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EV> BK> I was always amazed, they would make something, measurements EV> BK> to EV> BK> a ten thousandth of an inch, and expect it to work the first EV> BK> time. Guess that is important when you make something out of EV> BK> solid metal. Can't reprogram it. EV>In the 1950's I remember seeing a picture in a Mechanix Illustrated EV>magazine of a tiny Drill Bit that employees at a General Electric plant EV>In the USA had made and iirc they sent it to a Watch Company in EV>Switzerland to show them what they accomplished. EV>Later the Swiss sent the Drill Bit back to G.E. with a hole they EV>drilled in it. EV>The picture in the magazine showed the bit with the hole in it. EV>Some things like that I haven't forgot.....yet. I rembember that Story Also!! :-) :-) --- þ SLMR 2.1a þ 0* Origin: Check Out Doc's QWK Mail Via Web BBS > DocsPlace.org (1:123/140) SEEN-BY: 109/500 116/116 123/5 52 57 140 400 500 789 124/5013 5014 129/215 SEEN-BY: 140/1 154/0 10 701 702 203/0 226/600 227/51 101 201 229/310 426 230/0 SEEN-BY: 249/303 261/38 1466 280/464 5003 292/854 320/119 322/759 342/11 806 SEEN-BY: 423/120 633/267 280 640/384 712/620 848 770/1 3634/12 @PATH: 123/140 500 154/10 280/464 712/848 633/267 |
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