I have tentatively got the "trail boss" headed to Calgary for the weekend so am hopeful to finally be able to attend a get-together...not written in stone yet.
Last Jan I participated in a thread concerning large milling & lathe machines. Some interest was indicated for a meeting at this shop and I was finally able to stop & see him a couple weeks ago and met with a "less than optimistic" response to having a group visit him (for the same reason the Teck School didn't go, Liabilities & insurance being a problem). However, I was able to take a few photo's you folks might find interesting for a topic of discussion...Mill with a head travel of 30 ft or more in one direction and 12 or so in another, or a Lathe with a 8 ft chuck-40 ft bed-tailstock has a housing as large as a big garden shed-a "carriage" that the lathe operator rides on & operates from a chair-a work piece sitting on the floor waiting to be installed that weighs in at 39 tons I was told, another mill with a 15 ft dia. rotary table type of stuff.
As I'm not sure to be attending yet, if someone want the photo's texted to them to transfer to a thumb drive so they could be shown on a lap top, P.M. me a phone # and I will text them to you with a bit of a write-up explanation.
