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#31
03-14-2016, 06:39 PM
Make it longer by half the width and fillet the corners.
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03-15-2016, 06:25 AM
This is why I make the part and then do the drawing. No need to tolerance, as I nail each and every dimension Big Grin
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03-15-2016, 04:25 PM
(03-15-2016, 06:25 AM)Mayhem Wrote: This is why I make the part and then do the drawing.  No need to tolerance, as I nail each and every dimension Big Grin

Yea, but you know how much I like CAD drawing even if my parts never match the drawing. It's something to strive for. Smile

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03-15-2016, 10:15 PM
(03-15-2016, 06:25 AM)Mayhem Wrote: This is why I make the part and then do the drawing.  No need to tolerance, as I nail each and every dimension Big Grin

That's like me and archery. I shoot an arrow at the fence, and then go draw a target around it. A bull's eye every town!   Smiley-dancenana
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03-16-2016, 08:23 AM
(03-15-2016, 06:25 AM)Mayhem Wrote: This is why I make the part and then do the drawing.  No need to tolerance, as I nail each and every dimension Big Grin

I gave up and quit putting dimensions on my photos.
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#36
04-03-2016, 01:11 PM
Got a start on drawing up Tom's clamp knurling tool in 3D CAD.

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04-03-2016, 04:41 PM
Nicely done Ed, Thumbsup
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04-03-2016, 06:45 PM
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