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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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    Cheap Bstrd Thread

    Gonna still go with that it was on you, not the tool. A buck doesn't buy much education, but you probably got more than you paid out of that buck! LOL!
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    Auto ignition of oily rags

    Gonna post this. Because it rings true, always. This video long outlasts MY Military experience, but so much of it rings true, even so...
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    Auto ignition of oily rags

    You placed conformity and common experiences and expectations, as if it were a negative thing, a stifling of the person doing the work, and killing of that person's creativity. It is none of those things. From another angle, how would you feel about flying on an airliner, fixed by someone that...
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    Auto ignition of oily rags

    <shrug> Dunno what to say, Susq. The very most basic thing you get taught starting in Basic Training, amounts to Fit in or (Bleep!) Off! FIFO. And yeah, unashamedly, they want ALL Armed Forces Members to conform to a large set of Standards! Start there and build, rather than trying to make the...
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    Auto ignition of oily rags

    One of several things I actually miss about my career in the Military, was that you HAD to present a neat and tidy work space, at almost all times, and time was always set aside at day's end, for wiping down your tools, accounting for ALL of them (spent MANY hours after normal working time...
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    Cheap Bstrd Thread

    You likely got your money's worth, at a buck... How hard did you actually look at it before you paid that? Gotta figure, based on your results, not very long. Broken, damaged, or otherwise not-usable tools, usually sell pretty cheap! Just sayin'. Maybe it was you, not the tool you bought.
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    Tool Coaxial indicator

    I have a genuine Blake. Gift from a departed friend, so no, not parting with it. Meh. I figure it's about as fast to dial in on a bore or pin, using a dial test indicator. Might be useful if I was chasing down a bunch of irregularly spaced holes or pins, for the purpose of, say, mapping them...
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    Auto ignition of oily rags

    We dealt with a LOT of oily rags in my early years in the CF, as we had a fleet of Grumman Trackers, that had Wright 1820 9 cylinder radial engines, that spat oil out over most of the exterior surface on every flight, which we washed down at days end, using bundles of rags soaked in "Aircraft...
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    Anyone know there way around O/A torch brands?

    This would be my first steps. O'rings and any other seals. Take a good look at the needle valves, too. Hard to adjust a needle that has a great bloody groove worn in it from being over tightened too many times. And, never discount a crap gas bottle. We used to go through a LOT of gas, both for...
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    Cheap Bstrd Thread

    Meh. My ex went grey in her 20's, dyed it religiously, until one of her co-workers casually mentioned that her silver roots were amazing, and that she would die to have those... It's apparently, a matter of perspective and feedback. Who knew? LOL!
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