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[dalee100]

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Everyone has their own favorite thing to wear. I've spent years wearing shop coats and aprons and years wearing no extra pocket items....

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Those particular tools were obviously bad out of the box. And having had to verify tools for more than one shop floor before turning...

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I also have found the thought process of FreeCAD to be different than the accepted commercial offerings. So it sometimes feels alien...

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LibreOffice and Office can import/export each other's formats. So you may not ever be aware of what program was used to create the document...

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I have. I thought they were excellent value for the money. That said, I think Starrett and DoAll are a bit better under high volume in...

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Shaped like a lima bean? Those that large where done mostly with a roller. And yep, die rule benders are hand operated tabletop units...

[dalee100]

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Done a bit of die rule work. Though mostly I made the dies and bend tooling.

It sounds like you need more of a ring roller...

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Yep, had my own "hot copy" of R11 back in the day. Ain't nobody was fooling anyone about why it was allowed.

I've...

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That would have been much fun with all the rear fill gas tanks in those days. A barbecue with every collision!...

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I think the Buna o-ring is "good enough". But a Viton one should last a bit longer and not cost enough more to matter.

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Some days are better than others. But it could be worse, I called 2 people dead on scene last week. At least you and me ain't got that...

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There will be a tiny bit, but it shouldn't be all that noticeable, (if it is - replace that collet). That's because ER collets are meant...

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Again, it's all about the tolerance needed. If all you need is a hole through the side of the stock, a drill press can do as well as...

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Depending on the accuracy needed, it might well not matter very much or it might matter a lot. Let the tolerance needed tell you which...

[dalee100]

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Shift into the lowest gear, (rpm speed), and use the hook spanner if you have an L series spindle nose. If it's a D series, just use...