11-25-2009, 05:24 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
Posts: 22,001
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blykins
That's .400" for the technical guys. ;-)
Tell a machinist "four tenths" and you're looking at .0004".....LOL
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When I visit my friendly machine shop, I always bring either a cardboard template, ruler, or both. Then I put my stuff down in front of the guy and say, "see, I want you to take this much off and then make it look like this." If I had to describe it in purely "machinist terms" it would absolutely, positively come back wrong.  |
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