New (ish) member

[Pennywise]

Hello all, I've been a member for a year & a half but somehow overlooked the introduction post.
I was born and raised in Ottawa but since retirement have moved out to the country on the Upper Ottawa River.
A small house with a big shop....like to fish and play in the woods.
I like to bend my trucks so got used to fixing them in my spare time.
I have a tiny Unimat lathe that was a gift as well as welders, metal benders, hydraulic press,etc,etc...and an old Lister Diesel with a generator head.
Always looking for new tools/toys to play with.

 

[YYCHM]

Welcome from Calgary.

 

[Susquatch]

Welcome from south of Chatham Ontario. Ya, I've seen some of your posts. Still it's always good to introduce yourself.

I try not to bend trucks or tractors, but crap happens!

 

[Pennywise]

Yeah my record was 2 replacement sets of rear leaf springs on my 95 Tacoma.
I found out later that some guys were modifying their trucks with larger leaf springs off of
GM pickups, they lasted for years.

 

[CWret]

Belated welcome from Burlington. Knowing that you can fix stuff makes it a bit easier to go faster and jump higher.

 

[Martin w]

Welcome from Niagara

 

[TorontoBuilder]

Hello all, I've been a member for a year & a half but somehow overlooked the introduction post.
I was born and raised in Ottawa but since retirement have moved out to the country on the Upper Ottawa River.
A small house with a big shop....like to fish and play in the woods.
I like to bend my trucks so got used to fixing them in my spare time.
I have a tiny Unimat lathe that was a gift as well as welders, metal benders, hydraulic press,etc,etc...and an old Lister Diesel with a generator head.
Always looking for new tools/toys to play with.

Welcome...

upper ottawa area, nice and wisely non-specific.

I often think I should change my handle to GTHAbuilder

 

[Tom O]

Belated welcome from Burlington. Knowing that you can fix stuff makes it a bit easier to go faster and jump higher.

Made me chuckle
When Mario came out ( with the pipes ) my niece would wake up in a panic because she couldn’t jump high enough or jump far enough.

 

[Proxule]

When Mario came out ( with the pipes ) my niece would wake up in a panic because she couldn’t jump high enough or jump far enough.

 

[CWret]

When Mario came out

This comment, in this context (bigger jumps) made me think of Maico (vs Mario). I raced against Maico riders on my Bultaco.

 

[DeBangis]

Welcome (ish) to CHMW.

 

[Pennywise]

Welcome...

upper ottawa area, nice and wisely non-specific.

I often think I should change my handle to GTHAbuilder

I like to tell people that Renfrew County is larger than the state of Delaware.
To add to the confusion I sometimes tell city people I live in Horton Township....

I used to give locals my "911" address ( street number and name) and get a blank stare.
But if I tell them "Castleford.... the old Deslaurier cabinet factory" they nod immediately....

 

[Pennywise]

Belated welcome from Burlington. Knowing that you can fix stuff makes it a bit easier to go faster and jump higher.

Until you're under the pickup's rear axle with a trailer in tow using a block of firewood & ratchet straps to keep the axle's left side spring from departing the rest of the truck.....that was a real white knuckle drive home. I was lucky to get to pavement, frankly surprised the repair lasted to my driveway.