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Old 09-25-2009, 05:35 PM
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In the prototype car we tapped the holes by hand on many of the parts. For the final car, we wanted everything to be perfect, so we make more fixture plates to hold the parts at the right angles for drilling and tapping. Maybe one day we will get a 5 axis mill.

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