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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. skippyelwell

    Speed/RPM/SFM Slide Rule

    If you are taking orders, I'm in.
  2. skippyelwell

    Mystery lathe, for real

    I was at @Martin w place this morning and he graciously repaired the worn out portion on the shaft of my lead screw, he also gifted me a chunk of bronze to make the matching bushing out of. Thank you sir, very much appreciated. I did order a bushing from McMaster-Carr but it's at the border and...
  3. skippyelwell

    2x72 grinder discussion

    I have two 3m Trizact belts and they are great, very consistent. I think they are equivalent to 200grit but they leave a finer finish than the 220grit belts that came with the belt kit. They look pretty cool too.
  4. skippyelwell

    2x72 grinder discussion

    I bought the sample kit from Ameribrade, https://www.ameribrade.com/parts-belts/belts all good quality belts except the 220 grit belts, thin and wore out quickly. I started with a 1725rpm motor, 230v but have changed over to a 3400rpm, 230v, for my uses I prefer the faster speed. You'll need at...
  5. skippyelwell

    2x72 grinder discussion

    Yes, no where near as precise as a Surface grinder but as you can see from the last test piece pic, it can get you in the ball park of being ready for polishing. Polishing may be possible with a 2x72 belt of some kind but I'm starting to explore those possibilities. Knife makers can do some...
  6. skippyelwell

    2x72 grinder discussion

    Finally finished the whole project, Jer's Gen 2 2x72 belt grinder. I pulled the 1725rpm motor off and replaced it with a 3400 rpm motor the other day and got the high heat epoxy spread over the magnetic chuck. It is a pretty great design, I found one omission in all 5 of the plans so not bad at...
  7. skippyelwell

    Weekly community thrift haul thread

    That's the beauty of the Restore, you KNOW nothing in there was stolen. Thanks, I figured it out eventually.
  8. skippyelwell

    Weekly community thrift haul thread

    I stopped in at the Restore yesterday, slim pickings. I did find 3 new handles for the drawers I put built into the Colchester lathe stand. Also, an old wooden vise that I haven't figured out yet how to mount, I think it might be missing some parts.
  9. skippyelwell

    Leblond Regal Lathe, Ottawa, Crown Assets

    Nicely done! Looking forward to the pics.
  10. skippyelwell

    Solitary Bee House

    Just remember, before people decided to "help", the bees were doing just fine for millions of years.
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