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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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    Downwindtracker2 reacted to Warlock's post in the thread Car designs suck with Like Like.
    I think it has a lot to do with how people are raised. Both the parents and grandparents of my wife and myself never threw away anything...
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    Downwindtracker2 replied to the thread Car designs suck.
    At work, which was about eleven years ago, were discussing the state of SUVs at lunch, we agreed the only true one left, was the 4 door...
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    Downwindtracker2 replied to the thread Car designs suck.
    SUVs that can't be driven on gravel logging roads. That's all of them. Twigs will put a holes in those tires. SUV means sport utility...
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    Downwindtracker2 replied to the thread Really ?.
    The story of two pigs, one a '74 Dodge W200 Power wagon and the other an '08 Ram 3500. Both 4x4 . One a 360, the other a 6.7 litre...
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    Downwindtracker2 replied to the thread Car designs suck.
    I'm 76 and I have seen a dramatic climate change in my lifetime. I grew up and still live in the Lower Mainland of BC, the suburbs of...
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    Downwindtracker2 replied to the thread bronze bushing question.
    Interesting thought on the tranny. If my old memory works, I heard the New Process 435 came out in '54. I had one in my '74 W200 Power...
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    I feel for you. After my surgery, I had weight restrictions too, but nothing like yours. The worst of it I couldn't drive my p/u, the...
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    Downwindtracker2 replied to the thread bronze bushing question.
    My brother had one. I think the CDN had a larger engine, the Canadian long block flathead.
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    Downwindtracker2 replied to the thread CBN Wheels.
    I found wood chisels and plane irons are best reshaped on a belt sander. I use a Veil 1"x42" that Lee Valley sells. I use a reversible...
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    Downwindtracker2 replied to the thread bronze bushing question.
    Is that a Canadian or American made army Power Wagon ?
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    Downwindtracker2 replied to the thread CBN Wheels.
    Since my 1/2 hp Wissota grinder is 7", Baltic Abrasives made them for me. Great service. My wife's Rock and Gem club uses their diamond...
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    I had changed my 7" bench grinder over to CBN wheels , a 80grit and a 320grit . I just ground a 55* Whitworth threading bit. I was going...
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    Downwindtracker2 replied to the thread bronze bushing question.
    Oilites are sinsistered . I installed them on the spring eyes of my 1958 utility trailer for wet bolts.I got tired of replacing the...
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    Downwindtracker2 replied to the thread I need a nut.
    Metric standards weren't agreed upon until 1971 ! Even now I find 12mm and 18mm nut and bolt heads instead of the proper 13mm and 19mm.
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    My wife is on blood thinners after a couple ER visits . After her cancer, not that was not unexpected. With Warfren (sp) , she had...
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