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Connected to RF power amp

39: Added RF connector to FM transmitter
38: Finished printing the ER40 collet holders.
37: lapped down to 2.5um
36: Only 23um [.0009"\
35: Trying aluminum foil on groved plate. Does not wear long - too thin.
34: A good ground clamp
33: Had to weld this Stainless back together..
32: Lapping block to brighten it up. Groved iron plate with polycarbonate sheet - 20um diamond paste.
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30: Before restoration - A Herman Schmidt/Murkens style Suface-plate-indicator-stand.

41: Tool path.
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43: Screwed up - cut a bit deep into the aluminum, probably just as well - don't want to cut the 1095 spring-steel with the corner.
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45: got close enough to the screw head to make me nervous.
46: Clearance is clearance..
47: Much better
48: Waiting for the 80TPI screw.
49: Some of what came out of the BRAND-NEW Precision-Mathews lathe transmission.
50: Once again