Hi all, so yep, something new under the sun for me today; a small COTS plate that I needed to modify with a simple 6-32 tapped thru hole. It’s the front mounting plate of a beautiful all-stainless steel 3-axis mic translation stage made by Line Tool (sadly now out of business, but the best such stages that I’ve ever used. Lots of them can be seen on eBay). My first indication that this piece was HARD, was the total inability to center-punch the thing for the tap drill hole. O—kay; lemme...
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