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EdK (04-26-2015)
(10-23-2013, 05:26 PM)EdK Wrote: Well, I knew this was going to be embarrassing. 
See that spacer to the left of the lower gear in the picture below. The gear and spacer were swapped so it was indeed set up for metric threading. I'm going to go crawl in a hole now.
Ed
Yea, that's better.
Do you need to borrow a hole
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Crawl in a hole , schmall in a hole, you found the cause, I applaud you!
(how's that for a suck up guys?)
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I knew I smelled metric somewhere Ed. Maybe this will help you out.
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(10-23-2013, 05:38 PM)stevec Wrote: ...
(how's that for a suck up guys?)
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Those who haven't made a mistake haven't done anything !
Great news that you've solved the problem
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Bugger - that doesn't solve my problem!
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(10-24-2013, 05:30 AM)Mayhem Wrote: Bugger - that doesn't solve my problem!
Darren,
You could always blame me for jinxing your lathe.
But that doesn't solve your problem either.
Ed
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