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Jim Wilkins Jim Wilkins is offline
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Default Unintended asymetric turning

On Dec 20, 12:15*am, "Harold & Susan Vordos" wrote:
...Even a lousy three jaw with sprung slides is capable of decent
work, assuming you follow "the rules" when preparing soft jaws. * In the
hands of a fool, they can, and will, disappoint----but when applied
properly, they can be salvation when all other attempts fail.

Harold


How do you preload the jaws to turn the clamping surfaces when they
will expand outwards? I don't have an expensive ring set and was
wondering about wrapping a strap around the jaws.

jsw