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Default How to tell a wing nut from an acorn nut

On Thu, 01 Mar 2012 08:43:47 -0800, Winston
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Larry Jaques wrote:
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:42:31 -0800,
wrote:


(...)

I dunno, but either way, it turned out nutty
because I felt washed up and screwed.


Shank you for clarifying that.


Don't machine it.


While we're on this thread, I just got a load of linear bearings and
rails from Tianjin, China. I think they used SAE capscrews in metric
holes, and they forgot to deburr any of the standoff holes. Dem skruz
is fallin' out. Time to rework 'em while (wholly nondenominationally)
praying for the best.

--
....in order that a man may be happy, it is
necessary that he should not only be capable
of his work, but a good judge of his work.
-- John Ruskin