san jose meet & greet, pot luck, build party combo - Sat 1/28

[Jeep450r]

Im lagging a little bit on this post... BUT:

Big thanks to Tim for letting us use your shop. I appreciate you taking the time to teach me a thing or two about working with a lathe and for drilling out those washers for me.

Although I didn't really end up getting anything done, I gained a good bit of knowledge regarding my steering issues and had a great time meeting new people/putting faces to screen names.

Hooper, how did the axle work out?

 

[94xjstud]

It was awesome of Tim and his wife to host, so thank you. It was also nice to meet some fellow naxja'ers. I look forward to bringing my rig to a future m&g.

 

[5-90]

Bum - makes me sorry I'd missed it. I'd hoped to have this irritating issue we're dealing with sorted much earlier (there's no situation so bad you can't add a third party and make it much worse...)

 

[Hoooper]

Hooper, how did the axle work out?

Got it all done and good so far. Just need to get the D30 done now.

 

[knucklehead 61]

thanks to all who came to the factory saturday. we had a great time.

note: i gave the_weirdo bad directions ...on purpose...so he is probably still driving around in circles looking for my place....:looser:

any suggestions or changes to consider for the next time I host a meet & greet (possibly in early march?) to make it better? party1:

 

[Rob D]

note: i gave the_weirdo bad directions ...on purpose...so he is probably still driving around in circles looking for my place....:looser:

So, that explains why he didn't show up for the pizza and nachos....

any suggestions or changes to consider for the next time I host a meet & greet (possibly in early march?) to make it better? party1:

Personally i think it was great. Next time I will probably try to show up without any work needing done so I can help out with other projects.

 

[american_zero]

Definitely a big thanks to Tim and Diane for being great hosts. Although, I didn't stay long since I didn't have anything to do to the new WJ (am I now uninvited to all future events?). I did enjoy some munchies while I was there and met a couple of new people and checked out Tim's insane project, so it was definitely still worth stopping by.

 

[kevswens20]

Personally i think it was great. Next time I will probably try to show up without any work needing done so I can help out with other projects.

And next time I will show up with stuff needing to be worked on :spin1:

 

[hiimmred]

thanks to all who came to the factory saturday. we had a great time.

note: i gave the_weirdo bad directions ...on purpose...so he is probably still driving around in circles looking for my place....:looser:

any suggestions or changes to consider for the next time I host a meet & greet (possibly in early march?) to make it better? party1:

I would disinvite Mr Ed from all future meet & greet's, he just sit's around drinking beer all day and never works on his junk. :gee:

 

[knucklehead 61]

I would disinvite Mr Ed from all future meet & greet's, he just sit's around drinking beer all day and never works on his junk. :gee:

no doubt!
at least you brought snacks & fruit drinks though, so you have a standing open invitation.
plus its really fun to talk about politics with you! uke:

 

[Jes]

Thanks again for the hospitality!
Was good to finally meet some of the newer SC folks.

 

[Hoooper]

Thanks for hosting everything Tim. The fun factory is awesome :repair:. Tried to need some tools you wouldnt have but you seemed to have them. Was good to meet some more of the SC people

Next time I wont skip any steps putting my locker back in causing me to take it back apart and replace broken paddles and springs when I get home :doh:

 

[Rob D]

Some of what got done at Tim's place, other than consuming large quantities of food and beverages. With a very small amount of help from me (I supervised!) he put this...

...onto this.

Some of Tim's handy work. Looks a sh@# load better than if I had tried to flux-core it.

It looks like I'll have room to fit the steering too. The pipe is 1 1/4" od. About what I plan to use (not the pipe tho, pvc is sooo much lighter :gee: ).

 

[Rob D]

And a couple of teaser photos:
My fancy new (not!) wheels.

Brake clearance I hope will not be an issue. I'll have to get the calipers to tell for sure tho. Steering doesn't seem to have clearance issues tho. I think I have enough clearance to clear either standard tre's or the offset type without hitting the lip of the wheel.