• Scam Alert. Members are reminded to NOT send money to buy anything. Don't buy things remote and have it shipped - go get it yourself, pay in person, and take your equipment with you. Scammers have burned people on this forum. Urgency, secrecy, excuses, selling for friend, newish members, FUD, are RED FLAGS. A video conference call is not adequate assurance. Face to face interactions are required. Please report suspicions to the forum admins. Stay Safe - anyone can get scammed.
  • 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!

Hi from Calgary

Welcome from Ottawa glad to have you aboard I have the same lathe, still learning lots here as well as machining gives you so many opportunities to make mistakes and learn from them. Enjoy the forums.
 
Welcome from Ontario farm country - where your dog disappears in 5 seconds, the weeds are taller than Prairie trees, the men are girls, and the government is everywhere!

Ps - I was born a Saskatchewan farm boy. I've been held hostage in Ontario for over 50 years by a Hot Italian Babe who let's me play with machinery and tractors as long as I don't try to escape or make anything useful.
 
Ha! I started as a farm boy up North, but I've been in the city fixing airplanes for the last 20 years. I have used the lathe to make some pullers and bullets for various jobs on the planes.
 
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