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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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  1. jaydag71

    yallos from victoria

    yeh those kabuki cabs used to clutter up the streets fairly heavily back in those days- i never see those anymore so am thinking they went belly up? always used to think to myself " how the @#$% do they not just keel over peddling plump americans around all summer?"...anyways cheers.
  2. jaydag71

    wtb: paralells

    those look like a decent set- havent owned any spi tools but have heard some good things through vids and forums ive browsed...
  3. jaydag71

    cast iron in Victoria? Anybody?

    thanks for that lead, you caught me snoozing however and i missed that one completely! regards, John
  4. jaydag71

    wtb: paralells

    my understanding of wavys is they can be handy for supporting thinner materials which may be flexing, sagging or uneven/flat otherwise? i dont yet own a set so no practical wisdom here just recycling info i read someplace. In my mind they would be handy for mid span supports of wider...
  5. jaydag71

    FREE CI weights

    well i snoozed right through that one but many thanks for the effort!!
  6. jaydag71

    wtb: paralells

    pretty cheap waveys available on ali express not long ago... was also thinking of a set for myself but didnt bother yet...
  7. jaydag71

    cast iron in Victoria? Anybody?

    ill havta look more into it then- my guess would be theres got to be at least something on island but certainly Vancouver will and isn't all that far away- its only $75 each way.... oh, it deleted my crying sad faced emoji....was trying for some sarcasm there....
  8. jaydag71

    yallos from victoria

    no i havent yet....prob wouldnt go that route unless it was really worth while or i was in a pinch- i find amazon to be all over the place with the pricing....id be more apt to try ali express or something...i know they sell all kinds of raw materials and tooling for quite unbeatable prices...if...
  9. jaydag71

    cast iron in Victoria? Anybody?

    thanks for the tip- i actually havent really looked around too hard yet but assumed somebody on island would be offering up their services. I have watched several videos about home foundries and casting techniques and will eventually be trying to put something together myself no doubt- but one...
  10. jaydag71

    cast iron in Victoria? Anybody?

    excellent! another happy customer...exactly why Im going with that one...
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