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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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    Text-to-CAD

    For those of you looking for another time black hole.....here is something to play with. zoo.dev/text-to-cad " TEXT-TO-CAD PUBLIC ALPHA Generate CAD from text prompts Design Faster with Text Prompts in our AI CAD Model Generator Text-to-CAD is an open-source prompt interface for generating...
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    SOLD - Apple MacBook Pro

    Any diehard Apple users here? I am not an Apple guy and have no use for this. Part of a WealthSimple promotion. Brand new in box. Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4 Pro chip, 12-core CPU, 16-core GPU, 24GB memory, 512GB SSD, MSRP C$2,699) I'm thinking 15% off MSRP. $2300. No tax I am...
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    Link Belts - Type A or Type Z

    Looking at replacing a 3L belt on a machine with a link belt. I figure I need a 3/8" link belt. Headed to Amazon to find they have a Type A and a Type Z. Not finding a lot of clear information about the differences.
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    Anyone traveling from Toronto to out west (Closer to Calgary the better) for the holidays?

    The hobby metal worker curse.... "it is on the other side of the country". Found a couple boxes of Sherline tools and metal working tools out east that I could use. Figured I would post...you just never know. We could figure out something that makes it worth your while. P.
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    Random lab items that might be of use to someone.

    Anyone have a use for these items? I'm in Calgary. Cast iron Fisher base. Fisher Scientific Isotemp 2150 Immersion Circulator for Water Bath. Zesta 3KW submersible heater. $0.01 rounded up to the nearest doughnut. ;) Cheers, P.
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    In search of ...... Atlas 618 lantern tool post

    As the subject line states. Looking to purchase an Atlas 618 lantern tool post. Thank you, Perry
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    How did they make this back in the day? Wooden radio knob.

    My neighbor asked if I could 3D print a couple of radio knobs for her old Electrohome 216B radio. After seeing the knob my CAD side of my brain started whirling along thinking about how I was going to sketch this up. The lazy doughnut side of my brain starting thinking that looks like a...
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    Travelling from Squamish to Calgary?

    Thought I would post here...you just never know. I'm trying to get 5 discontinued fence panels from Rona Squamish to Calgary. (Or somewhere closer to Calgary). They measure 95-1/2" W x 12" H x 1" thick. Not too sure of the weight, but guessing each panel would be 30 - 40 pounds. Willing...
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    Helical cut gears - design solutions for lateral forces.

    I will get straight to the point. How do you/they handle (adjust) for the lateral forces created when using helical cut gears? The rest of the story. I have a gear box that has an input shaft from an electrical motor. The gear box reduces the speed of the motor. The input shaft is on two...
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    Tool Searching for parts for a Mitutoyo dial caliper. 505-644-50

    One of the items in my estate sale purchase was an older Mitutoyo dial caliper. It is in rough shape, but it caught my attention. I'm looking for some parts for it. 141700 hook, 141771 roller, 141776 crystal, and a 141769 stop slide. Sent Mitutoyo Canada an email with no reply.....yet...
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