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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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    Really ?

    I have had a few good lay downs of the bike. The worst was going around a bend just after winter before they had clean the sand off the roads. Went into a hard right hand turn on my little touring bike, front wheel slides out on loose road sand and I go over the windshield into oncoming traffic...
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    Really ?

    Nanny State Protection. When I was a very young child my father had a 1938 Indian with a suicide shift and I would sit on the gas tank as we drove around we me holding unto the handlebars neither of us with a tin can on our heads. Then again it wasn't uncommon to see young infants in the back...
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    Got an old unnamed lathe

    I got this little one about four years ago. It does have a very very small pass through, about 1/4" or less. Distance from chuck to tail stock is about 12"It is cast iron. It has no marks / nameplate or anything to help figure out who made it that I can find anywhere. The gear behind the...
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    Anyone using ChatGTP?

    I had to get hearing aids due loss caused by years of shooting. I never liked them but they did have a side benefit. The wife would say put your hearing aids in she never said they had to have batteries. Expensive ear plugs.
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    Really ?

    Na, it thinks it was made for North America driving as I think they drive on the wrong side of the road over there.
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    Need to get drill bits for tapping

    Had a good day today. Got a batch of 1/2" thick turning bits and some new old stock, never used, Canadian made drill bits from my next door neighbour for nothing. He is a retired machinist that doesn't do anything anymore related to his previous life. I did him a favour of making him a leather...
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    Need to get drill bits for tapping

    They usually give a window of when it will arrive like May 25 to June 3 and a tracking number. Lately they have been sending mostly Purolator or Dragonfly. It usually takes about 10 to 12 days on most of the stuff I have ordered. This particular order was placed on May 19 and arrived by...
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    Need to get drill bits for tapping

    I do buy a fair bit of odds and ends from Temu and Aliexpress. Usually if one doesn't have it the other will but usually at about half of what Amazon wants. I have only had one problem with a Temu order and it got resolved very quickly. When I ordered the drill bit set it was listed for about...
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    Need to get drill bits for tapping

    Interesting. If you are buying the Amazon ones you may want to check the Temu site which are basically the same ones being sold on Amazon usually a lot cheaper. I wish we had a Canadian manufacturer.
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    Need to get drill bits for tapping

    I did get a set of drill bits off Temu. They arrived today and their even sharp in a decent enough metal case. On the underside of the cover the drill bits are numbered 1 to 60, on the left side they are from 1/8" to 1/2" and on the right hand side the are lettered A to Z. As they fail I will...
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