8-b3f8-e979542fb312
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    Ex-cell-o slotting attachment. 250CAD Gatineau, QC (Ottawa) Brideport clone

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/616740750685458/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_general&referral_story_type=general&tracking=%7B%22qid%22%3A%22-824695360443143686%22%2C%22mf_story_key%22%3A%227307050456395597943%22%2C%22top_level_post_id%22%3A%227307050456395597943%22%2C%22com...
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    3D printing parts for you machine. Nice stop-gap solution

    Hello. Check out this video - quite interesting. Canadian fella shows way to (temporarily) replace difficult to find parts using 3D printing. Very viable when you need to fix machine while making broken part on the very same machine.
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