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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. Darren

    Mazda 6 doesn't like Canadian winters

    Sometimes I pull fuses, relays or even unplug coils. Disabling fuel or spark, whatever is easiest. Usually i'll try to pull the fuel pump relay, if it has one. Flooring the accelerator puts it in 'clear flood mode' and disables injectors. Fully charging the battery is masking the real...
  2. Darren

    Mazda 6 doesn't like Canadian winters

    I had to diagnose a Nissan Frontier no start outside because everytime I pushed it in the shop it would suddenly start reliably within 5 mins of being in the shop. Turned out it was a bad ecm, I found it by heating up the ecm with a heatgun while the truck was outside at -20. It was a like a...
  3. Darren

    Vertex BS-2 Universal Dividing head. Brand new, unopened.

    Looks like one of my inner circle is going to TO area in the next few weeks, so delivery is possible that way, AND i have a friend traveling back to Edmonton in Jan, so possible cheap shipping! Merry Christmas.
  4. Darren

    Show us your shops!

    yessir, I thought it would never leave! It'll be back though....it is a Ford
  5. Darren

    Hole saw kit recs

    I have a few of each major brands, and most are good. Lubrication and cooling is extremely important to getting life out of holesaws. Even soapy water will extend the life of a holesaw 10x over dry cutting. They build a lot of heat. That said, carbide tipped holesaws are incredible.
  6. Darren

    Modular collet rack

    Moduler would be great. Mine didn't have enough spaces.
  7. Darren

    Show us your shops!

    I've been swamped with mechanic work, so the shop has taken a bit of a beating, but once I'm caught up its getting a complete makeover.
  8. Darren

    dumb question about deep sockets

    e10 is external torx.
  9. Darren

    Mazda 6 doesn't like Canadian winters

    This is also why LED test lights are useless for diagnosing any circuit meant to carry more than say 50mA. They don't load the circuit enough. I use incandescent bulbs of various current draws as test lights.
  10. Darren

    Mazda 6 doesn't like Canadian winters

    Yesterday, I was diagnosing a 4wd shift motor. Its controlled by 2 relays that switch polarity to make the motor run one direction or the other to shift the transfer case. First test was to see if the motor was getting power and ground when commanded to shift. Yup, it did, full battery voltage...
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