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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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  1. slow-poke

    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    If you decide to give LinuxCNC another go, I can try and help. Mesa connections are pretty straightforward but again will help if needed.
  2. slow-poke

    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    I have two Linuxcnc based systems with Mesa cards. I have found the LinuxCnc forum very helpful, and they have answered most of my questions quickly. I find it helps to google first and then ask direct questions. For PCs I'm using a $50 kijij HP 8300? that looks similar to that Lenovo for one...
  3. slow-poke

    Tools you waited too long to acquire

    Looking good. I like the color coding. Do the craftsman have the deep hollow shafts? Both the Xcelite and Wera do. I have seen some brands with either short hollows, or magnetic ends that prevent running the nut down what is often a long screw. Deep hollow is a must for my type of use.
  4. slow-poke

    Really ?

    Just from my observation and generally speaking I see a lot of what look like high mileage often older appear to be beaten half to death full of dents etc Ford trucks typically owned by some sort of construction company. In contrast most of the GMC pickups appear to be in much better condition...
  5. slow-poke

    Really ?

    Recently my father in law passed. His car was a Hyundai of some sort almost new. I'm tasked with retrieving it and then selling it. FOB not working can't get in the car ( try both FOBs), finally get in it starts but the windshield wipers are so weak they can't move 1/2" of melting snow. Get it...
  6. slow-poke

    Car designs suck

    One thing I just don't understand is why someone would purchase a vehicle that makes the top 10 least reliable cars on the Consumer Reports annual car report? Some of these cars make that list year after year for a decade. One thing I do understand is why it's getting to the point that every...
  7. slow-poke

    Tips/Techniques The Bouquet Thread

    Growing up in Winnipeg 60-70s the local radio station CJOB had a call in program called Beefs and Bouquets. People would call in a briefly either describe an excellent service call experience or warn people about a terrible one. Too many "Beefs" nowadays so this thread is dedicated to a product...
  8. slow-poke

    Tools you waited too long to acquire

    For my birthday when I was about 15, I asked for nut drivers and was rewarded with the color coded Xcelite set. I have been using them ever since, great set. More recently I picked up a Wera metric set. No tool junkie should be without ;)
  9. slow-poke

    Car designs suck

    Sometimes I wonder if some of new cars are engineered to be difficult to work on to drive up service prices when things start to fail. Anybody with some sort of lifting device could pull a engine out of a pre 90's car. For example early Mustang: Driveshaft: 4 fasteners Crossmember :2 Engine...
  10. slow-poke

    Electrical help.

    Not sure that's a good idea, I'm guessing those bolts need to make contact with those traces, looks like they are the current path to the contacts. I'm trying to make sense of the xx310 image. It looks like they are using a wire, possibly soldered to a trace below it for added current...
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