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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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    Unknown Welding Rods

    Like 6010/6011, 6013 is a "whip and pause" rod. Just much easier to use and not so sparky. I don't remember ever seeing a brown 6010/6011. But I only go back to the 80s, by then Liquid Air was pretty universal.
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    Unknown Welding Rods

    They look like tinbasher rod,6013. I used 1/8" 6013 for fill when I blew a hole making hand rail. I used 7018 for hand rail but it could get kinda hot, and I wasn't the best welder. I used 3/32 6013 for repairing sheet metal guards. That was what it was originally designed for. autos. Thus the...
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    Looking for milling machine purchase help/advice

    We can talk all we want of the various advantages of mill models, but the simple truth is you can rate them by their work envelope . Mine is a 8x32 (9x32 actually ) . This will govern the use of your very precious floor space. Such is my life in a 22'x22' double garage that has to be a fully...
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    BB vs KBC drill bits

    Over time I've gotten together a couple of fractionals, a standard 118 *, a 135* splitpoint cobalt, a letter size, a number size and a metric, plus blacksmith bits. I put it all together when I was working. being retired now I just replace the single bits with KBC brand. My work had involved a...
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    BB vs KBC drill bits

    Most US brands come from the same Brazilian factory . There isn't much money in drill bits. As an inside source suggested on another forum. KBC branded stuff is adeguate quality. Some times it's eastern European and pretty good. When it comes to Chinese drill bits, the purchasing agent at our...
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    Looking for some opinions from those of you how rebuilt a head stock

    Some random thoughts: It's just a gear box. It's Chinese, so sourcing gears is possible. I haven't had to do that but it is possible, other guys have though. You will want to do the bearing, precision head stock bearing are very expensive, you will be very...
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    Gray machine paint - recommendations please

    I used a gallon of it on my utility trailer. When I pressure washed it, it came off. But my prep was non-existent . I didn't hold the dirt in place. It has also gotten expensive even at PA on sale.
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    Gray machine paint - recommendations please

    Tremclad is now water based .
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    Milky Gear Oil

    What good would that be, it would last forever.
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    Oh Canada

    The maritimers are the most friendly , the least are from Wyoming . Americans from surrounding states say that as well.
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