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Old 01-28-2017, 04:27 AM   #21
BILL WILLIAMSON
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Default Re: Platigage and bearing clearances

Chief simply cut rectangles from various thicknesses of BRASS shim stock, slightly nipped the corners, so as not to scratch the Babbitt, & used them as a GO-NO GO indicator!
Seems like a SIMPLE, QUITE ACCURATE way, to me!
Bill W.
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