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   Message 116,244 of 117,728   
   Chris K-Man to Scott Dorsey   
   Re: Local Mechanic's Aligner Machine 'In   
   12 Jun 21 11:46:07   
   
   From: thekmanrocks@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 2:25:42 PM UTC-4, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   > Chris K-Man  wrote:   
   > >But two weeks ago was different: While he did maintain the=20   
   > >negative thrust angle I asked him to achieve last year, he=20   
   > >claims his Hunter rig would 'not let him proceed to the next=20   
   > >step of the alignment if he did not get the toe spot on'   
   > He doesn't know how to use his machine.   
   >   
   > He needs to go through the procedure that the machine says, but then   
   > after setting the toe with the machine, go back and reset the toe by   
   > hand without telling the machine, then let the machine go through the   
   > rest of the procedure.   
   >   
   > It's a pain in the neck but that's how it goes when you're using a   
   > system with a user interface designed for idiots.   
   > --scott   
   > --   
   > "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
   _______   
      
   But that  same  rig  allowed  him  to dial  in the  thrust  angle   
   I  requested.  Why  not  front   the toe-in  I  also  asked  for?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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