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  1. slow-poke

    Sitting Car

    I would be a bit concerned with hydro-locking if too much bad fuel gets in the cylinder. I have seen the aftermath of that and it's not pretty, rods bend like pretzels. I would want to purge that bad fuel
  2. slow-poke

    Sitting Car

    Lot;s of good advice. The new ethanol based gas is nasty when it sits for a long time like that. I wonder what happens with the stale gas in the fuel line? Perhaps the mechanic will run the pump to get what ever is in the line out before sending it to the engine? I have a modified distributor...
  3. slow-poke

    Ottawa area BBQ and Swap Meet August 30, 2025, 11am to 3pm

    You're more than welcome.
  4. slow-poke

    Car designs suck

    I'm simply awestruck as to how reliable everyone of our Toyota/Lexus have been. Perhaps we have just been incredibly lucky? I don't want to buy anything else, the thought of regular repairs just makes me cringe.
  5. slow-poke

    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    That's one thing I like about LinuxCNC, I have asked Peter a few questions on the forum and received prompt responses, it's a treat to be able to get answers from someone intimately involved with a product that knows it inside out vs. someone 5 layers away that really has no clue.
  6. slow-poke

    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    Someone on this forum was selling a MESA board on this site not too far back might be worth doing a search
  7. slow-poke

    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    I'm confused, when I called studica, they quoted me $795 for PathPilot, and if I understand above you can purchase the USB stick with PathPilot for $40? That's quite a discrepancy. I wonder what the catch is? I also wonder if you can use it with other MESA boards?
  8. slow-poke

    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    Assuming you want to use this on a non Tormach machine..... 1) So what hardware do you need to run PathPilot? 2) I'm guessing a PC (not sure about requirements? 3) Mesa board(s)? 4) OS? 5) From your description it sounds like the install process starts with a Linux OS and then PathPilot is...
  9. slow-poke

    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    Both my Linux installs just worked with no issues. All my questions were related to non mainstream customized interface type stuff for my control panels as well as queries like where do I find a particular setting that I want to tweak. Understanding the role of the .ini and .hal files is really...
  10. slow-poke

    Standard Modern 10" Utilathe

    I found a reasonable shipping service, pickup at your convenience. Can be tomorrow if that works.
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