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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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    Car designs suck

    My two gripes are a brace right in front of the oil fill hole, and the washer fluid fill hole is facing the wrong way, up against the firewall. Still better than my buddys freigtliner, he said you have to go into the sleeper to fill the washer fluid
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    Tools you waited too long to acquire

    I did the radiator in the big truck last year, for forum friendly language, somebody who was closely related to their partner to procreate with resulting in more close relative connections, used 11 different kinds of hose clamps for every single hose. 7 different wrench or socket combinations...
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    Tools you waited too long to acquire

    I was helping a friend change a mill in a Monte, was so mad using a flat head screwdriver on hose clamps. But then I got to use a regular wrench on header bolts after that. It's like the old saying you need to slam your fingers in a door long enough to be angry enough to do the job ahead
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    Car designs suck

    A friend of mind has a project truck I'm helping with, I flat out told him if he wants headers I'm done helping. I'll cobble e-brake cables and steering column rebuilds and fix wiring harnesses but no headers And honestly if he went to aluminum heads but kept the manifolds he'd save weight and...
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    Tools you waited too long to acquire

    Nut drivers. Not the 1/4" drive you stick a socket on. Real nut drivers 8 point sockets. You can beat them on with a hammer and use an impact (yes they're chrome :D ) Pneumatic coolant filler Extra long rad hose pick Snap on 1/4" drive bit ratchet (way better than blue point) Tap follower
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    Car designs suck

    Yep. Takes a week to prep to remove an old machine. Very limited travel room. Takes a week to prep for the new machine. Can't move a single thing to disrupt production even for safety reasons. Get the truck in and out ASAP and get them off the property. Or at least that's my experience too
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    Fixing a solid rubber tire

    I used to work with a guy who left a spare on for a few weeks and finally got pulled over for it. Then the officer noticed the child in the car seat wasn't secured properly. Then noticed the Rockstar in the centre console with the liquor store receipt on the passenger seat. Then saw the handle...
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    Car designs suck

    Friend sent me those pics we need a pot stirring emoji :D
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    Car designs suck

    They can't replace the sound of the old cars n trucks though
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    Shoulder check

    wave one back ... ;)
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