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Guide Alignment BREAKTHOUGH
Posted by: Jon Salter (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: January 09, 2017 10:37PM

Well at least it is for me....
So I have high hats in the basement, as I was tying the guides on I noticed the light reflection on the top of the blank....turns out that the light shining straight down on the blank creates a shine on the very top of the blank which makes the PERFECT tool to alignment of the guides!
I took four different blanks down there and the behavior is the same on each....no need for any other tool as the guides were perfectly straight 3 times in a row!

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Re: Guide Alignment BREAKTHOUGH
Posted by: Mark Talmo (---.dsl.lsan03.sbcglobal.net)
Date: January 09, 2017 10:55PM

A perfect example of KISS, Keep It Simple Stupid! LOL Good job, Jon. By the way, I was NOT calling you stupid!!!! It is a saying originated in the Navy.

Mark Talmo
FISHING IS NOT AN ESCAPE FROM LIFE BUT RATHER A DEEPER IMMERSION INTO IT!!! BUILDING YOUR OWN SIMPLY ENHANCES THE EXPERIENCE.

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Re: Guide Alignment BREAKTHOUGH
Posted by: Capt. Michael Harmon (---.mycingular.net)
Date: January 09, 2017 11:29PM

Works even better under tube style shop lights. Center your lathe under the lights.

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Re: Guide Alignment BREAKTHOUGH
Posted by: Chuck Mills (---.grenergy.com)
Date: January 10, 2017 08:10AM

Yup, I've been doing that for years. I think I read about it here. =)

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"Angling is extremely time consuming.
That's sort of the whole point." - Thomas McGuane

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Re: Guide Alignment BREAKTHOUGH
Posted by: Ken Preston (---.opera-mini.net)
Date: January 10, 2017 08:10AM

and of course the same "trick" works to align fancy butt wraps.

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