• Spring 2024 meetup in Calgary - date Saturday, April 20/2024. discussion Please RSVP Here to confirm and get your invitation and the location details. RSVP NOW so organizers can plan to get sufficient food etc. It's Tomorrow Saturday! you can still RSVP until I stop checking my phone tomorrow More info and agenda
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  • Spring meet up in Ontario, April 6/2024. NEW LOCATION See Post #31 Discussion AND THE NEW LOCATION

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    CA-AB Drill rod/Silver steel Calgary

    Needed some 5/8in. drill rod, stopped in at "Blackfoot Industrial Centre" on Tuesday. They have a decent selection in both imperial and metric diameters. Water hardening "W" was what I got, I think it may all have been, not sure. $49.00 all in.(36 in. Stick). Good/bad?? Anyway they had some, I...
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    Off shore taps

    So I am needing some smaller metric taps, 3, 3.5, 4 mm, anyone having any luck with" Amazone"stuff? Any particular make/brand? Plan on trip to Lethbridge tomorrow, will see what Fastenal has, as have to get some threaded hard ware anyway there or at one or 2 of other place. Hope for 1 stop...
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    Wade ring scroll chuck

    Any one know which way to turn the ring on a ring scroll chuck to loosen the jaws? This is not a heavy duty chuck, don't want to break it or the back gearing. Facing the jaw end of the chuck, I would think counter clockwise, as normal rotation while cutting would tend to keep chuck tightened up...
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    Cutting threads with no index plate

    Found a mention of cutting threads on gear change lathes when indexing plate is missing/unreadable. This applys to inch lead screws. Multiply number of threads per inch on lead screw and the number of threads to be cut by a common number that will give a result for the gears with the lathe...
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    In Alberta.

    New member, down at Vulcan Alta. Slowly getting a small place set up. Retired nearly 2 years, getting used to a smaller pay cheque.
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