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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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    SFM Question - Possibly Stupid

    On CNC lathes the G96 indicates constant surface speed, the G97 constant rpm. The G50 will limit the max RPM.
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    Reverse engineering a rifle stock

    I live in Edmonton, and am seeking someone in the area who has a milling machine with a DRO I could potentially use for the purpose of measuring the inletted area of a rifle stock. Calipers and a number of other resources just isn't sufficient for my needs.If you could help a man out, and allow...
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    Ben lathe bed

    Although it isn't the quality of the straight edges you so kindly shared a link for, I put my 4' level and used feeler gauges and found my largest gap to be about .009" in the area I measured.
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    Ben lathe bed

    The headstock actually sits directly on the ways. There is no adjustment in any direction. I hadn't set the dial indicator, it was just to illustrate how I had it mounted.
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    Ben lathe bed

    I can't say the .020" is truly an accurate number, as I was indicating off of the carriage onto a coolant land which in theory receives no wear. Obviously the carriage would also ride up some of the incline and would The dial would not fully capture the true incline of the bed. The problem is...
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    Ben lathe bed

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    Ben lathe bed

    I guess I can't post pictures for now my apologies. I have a dial mounted on my carriage, extended towards the chuck. About 2 feet out from the chuck the bed angles upward .020" of an inch over those two feet. At the tailstock end of the machine it is perfectly flat (within .001" anyways)
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    Ben lathe bed

    Maybe just one more
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    Ben lathe bed

    As I am a brand new member im having to leave a few posts prior to uploading links .
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    Ben lathe bed

    I have a 1960 Storebro Bruks lathe 16x60. I have only 4 leveling feet and there appears to a bend or an arc in the middle of the bed where no jack screws are present. I have a coolant tray which blocks access to the floor and am struggling to figure out the best way to raise the bed at the...
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