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Old 04-25-2011, 09:41 AM
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The parts are all stacked up on the plate and clamped. I'm drilling the 3/32 spring pivot holes.

Not shown, in order not to lose the location when I removed this spring and blade and replaced them with the second blade and spring, I used additional clamps on the plate so that it wouldn't move while I substituted the other set.

Now the springs, center spacer and liners are all matched up and the spring pivots are established.
Can you see how important it is to use a tooling plate while fitting all the parts?

I never use a layout or the pattern to drill holes in individual parts. This way, they always match and fit together perfectly. And I never use a center punch!
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