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[tom_d]

Totally OT visualized............

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Anyone able to decipher what OP wrote has clearly spent a lifetime looking at TAFs and METARs....

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It was standard practice in the job shops to have cast aluminum tooling plates on hand that would bolt to the face plate for fixturing odd shape parts....

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Every shop I ever worked in, every Gerstner tool box had at least one small drawer with a Sucrets Throat Lozenge tin in it that contained some odd collection...

[tom_d]

But, but, but.......If we don't let the water wash out to sea won't all of the oceans dry up??? / 😉...

[tom_d]

I think you answered your own question. Keep it simple and stick with what's worked for all these years.

As has been said, the mechanical...

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Those are hy-lok nuts. The bolts in that photo are just standard hardware. To use them correctly the hy-lok nuts have a corresponding bolt made to certain...

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That Clausing 5912 is a nice little machine, and is perfectly suited for a 5C collet setup. You may question the price now, but once you're up and running...

[tom_d]

I wouldn't try messing with repairs on this type of issue. Not worth the "what if something goes wrong" scenario. Shop around for a used tank...