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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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    Now I have seen Everything!

    Wow - odd place to keep your lathe!!!! I image the swarf would hurt :D https://www.kijiji.ca/v-power-tool/markham-york-region/myford-lathe-ml7b/1688081464
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    Tool Knipex Cobra Pliers

    So here is an interesting story. I wanted to get a pair of the 10" Knipex Cobra Pliers. So I do a quick google search and I see Mississauga Hardware selling them for 49.99 and Atlas Tools selling it for 48.99. https://www.atlas-machinery.com/knipex/KNIP-8701250SBA I then see Home Depot...
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    Aliexpress Coaxial Indicator

    AliExpress is having their 11.11 sale - basically $5 off per $25 to a max of $20. I found this little gem on there https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001339267449.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.24a338daoryOpz&mp=1#nav-review I don't really "need" this but thought it would a cool tool to have just...
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    Nickel Plating Putter head

    Looking for some advice - I recently refinished a putter for a friend, sanded it and buffed it to a mirror shine and redid the paint fill. After a couple of rounds he comes back to me saying the putter is starting to rust badly. It looks like it was originally nickel plated. The putter is...
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    Yet another DRO Install - King KC-20VS-2

    My son and I have been enjoying the new mill and decided to install a 3-axis DRO on our new KC-20VS-2 mill. I decided to take a few pics of the install. Fortunately there are many videos\forum posts on installing a DRO on the G0704 - this mill is almost exactly the same so I had lots of good...
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    Z-Axis DRO for Column Mill?

    Hello, So far enjoying the new King Mill! Nice little machine! So I want to install a DRO on this machine and was looking at the myriad of youtube videos of DRO installs on the G0704 and the PM-25v and cant figure out why people are mounting a z-axis scale on the column and head? You don't...
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    New Mill Advice

    Hey Guys, I spent the better half of today reading all of the post about mid-sized bench top milling machines. I want to upgrade my tiny cx605 to either the cx600 or cx601. My primary concern is the plastic gears in the 601\600. I have been reading about horror stories from some owners and...
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    New Motor to my ML7

    Edit - Please excuse the title - it should have read "New Motor for my ML7" - cant figure out how to update the title? I have noticed some vibration recently coming from the ML7, so I removed the main drive belt to try and isolate where it is coming from. The motor is starting to make a...
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    Myford ML7 DRO

    Santa brought me a DRO for my ML7 this year for Christmas. Just finished installing yesterday. Overall it wasn’t too bad. I absolutely love the new level of accuracy and precision it provides. Now I just need to figure out how to use it. I figured out the radius and diameter function -...
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    Mini Mill Rotary Table...

    Hello, Looking for a small 4" rotary table for my mini mill. Does anyone have any experience with the KBC RT they currently have on sale? I like this model since it comes with a MT2 taper. I took a look at the busybee RTs and frankly they feel rather cheap. I checked amazon and there is not...
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