• 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 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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    Still looking for a lathe ! What do you think ?

    Hello, so I stopped looking for a few months because of work, but I was still looking for a lathe to work on some Alu / Stainless steel (small) pieces. I saw this announce, he is asking for 900 CAD. What do you guys think ? Is this worth it ? Thanks you !
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    Workshop and Air filtration.

    Hello ! Long time no see haha ! So, I'm back to unemployment and I would like to take the time to redo my workshop to include more space for metal work. As you can see, it's an old interior swimming pool :) My first thing will be to install a wooden floor in order to get a straight floor...
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    Another Lathe...

    Don't judge ! I'm shopping ! So, here a smaller lathe which fit better my small shop downstairs. I don't planned to lathe big piece, and I want to use my first lathe more as a learning tool than anything else. The one from the auction is really too big, even it's really attractive price wise...
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    Could someone help me identify this lathe please ?

    Hello guys, I'm about to acquire my first lathe, and while looking on marketplace I found this one for 1K CAD. Problem, the owner doesn't know what the model is (Might be an atlas 618?) and even if I could work on stainless with that. I'm supposed to go there tomorrow to take a look. Any...
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    Hello !

    Hi ! Hello from Montreal ! I lost my job few months ago, and started picking metal working as a hobby. AND I LIKE IT ! I don't have much experience as I learn along my projects, right now it's mostly cutting, drilling and welding. I would like to pick up a lathe to get some fun, even if room...
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