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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!

Hey guys, I'm new to machining... What a great find!

Danton

Danton

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Hey guys,

I am new to machining and in the Calgary area. I don't have any formal training in manufacturing, but have a design background, and looking to play around in my garage and get some personal projects going. Looking forward to some of the get-togethers.

Dave
 
Excited to be here. I will be even more excited to post whatever I am working on once I figure out how all this machining stuff works - Haha... I am interested cnc machining, and look forward to trying out some parts.

Any thoughts on a great local place to buy metal (aluminum, stainless)?
 
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samuel specialty metalsmetals is really cheap supplier of aluminum and stainless. There is a $125 minimum order but you can get roughly 35lbs of aluminum round bar for about $120.
 
Alexander said:
samuel specialty metalsmetals is really cheap supplier of aluminum and stainless. There is a $125 minimum order but you can get roughly 35lbs of aluminum round bar for about $120.
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Thanks, I will check them out for sure. I have bought from online metals, but the exchange isn't very good these days.
 
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