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Re: Base plate thickness?
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Date: 
Tue, 5 Feb 2008 01:36:47 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Rafe Donahue wrote:
In lugnet.general, scott Frischmann wrote:

In particular, if one were to, say, build a table such that one could make a
very shallow inset for (a) baseplate(s), how deep would that shallow inset need
to be?

Thanks,
Rafe

0.55 inch.

That's measuring with a dial calipers.
HTH

sjf

Scott,

I'm sorry; That can't be right.  More than half an inch?  Did you mean 0.055
inch?


0.055 inch would be correct. It never crossed my mind that 0.5 = 1/2.
I don't use my calipers often enough to correctly interpret its output every
time I do. Lesson learned: Double, uh, no, triple-check the readout (and make
shure I'm interpreting it correctly).
If I worked in a machine shop, it would be another story.



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(...) Thanks, Scott. That's very helpful. I've got to get me some calipers! Rafe (17 years ago, 5-Feb-08, to lugnet.general)

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(...) Scott, I'm sorry; That can't be right. More than half an inch? Did you mean 0.055 inch? I'm talking about the thickness of a baseplate, the area without the studs, the distance a block would be above my desk if the block were sitting on a (...) (17 years ago, 4-Feb-08, to lugnet.general)

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