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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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    Lathe carriage handwheel

    I got a part for my lathe through BusyBee a while back (2018) but had to talk to Parts (Robin) department and gave them the Part number I needed. Took a while but did get it.
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    CX706 DRO

    What if any, part number or description on the slim scale you installed on your lathe.
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    Round Column Mill DRO upgrade.

    I have the same type King PDM-30 and would like to do the same. Will be getting ideas and hope to get started this year. Still trying to see what DRO's from china that people on here have had good luck with. Will also try to do that to my CX706 lathe
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    Hello and welding question

    I agree as I was looking to purchase my welders that I decided to buy a brand as I was worried about what would happen with say Princess Auto brand. I inquired about warranty and the unit would be replaced the first year (or what every the warranty called for ) but after that nothing.
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    Hello and welding question

    Well there is lots to think about. I have a Thermal ARC 186 ) ac/dc (Tig and stick with pedal and dial current control on torch ) and a Mig Lincoln 140C (commercial version). Sometimes I wished I had one that did TIG/Mig/Stick as one. The Thermal is 240v hence thicker welding and the Mig is...
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    Some interesting free "CAD" programs

    I use Onshape free for personal and not striped down. I'm now and getting somewhat good at it. Some times I dabble with Freecad now V1.0 (find it confusing though) Used Rhino for quite some time. The good thing about Freecad is doesn't require internet and works crossed platform. Onshape has...
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