• 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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  1. jmottle

    Grinder Metal Dust Collection

    I have a Palmgren bench grinder with dust collection ports. Would I be safe using a shop vac on this if I put a cyclone collector in the middle? Just thinking of getting one of those Dust Deputy kits. Want to avoid burning down my house should any rogue sparks make their way into the vacuum...
  2. jmottle

    First project - Machinist Hammer

    Just finished my first lathe project this evening as part of the MACH 213 class at SAIT with Massimo. Excellent instructor and I had a TON of fun. Wish I could apprentice under him to learn everything he knows. Waiting to finalize my tool order with KBC and order my DROs and I can start...
  3. jmottle

    Oil Source

    After I saw @Janger group buy post, I just went to check if I had enough way oil. That would be an affirmative. I had forgotten I purchased some from Blue Chip machine shop in the US. (http://bluechipmachineshop.com/). The order was a month delayed to due customs and eventually got returned...
  4. jmottle

    Is my Lathe Three Phase?

    Hi all, So a few years back I purchased a Chinese lathe from a dealer out in Ontario - a TopTech/Quantum 250 x 500 (equivalent 10 x 22) with an 1100W 120V motor. For the last few years I have been insanely busy running my own business so only just got back to setting up my shop. The lathe...
  5. jmottle

    Repair + Calibrate Mitutoyo Bevel Protractor

    So I purchased a Mitutoyo bevel protractor off Kijiji today. Saved about $225 off retail, so thought it was worth it. The fine adjustment gear did not work but I managed to fiddle with it to get that working. I think it's off by about half a degree in accuracy using some gage blocks and the edge...
  6. jmottle

    Lathe Leveling Mounts

    Hi all, My first post and until tonight had no idea there was even a Canadian metalworking group! Awesome! I built out my shop a few years ago and have a TopTech (rebranded Optimum) 10 x 22 lathe (250 x 550) and a Sieg SX3, but I got busy with work, as I'm self-employed, for the last few years...
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