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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. John Conroy

    CA-AB It pays to shop around.

    I needed a 5 gallon pail of Mobil DTE Heavy Medium and called around to some vendors I've dealt with in the past. Grainger Canada quoted $319, Motion Industries quoted $264 and Bluewater Lubricants quoted $128.
  2. John Conroy

    Webster model 801 air compressor $2000 OBO

    I'm listing this for a friend who recently closed his machining business. Located in Sherwood Park area just outside of Edmonton. The Compressor is a Webster Cast Iron 2-stage (175 psi is the current setting) with 200 gallon tank and magnetic starter. It is 10 HP 220VAC 3-phase 25 Amps. I think...
  3. John Conroy

    SOLD SOLD SOLD Hyster model S50F propane powered forklift (asking $4500 OBO)

    I'm listing this for a friend who has recently closed his machine/fabrication shop. He has owned it for over 30 years and it was built between 1969 and 1975 I think . We recently replaced one of the main hydraulic tank supply hoses, rebuilt the starter motor, replaced the brake master cylinder...
  4. John Conroy

    Modern Tool Edmonton branch open house

    I got this notice in an email. Obviously aimed at commercial machine shops but I will probably attend anyway to drool on some machines.
  5. John Conroy

    Triumph GT6 4 speed manual transmission case crack repair

    A friend of mine is restoring a 1968 Triumph GT6 and noticed a crack in the transmission case that runs from the top of the rear mainshaft bore to the top gasket surface. The case is cast iron and I am not the right guy to be attempting the crack repair but told him I could machine the repaired...
  6. John Conroy

    Vertical shear lathe tool

    I've been trying to find a way to get a decent finish when turning cold roll steel. I saw this video from Mr Pete and made a vertical shear tool like he shows. If you have time to make a couple of .001" passes it gives good results...
  7. John Conroy

    There's a good reason why you stay out of the dyno cell when doing a full power run!

    https://pin.it/5EXJC6A
  8. John Conroy

    Spindle lock handle for my mill

    Something that has annoyed me about my new mill is the handle for the spindle lock is only 1.25" long. I have to really crank on it to make the spindle lock tight enough so the power drawbar doesn't move the spindle down when tightening a collet I also wanted to move the handle to the rear of...
  9. John Conroy

    Project flycutter.

    I have a flycutter that I made many years ago. It’s served it’s purpose and works OK for machining pieces less than 6” across. I have used different 5/8” shank lathe tools, both positive and negative rake with varying results as shown in these pics. When I’ve tried to use it at larger...
  10. John Conroy

    Drafting light table for tracing.

    Very cool light table that my wife has used for tracing sewing patterns. Free to a good home but you must carry it out of our basement. The top is 30 X 46 and it's 37 high.
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