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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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    Can't access threads when logged in, can see them when logged out

    whenever I go to check on a thread I've commented on, I'm getting a server error. Weirdly enough, the same threads open if I'm logged out. Also getting an error that upload failed to the server...
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    Universal mill

    Was a bit disappointed that the GC Surplus auction suggested this as I only subscribe to notifications for machinery items - I guess its machinery of sorts...and called a universal mill.... https://www.gcsurplus.ca/mn-eng.cfm?snc=wfsav&nscn=R5OT0016009&notifBuyNo=1161203&notifBuyCd=20250408063000
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    Cast iron T-slot plate and accessories for trade or sale

    The fixture plate is 360mm x 360mm with 60mm centers. No idea where its from / who made it. It does have engraved/laser etched on the top made in China and presumably part number on the side but I can't find it. It is definitely metric - its 360mmx360mm with 60mm centers for the squares. (...
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    Build your own CNC - basic mill frame $2950 obo - Quebec City, QC.

    https://www.facebook.com/share/1AJ9tCSPxB/ This is actually a good deal looking at whats on offer. For about $5k to $6k total you could build a pretty nice machine that is brand new.
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    Mikes shop activities

    Here's a list of all the current activities. Like others, I jump around too much to have a dedicated thread for 1 activity, so I'll toss them together in this word salad of all things going on in my hobby shop. The longest "active" project is the radial. Started it 10+ years ago. Didn't know...
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    electronic payment for donations - looking for suggestions

    I'm part of a small club that operates model ride behind locomotives, live steam, "diesel"(gas engine) and battery electric, and on the last Sunday of the month over the summer we provide demonstrations of the locomotives where people can catch a ride on one of the trains. We do not charge for...
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    CA-ON Large copper tubes?

    Anyone have a suggestion of where to find smallish quantities of sheet copper and large-ish copper tubes? I want some rather large, uncommon stuff for model steam boiler purposes (just a stationary desktop one, not for a specific locomotive) . Needs to be type M or heavier ( L or K type) and...
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    Is a Bambu P1S the printer for me?

    OK, wrong group to ask to talk me out of it but I'm very close to pulling the trigger on a Bambu Labs P1S w/AMS combo (seems to be permanently "on sale" for $999 + $65 shipping + tax). I'll use it for fixtures, gridfinity storage, other shop stuff and hopefully some model locomotive stuff (Gauge...
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    Looking for ideas to combine 2 probe inputs to one on Tormach

    So I've now confirmed I am not an electronics genius and I need some help. Situation- the Tormach has a single input for probes (toolsetters and touch probe), can be set active or passive in the PathPilot setting page. I have a tool setter that is "passive" (just a switch) and its configuration...
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    Machine B&S Challenger Surface Grinder - dust collector hookup

    So my B&S Challenger surface grinder has a dust collector hiding in the base cabinet. I've had the machine now October 2018 and haven't had a good dust collection system. I usually just wedge the shop vac in the back dust catcher and carry on. I do notice the film of dust that accumulates...
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