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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!

Recent content by trevj

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    Tractor parts-looking for a source

    All good man! Pretty much a commentary on the folks that read too much in and thought you were ACTUALLY up 'OUR' north, rather than being one of the Yoopers that thinks they are at the end of the world! The Indians inherited a LOT of the 1950's Brit Technology, and are still using a bunch of...
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    Tractor parts-looking for a source

    LOL! So, "Back East", and "Somewhere in the Middle!" So much for "Up North"! Seriously, search ebay, search Ali Express, and really, find the closest Massey dealer, to see what he can do. You might be surprised.
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    Tractor parts-looking for a source

    The real problem, is expecting the guy behind the parts counter to know anything besides where to look up the parts if given the year make and model, and sometimes, the serial number to boot! Unless you luck in on a place that still has one of their 'old-school' guys working. My nearest Massey...
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    Anyone using ChatGTP?

    But I cannot, as far as I see it, see any version of AI, thinking that people are anything but a problem to be solved...
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    Really ?

    Books... I like Books... There are a lot of sites out there of various reliability and legality levels, depending on what you are looking for. If you want OLD books, search for "Out Of Copyright Books, and follow through... I have found that Library Genesis, is a pretty good source for newer...
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    Really ?

    Then, as mentioned earlier, there are warranty jobs, and then there are warranty jobs... Recent examples I can recall off the top were Toyota and their issue with Tundra engine failures, Toyota also, in replacing a run of frames in Tacomas, that were made of the wrong alloy, and dissolved...
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    Really ?

    Statistics are like Bikinis! What they reveal may well be fascinating, what they conceal, though, might be critical! I have, over the years, found the Consumer Reports long term reliability and owner satisfaction info to match pretty well with what I experienced and saw those around me...
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    Really ?

    Thus forms the basis for my not wanting to be the guinea pig, at the bleeding edge of new tech. I would much rather see an established reliability rating in place, long before I look at involving it in my life! I recently bought myself a Toyota Tacoma. While I could have afforded the new model...
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    Really ?

    Bah! Managed to post my reply in Post # 280, as if it was part of Susq's post... Which was... "You should trust me on this, but as the victim of several general design Day-Glow abortions, in the few aircraft types I worked upon spanning early 1950's tech, up to reasonably present day, nobody I...
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    Really ?

    Enjoy this...
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    Care Not Speed

    I kept notes in the back page of my Binder, to track how many classes I could 'Miss', before it cost me anything worth considering. Some days a few hour out fishing, is worth a little hookey! I also got a puzzled look, and MANY questions, from my Recruiter in to the Canadian Forces, over...
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    Care Not Speed

    And, I'll add, just as funny, that some dude responds with an Angry Face! Mirrors, dude. You probably see what I am talking about, instead of what you thought you were signing up for! Look for Sympathy, between Sh*t and Syphilis, in the Dictionary. You won't find it anywhere else! I actually...
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    Care Not Speed

    Maybe not as much as getting kicked out of Gym Class for having a better mustache than the Teacher... Some of those chicks can be so sensitive...
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    Care Not Speed

    You met one with common sense? Damn. That's HERO material! YOU, for finding one, AND him or her for being it! LOL!
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    Really ?

    That has been the "Gold Standard" at about every place ever that I have seen spray cans for sale,as well as almost every paint locker I experienced in a too-long Military career... From the retail perspective, hang an artists pad of disposable pages, nearby, to be used as a 'test surface', to...
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