<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><div>Hi Dean,</div><div><br></div><div>That is a great suggestion.</div><div>How about incorporating some sessions into our Friday gatherings?</div><div><br></div><div>Jorg</div></div>
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On Saturday, December 30, 2017, 10:43:08 AM PST, ACCRS HO Scale <accrs-ho@mail.accrs.org> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Message From: Dean & Margaret Lewis <a href="mailto:lewis2@earthlink.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lewis2@earthlink.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Members,<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">This is probably directed more towards the newer members, but it can <br></div><div dir="ltr">apply to anyone.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I am sorry that I haven't been able to be at the club for several <br></div><div dir="ltr">sessions, as I was hoping to provide assistance to those that received <br></div><div dir="ltr">some Christmas goodies and needed help setting up their new found equipment.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Are any of you interested in a couple hour clinic on basics, more <br></div><div dir="ltr">advanced and advanced stuff and setting up and/or repairing new or <br></div><div dir="ltr">existing equipment?<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">My thoughts were to discuss things from replacing wheel sets and <br></div><div dir="ltr">couplers to basic programming of decoders. What do you do when the <br></div><div dir="ltr">trucks fall of a car and you can't find the pin or screw that secured <br></div><div dir="ltr">them. All sorts of tricks I have learned in my many years of modeling.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Here is an example:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I recently was working with and 89' TOFC flat car. It appeared to be <br></div><div dir="ltr">warped. I thought it contained a piece of flat steel that needed to be <br></div><div dir="ltr">bent slighly to get the end down to the proper level. Wrong. The <br></div><div dir="ltr">piece of metal was a cast type of metal and I completely snapped the <br></div><div dir="ltr">entire car in half when trying to bend it. . Oh #@%&#@, now what to <br></div><div dir="ltr">do. Well, to make a long story short, it is repaired and will be back <br></div><div dir="ltr">in service. It will always have to carry a couple of trailers to hid <br></div><div dir="ltr">part of the repair, but it should give good service. These kinds of <br></div><div dir="ltr">situations you learn from over time.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I can help you with any problem you may have encountered and we can <br></div><div dir="ltr">figure out a repair or ???? what ever needs to be done. We can <br></div><div dir="ltr">discusss tools and parts you should start collectiing, ie, screws, <br></div><div dir="ltr">drills, etc. I can bring all sorts of examples.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Anyone interested in such a clinic. Let me know.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">You can reply directly to me at <a href="mailto:lewis2@earthlink.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lewis2@earthlink.net</a> if you wish <br></div><div dir="ltr">or just reply to this e-mail.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Dean<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">Accrs-ho mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:Accrs-ho@mail.accrs.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Accrs-ho@mail.accrs.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://mail.accrs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/accrs-ho" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mail.accrs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/accrs-ho</a><br></div></div>
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