| Working With Wood Continued   This small thin piece was easy to cut and it went quickly compared to 
		the larger/thicker ones.  
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      | I switched back to my smaller tooling 
		which is perfect for these five inch rounds. Here you can see that I'm 
		using my aluminum pin along with two 10-32 cap screws and nuts to hold it with. 
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      | This didn't take long because I was able to use conventional lathe 
		tools. Now it's time to cut some steel. 
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      | Working With Steel   I'm going to use some 3/16" mild steel round bar to make some pins, 
		which will be inserted into the five inch round pieces. You'll get the 
		idea soon...
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      | I used my metal cutting saw to cut the pins with but 
		quickly found out the blade that came with it wasn't ideal for this 
		smaller diameter material. My blade doesn't have the tooth count that is 
		really needed for this smaller material because it was bending it as I 
		cut though. 
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      | I ended up putting a thick piece of steel behind the bar 
		stock right next to the blade (not shown). This remedied the problem but I really 
		need to buy a blade that has a large amount of teeth to cut something 
		thin like this again. Note the blue bucket: I put a plastic guard with a mag-base covered with a rag to help catch the pieces as the flew off. 
		But it only caught about 50% of my pieces. 
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      | I deburred both ends on my belt sander and then put those into that dish 
		for later. 
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      | Working With Wood Continued   Here is another simple fixture that I used to put in the holes for 
		the pins. I'm using a 3/16" diameter end mill in place of a drill for 
		this operation. 
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      | My digital read out has some nice features, including 
		one for bolt circles. All you do is input some parameters, like the 
		radius of the bolt cycle, how many holes, starting point, etc. and then 
		hit go. The next screen that appears has the X and Y coordinates that 
		you need to dial to. 
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      | Once you have your numbers read zero, you're ready to 
		work on that hole (drill, ream, using and end mill, etc.). When you're 
		finished with that hole location, you hit "Next Hole" and it gives you a 
		new set of numbers that you move to. You keep doing this until you have 
		all your holes done, then replace your work piece and repeat the process 
		again. Very simple.  
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