• Scam Alert. Members are reminded to NOT send money to buy anything. Don't buy things remote and have it shipped - go get it yourself, pay in person, and take your equipment with you. Scammers have burned people on this forum. Urgency, secrecy, excuses, selling for friend, newish members, FUD, are RED FLAGS. A video conference call is not adequate assurance. Face to face interactions are required. Please report suspicions to the forum admins. Stay Safe - anyone can get scammed.
  • 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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    Tool Vevor Drill Bit Sharpener

    I do it by hand...just takes a few seconds.
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    Whelp, there goes the neighborhood.

    From 2010 to 2021 I sold and installed this equipment, tower fans for frost control in orchards and vineyards. Over 200 of them. It was by far the best and most lucrative job I ever had. The LPG version had a Ford V10 factory industrial engine package that was tuned to 170 hp at operating...
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    Show us your shops!

    Once you reduce the size of the bedroom and living room it will be better
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    Whelp, there goes the neighborhood.

    Valid and respected comments from you both. The ford van was the worst performer I had by far the highest milage. I understand that some larger trucks had low power.
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    Whelp, there goes the neighborhood.

    I remember now we had to adjust the distributors to account for the octane and the upgraded heads helped. The F350 came with a black box (brain) that made it run better they never had them in the earlier days
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    Whelp, there goes the neighborhood.

    There was noticably less power 15-20% ? I Didnt care about that was never a problem. The $$ savings more than made up for it I burnt up a few heads but re did them with hard valves and seats.
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    Whelp, there goes the neighborhood.

    Saving 10's of thousands made me very very happy
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    Whelp, there goes the neighborhood.

    Ive run 4 LPG vehicles in my life. In the early 80's I met a gentleman in Penticton, Vic Starret, him and his buddies started a company called OHG (which stood for over the hill gang) They designed and manufactured the first Lpg equipment in canada in the late 50's, which was first used in...
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    Whelp, there goes the neighborhood.

    I can help u get down to one shaper
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    Whelp, there goes the neighborhood.

    Easy does it..lol
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