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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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    Care Not Speed

    I have a good friend, in grade 12 he visited with the guidance counselor about possibly enrolling in engineering. The counselor stated, face it Lawrence, you should forget about engineering and focus on more of a trades type program at community college. So Lawrence ignored that advice...
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    Care Not Speed

    We started a tech company and hired the best and brightest we could afford. We hired this quirky but very bright and talented guy. He was a capable designer with no degree. He decided to enrol in engineering his grades were all over the place getting A+ when interested and D's when not...
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    Care Not Speed

    I found most of our engineering exams too rushed. I recall messing up a Dynamics mid term, there were three questions we had one hour. So I went to the professor to figure out how to solve the problem that I got zero on. It took him over an hour to solve that particular problem (and he...
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    If you could own just one special vehicle what would it look like?

    Completely agree, I was told countless times, you're going to diminish the value of your car. I would say it's my car and I will build it the way I want, technology moves along. 40 years later the resto-mod era kicked in and those modified cars started selling for $100k+ While most of the...
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    If you could own just one special vehicle what would it look like?

    GTA to Ottawa (short hop)..... Not my brightest move. With the U-haul 55MPH max sticker on the bumper I figured there was probably some sort of governor. Nope cube van loaded Mill, lathe, toolboxes and everything else from the garage. Trailer on the back with my 65 Fastback. Felt heavy but...
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    If you could own just one special vehicle what would it look like?

    $5k Texas, it's as if these cars/trucks were in a time capsule.
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    If you could own just one special vehicle what would it look like?

    I like your idea. First thoughts are find a nice totally rust free truck from Arizona etc. The hassle of driving it back will be well worth the effort to have a perfect foundation for your build. I have seen some amazing original paint vintage 60's cars out of Arizona, no salt, no humidity, no...
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    If you could own just one special vehicle what would it look like?

    My conclusion after seeing all the cool cars in this thread is that the vast majority of capable car stylists either retired or died (and they also took the music with them), around about 1970.
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    If you could own just one special vehicle what would it look like?

    Well if you liked your Boss, you definitely would appreciate a drive in my 65, lighter chassis, almost twice the power, and much much better handling. Just a super fun car to drive.
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    If you could own just one special vehicle what would it look like?

    How did you manage to drive a GT40? Must have been a tight squeeze given your height?
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    If you could own just one special vehicle what would it look like?

    Hate is a strong word, but I would be a bit jealous and I don't have a jealous bone in my body. If I drove one I would like to drive it somewhere where I could really thrash it a bit. I'm guessing you drove one of the newer (05ish) models? I raced one with my Mustang, I beat him to the end...
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    If you could own just one special vehicle what would it look like?

    My neighbour has a black 05, I just love the sound of that thing every time he drives by.
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    If you could own just one special vehicle what would it look like?

    For me that's easy. GT40. Problem is an original now costs in the $5-10M range. I would settle for a Ford GT though.
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    Tool Test probes (the mechanical type)

    David, I'm obviously missing something.... Say the probe has r=0.2" Imagine I place a block at some random location on the table and I want to set X=0 to the left edge of the block. So with the non wired probe I bump against the block and then type -0.2. I imagine the radius of your wired...
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    Tool Test probes (the mechanical type)

    Can you elaborate on "the Renishaw probe I have isn't suited to edge finding (it is more CMM suitable, no concentricity adjustment)." Why is it not suited for edge finding? What is CMM? I have a lot to learn?
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